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)
A US Army M1A2 Abrams tank prepares to engage simulated targets during exercise Combined Resolve 26-07 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on April 28, 2026. (US Army)
People gather in front of the Chinese consulate general to protest the unjust conviction of media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai on February 14, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)