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)
President of Argentina Javier Milei speaks to supporters outside the National Congress after his inauguration ceremony on December 10, 2023, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)
A Philippine Coast Guard vessel and Filipino military personnel stationed in the Spratlys on December 10, 2023, in Palawan, Philippines. (Jes Aznar via Getty Images)
Demonstrators outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square," in Tel Aviv hold up their lit mobile phones as they gather during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages on December 9, 2023. (Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images)
In the dining car on the train from Vladivostok to the airport on November 23, 1974, President Gerald Ford discusses progress on the SALT agreement with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (Bettmann via Getty Images)