Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
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
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner (R) waves next to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during the 47th Mercosur Summit, in Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina on December 17, 2014. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech at Bicentenario museum in Buenos Aires, on October 10, 2012. (ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP/GettyImages)
Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) and his brother Raul, Minister of the Revoutionary Armed Forces, in Havana, during a meeting of the Cuban Parliament, December 23, 2003. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)