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)
Broken windows are seen after an explosion at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016. (Ahmed Gamil /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L),Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (2nd L) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (3rd L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
A crucifix is seen hanging as Egyptians attend a candle vigil on December 17, 2016 outside the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas mass at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance/Salvation (Sayidat al-Nejat), in central Baghdad, on December 25, 2015. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov speaks to media in Moscow, Russia on November 15, 2016. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)