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Munich Security Dialogue, China, Japan, North Korea, Jimmy Lai’s sentence, Hong Kong, and More

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Asia-Pacific Security Chair
The emblem of the security conference and the inscription "Munich Security Conference" can be seen on a flag on the facade of the Bayerischer Hof in Munich (Bavaria, Germany) on February 12, 2026. The 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) will take place from February 13 to 15, 2026 at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. The MSC is the world's leading forum for debates on international security policy. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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The emblem of the security conference and the inscription "Munich Security Conference" can be seen on a flag in Munich, Germany, on February 12, 2026. (Getty Images)

On Defense and Aerospace Report’s Washington Roundtable, Patrick Cronin discusses the Munich Security Dialogue, Elbridge Colby’s “flexible realism” toward China, United States relations with Japan and North Korea, Jimmy Lai’s sentence, the latest from Hong Kong, Taiwan and President Lai Ching-te’s rhetoric, and the People’s Liberation Army Navy flotilla near Australia.