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 soldiers during the rehearsal of the military parade to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by the Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
United Nations Command soldiers salute during a repatriation ceremony at Yangsan U.S. military base on April 12, 2007 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through spyglass in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near to Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, on January 9, 2022. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the opening ceremony of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" at the Patriot Park on August 23, 2021 in Kubinka, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during the plenary session of the 30th Congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on December 17, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)