Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans and wave flags at a rally celebrating the end of the US military presence in Iraq on September 30, 2026, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty Images)
Presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro for the Partido Liberal speaks to the press after the votes are tallied on election day on October 4, 2026, in Brasilia, Brazil. (Getty Images)
Diplomatic envoys of ASEAN countries to China watch an intelligent robot during a visit to the China-ASEAN AI Application Center on July 22, 2026, in Nanning, China. (Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a news conference in New York after she addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, in New York City, US (Getty Images)
Migrants storm a barbed-wire fence as they attempt to cross the land border with Spain's African enclave of Ceuta near Fnideq in northern Morocco on September 15, 2024. (Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivers remarks before signing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol January 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 97 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 15, 2012. (DoD/Released)
Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
Bryan McGrath
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A barbed wire fence at a military check point near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separates South and North Korea on January 6, 2016 in Paju, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) alongside the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). (DoD/Released)