Patrick Cronin appears on to discuss Defense & Aerospace Report to discuss the intelligence sharing with Asia Pacific countries (24:00-26:00), a spike in tension between China and Japan over Taiwan (28:25-33:00), and the Australia-Indonesia Defense Treaty (33:00-35:00).
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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)