European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives at the Special European Council in Brussels on March 6, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)
The Skydio X10D drone flies during a counter-uncrewed aerial systems training exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Bavaria, Germany, on February 13, 2025. (US Army photo)
Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Chinese sailors stand next to a submarine rescue ship Hongzehu from the PLA Navy as it is docked on April 23, 2024, in Qingdao, China.(Kevin Frayer via Getty Images)
The Skydio X10D drone flies during a counter-uncrewed aerial systems training exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Bavaria, Germany, on February 13, 2025. (US Army photo)
A statue of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, stands in front of the US Treasury September 19, 2008, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks during signing of executive orders at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
People bow as they visit statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang on February 16, 2024. (Photo by KIM Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a meeting on July 25, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kenny Holston via Getty Images)
Hudson President and CEO John Walters and Senator Roger Wicker at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute