Patrick Cronin appears on the Defense and Aerospace Podcast to discus political chaos in Washington and its impact on international relations, Chinese and Russian influence operations (minute 17), and Beijing鈥檚 sensitivity to soft power鈥攆rom soccer star Lionel Messi鈥檚 snub during a football match in Hong Kong to Taylor Swift鈥檚 immense popularity (minute 37).
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Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)