Patrick Cronin appears on Defense and Aerospace Podcast to discuss China and the potential United States government shutdown, China’s peacetime confrontation operations on Taiwan, efforts to negotiate guardrails over China-US military risks, and the Canada-India diplomatic row that threatens larger cooperation with allies and partners.

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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)