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)
US Marine Corps Cpl. Jakob Santos prepares to launch a RQ-20B Puma during training at Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on November 29, 2024. (Cpl. William Wallace via DVIDS)
The United States Supreme Court is shown after members of the court issued major rulings on cell phone privacy and copyright law June 25, 2014, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
Uncrewed aerial systems from Skyways and PteroDynamics sit on the flight deck of the guidedmissile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) on June 25, 2024. (US Navy)
Donald Trump speaks at NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building after the launch of a SpaceX spaceship to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Dilution refrigerator is seen inside Amazon's quantum networking lab in Brighton, Massachusetts, on June 28, 2024. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
People photograph Donald Trump at a Republican volunteer recruitment event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 8, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)