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)
The logo of Evergrande Group is seen on the façade of the company headquarters on February 9, 2021 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by Shen Longquan/VCG via Getty Images)
An MH-60R helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 51, takes off from the flight deck as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducts routine operations (U.S. Navy)
The national flags of the various countries attending the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit are displayed in Bangkok on November 4, 2019 (Photo by ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)
Fumio Kishida poses for a photograph following a press conference after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on September 29, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan (Photo by Du Xiaoyi - Pool/Getty Images)