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)
Fans gather around a statue of Bruce Lee to mark the 40th anniversary of his death, on the Avenue of the Stars in Hong Kong on July 20, 2013. Lee helped put Hong Kong on the movie world map. (ANTHONY WALLACE/Getty Images)
The Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Oyashio, foreground, and two destroyers anchor at Subic Bay on April 3, 2016 in Subic, Philippines. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
A billboard reading '5G is here' on day one of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2019 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center on June 26, 2019. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)