European Union flags outside the European Central Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on December 12, 2024. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
US Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin House, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II from underneath a hardened facility on January 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (US Air Force)
The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images)
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana transits Puget Sound on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian G. Reynolds)
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during the China Development Forum 2024 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2024, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Fu Tian/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
Jonathan Ward appears on the John Batchelor Show to discuss American investment risk in China.