Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
The emblem of the security conference and the inscription "Munich Security Conference" can be seen on a flag in Munich, Germany, on February 12, 2026. (Getty Images)
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis on the flightline after a combat mission at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, on April 14, 2025. (US Air Force)
Ukrainian serviceman of the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade launches a FlyEye reconnaissance drone on April 14, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
US Special Representative for South and Central Asia Ambassador Sergio Gor delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the B5+1 Forum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on February 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
Soldiers assemble a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission in the Pokrovsky direction, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on January 23, 2026. (Getty Images)