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
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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)
An aerial view shows the destroyed areas of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, following months of intense fighting near the front line, on October 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
Buses with the International Red Cross emblem move toward the eastern Gaza Strip on October 13, 2025, ahead of the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 attacks. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war on October 13, 2025, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.