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)
ARJ21 aircrafts are delivered to Air China, China Eastern and China Southern Airlines on June 28, 2020 in Shanghai, China (Photo by Yin Liqin/China News Service via Getty Images)
A Chinese policeman walks past a memorial to the late South African leader Nelson Mandela outside the South African embassy in Beijing on December 11, 2013.
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) bump fists as they meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) while visiting the Moscow's Zoo in Moscow, Russia,, June,5, 2019. Chinese leader Xi Jinping is having a three-days state visit to Russia
Former Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide poses for a portrait picture following the press conference after being elected as Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Party President at the LDP Headquarter on September 14, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
Donald Trump and Narendra Modi wave at the crowd during 'Namaste Trump' rally at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020. (MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears on a giant television screen during a press conference announcing his resignation on August 28, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)