In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
People watch as coverage of an ICBM missile test is displayed on a screen in a public square in Pyongyang, July 29, 2017 (KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images)
US president Donald Trump ahead of the third plenary session of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017 (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
This undated photo released by the official Korean Central News Agency on May 30, 2017 shows a test-fire of a ballistic missile at an undisclosed location (STR/AFP/Getty Images)