Caption
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Economics
Economics
Caption
(School of War)
Caption
A performer holds an African National Congress flag while listening to Cyril Ramaphosa speak during the ANC Siyanqoba Rally on May 25, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
Caption
A man walks past a hoisted Taiwanese flag at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on October 15, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
Caption
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Caption
The Pentagon is seen from above in Arlington, Virginia. (Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Caption
Pentagon logo is seen ahead of a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Caption
China Insider Logo
Caption
The Pentagon, heaquarters of the US Department of Defense, is seen from the air on February 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Caption
US Army trainees compete against each other on the Fit to Win obstacle course during basic training at Fort Jackson on September 28, 2022, in Columbia, South Carolina. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Caption
(Fox News Screenshot)
Caption
President Donald Trump meets with President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on February 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Caption
China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
