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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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)