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)
A general view shows the storage shelves at US online retail giant Amazon's Brieselang logistics center, west of Berlin on November 11, 2014. (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald J. Trump reacts after delivering his first address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC, February 28, 2017. (JIM LO SCALZO/AFP/Getty Images)
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks before signing the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016, with Ways and means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), (R), on Capitol Hill May 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)