Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference a day after Japan's lower house election on October 28, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon via Getty Images)
Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traor can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Senior Fellow John Lee, who is also an adjunct associate professor at the University of Sydney, discusses the forces that are contributing to the escalation of tensions in the East and South China seas.