Patrick Cronin appears on the Defense and Aerospace Podcast to discuss China, the Shangri-La Dialogue, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's trip to Japan, North Korea鈥檚 failed satellite launch, sanctions evasion, and CIA Director William Burns' channel with China.
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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)