Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Female members of the Ukrainian Army's 128th Carpathian Mountain Assault Brigade prepare to take part on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 15, 2023. (Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. (Paul Ellis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Research Associate and Program Manager, Keystone Defense Initiative and Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Ukrainian servicemen move with a Howitzer through Vuhledar frontline amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 1, 2023. (Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)