Patrick Cronin appears on The Defense and Aerospace Podcast to talk about cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan, President Xi Jinping鈥檚 diplomacy with all four members of the axis of authoritarian powers, and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.

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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)