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)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Samachar Dwishatabdi celebrations of Mumbai Samachar, the Gujarati daily newspaper, at BKC on June 14, 2022 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
US Commerce Secretary Raimondo, Secretary of State Blinken, and European Commissioner Dombrovskis at the inaugural U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 29, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images)
Soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army march on Red Square during a military parade in Moscow on June 24, 2020. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden reads a document during a personnel meeting Thursday, June 2, 2022, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to guests during a visit to POET Bioprocessing on April 12, 2022 in Menlo, Iowa. Biden announced that he would ease restrictions on ethanol use to help ease soaring gas prices. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)