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)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks to guests during a rally on January 6, 2016 in Marshalltown, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The podium before 2012 Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at his final campaign rally at Verizon Wireless Arena on November 5, 2012 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at a campaign event at Drake University on June 12, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th president of the USA, as President-elect, delivering a speech from the driver's seat of his coach on his triumphal journey to Washington, 1828. Engraving from 'Harper's Weekly', 1881 (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Candidates (R-L) Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) before the January 28, 2016 debate in Des Moines, Iowa. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)