Caption
A monument to the historic battle of Guningtou, which took place in 1949, on February 3, 2021, in Kinmen, Taiwan. (Getty Images)
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Caption
US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the container ship MV Touska close to the Strait of Hormuz on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
Caption
(Screenshot via Fox News)
Caption
(China Insider Logo)
Caption
Indonesian defense minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Chinese defense minister look on after a press briefing on April 21, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Caption
(Screenshot via Fox News)
Caption
Representatives from more than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions and the media view damage at sites previously targeted by US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)
Caption
US Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a live fire exercise on April 28, 2026, in San Antonio, Philippines. (Getty Images)
Caption
News footage on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking on April 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
Caption
King Charles III and President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle during the President’s state visit to the UK on September 18, 2025, in Windsor, England. (Getty Images)
Caption
A view of Praia de Azurara, Portugal on April 19, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)
Caption
US and Taiwan flags fly outside the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taoyuan on March 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
