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)
A demonstrator wearing a mask painted with the colors of the flag of East Turkestan takes part in a protest by supporters of the Uighur minority on April 1, 2021 at beyazid square in Istanbul (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)
Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in Beijing (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Chinese paramilitary police guard the outside of the Grand Bazaar in the Uighur area in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region on July 12, 2009 (PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of a People's Liberation Army band stand together at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party on July 1, 2021 at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in Beijing (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Dancers perform on the stage during at the National Stadium (aka the Bird's Nest) in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 28, 2021 in Beijing (Photo by Dong Ning/VCG via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (Photo by Zhang Ling/Xinhua via Getty Images)