Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of States Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, and Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara attend a joint press conference following the US-Japan foreign and defense ministers’ meeting on the sidelines of the Quad meeting at the Iikura Guest House on July 28, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is greeted during the Labor Party election campaign launch on May 1, 2022, in Perth, Australia. (Paul Kane via Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference at the NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)