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)
Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson and Jeb Bush on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Jeb Bush, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie GOP Debate January 28, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waits to be introduced during a campaign event at the University of Iowa on January 26, 2016 in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks to guests during a rally on January 6, 2016 in Marshalltown, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The podium before 2012 Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at his final campaign rally at Verizon Wireless Arena on November 5, 2012 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a congress of the ruling United Russia party in Moscow, on September 23, 2011. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)