Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. (US Navy)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greet prior to the Quad meeting at the prime minister's office on May 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell attends a press conference following a meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on May 12, 2023. (Florence Lo/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin takes a question at a briefing about the phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on April 26, 2023. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)