Patrick Cronin appears on The Defense and Aerospace Podcast to discuss China’s potential impact on the upcoming election (clip starts at 8:00), possible responses to North Korean troops in Ukraine (clip starts at 39:00), the BRICS summit (clip starts at 42:15), and Xi Jinping’s meeting with Narendra Modi (clip starts at 43:00).
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)