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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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)