Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
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
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
A resident of the street artists transit camp is inoculated against Covid-19 at Anand Parbat on May 10, 2021 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group transits in formation Jan. 25, 2020 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Rivera)
Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel stand guard beside a banner installed by the supporters and activists of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a protest demanding ban on Popular Front of India (Getty Images)
An Indian Muslim devotee offers prayers during Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi on October 6, 2014 (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands alert near encounter spot in Pampore area south of Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir on 06 November 2020 (Photo by Muzamil Mattoo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa delivers a speech at the 2018 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2018 in Munich, Germany (Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images).
US President Barack Obama (C), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (L) attend a reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Presidential Palace, in New Delhi on January 26, 2015. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)