Patrick Cronin appears on the Defense and Aerospace Report Podcast to discuss President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping (29:15); the United States’s relations with Indo-Pacific countries (34:00); and China (42:30).
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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)