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)
Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the G20 Summit on September 6, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Valeriy Melnikov/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)
Copies of ballots papers and campaign posters for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party on March 18, 2015 in Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Former Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew addresses the Standard Chartered Singapore Forum on March 20, 2013 in Singapore. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)