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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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)