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)
Donald Trump looks at Vladimir Putin at the meeting center of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018 (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/picture alliance via Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the opening session of the Paris Peace Forum, November 11, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron Speaks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they sit next to US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump in Paris on November 11, 2018 (Photo credit: FRANCOIS MORI/AFP/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at the opening session of the Paris Peace Forum, November 11, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)