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)
Chinese President Xi Jinping (4th, L) meets with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (4th, R) at the Great Hall of the People on April 11, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Parker Song-Pool/Getty Images)
Demonstrators march during a protest against a rise on public bus fares and the costs of the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 13, 2014. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)
YPF (Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales) gasoline tanks are seen in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, some 2500 kms south west of Buenos Aires, on October 23, 2011 (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)