# Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 28, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

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Published: 2026-08-28T11:51:13+00:00
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## Resource

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the impact of rising inflation on the Trump administration’s budget request; CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow; NATO’s moves to counter Russia’s mounting provocations in the Baltic and across Europe; Pentagon policy chief Bridge Colby’s meeting with allies as he oversees the review that will reduce US troops from Europe; Washington’s new Iran sanctions to collapse the theocratic regime as Beijing vows to retaliate if its banks or businesses are targeted; the trade war with Canada; Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s claim Iran tried to kill one of his son’s in Florida; retired Israeli Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter new extreme right-wing party; Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s effort to bring militias under control; Washington cancels an amphibious exercise with South Korea, but will press ahead with the trilateral Freedom Edge exercise next month with Korea and Japan; Japan, Australia, and Indonesia launch defense talks; and Beijing’s tightening comprehensive encirclement of Taiwan.

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