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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)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan have a chat over tea with US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, September 25, 2026. (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)
OMB Director Russell Vought testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on oversight of the Office of Management and Budget, in Rayburn building on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past Kyrgyz honour guards during a welcoming ceremony prior to talks with his Kyrgyzstan's counterpart in Bishkek on August 31, 2026. (Getty Images)
US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019. (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
Sailors from the US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force prepare for a mine-sweep exercise dive using an unmanned underwater vehicle to detect training mines in Japan’s Ise Bay on February 4, 2020. (US Air Force)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New Delhi, India, on on January 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
People gather in front of the Chinese Consulate General to protest the unjust conviction of Jimmy Lai on February 14, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)