Patrick Cronin appears on the Defense and Aerospace Podcast to discuss China’s attitude toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (14:30), Havana syndrome (30:00), Washington-Beijing relations after last week’s Joe Biden–Xi Jinping phone call and Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit China (34:30), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s upcoming visit, and the Taiwan earthquake (38:30).
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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)