Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China, on January 29, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft lands at Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland on October 7, 2025. (US Air Force)
Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg sat down with Joel Scanlon to discuss the Pax Silica initiative and the global AI race.
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Zhang Youxia, then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, stands with members of the commission at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. (Getty Images)