Security Alliances

United States Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in during the first day of session on January 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

Afghan women and children stand outside a primary healthcare center in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on February 2, 2025. (Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images)

A China-Europe freight train loaded with containers prepares to depart from the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation base in Lianyungang, China, on August 24, 2023. (Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the awarding ceremony at the Moscow State University, on January 24, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Mathilde Kaczkowski / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP)

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the White House. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)

A Naval Science Institute student practices arc welding at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine on October 10, 2024. (US Navy photo by Branden Bourque)

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)

United States President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter via Getty Images)

Japan Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Shohei Ishii (right) and Philippine Coast Guard Chief of Staff Commodore Joeven Fabul (left) take part in arrival honors at the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters on November 4, 2023, in Manila, Philippines, as the countries seek to bolster military ties after tensions escalated between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. (Ezra Acayan via Getty Images)