On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Michael Herson of American Defense International  and Teri Schultz, a Brussels-based freelance Reporter for NPR and Deutsche Welle and podcast host for the Atlantic Council.

Topics:

— Congress returns to session to assess defense spending increase, President Biden’s request for $33 billion in Ukraine aid, new covid package and BBB, border measures, and Competes-USICA

— NATO’s assessment on what’s next in Russia’s war on Ukraine and likelihood Moscow will resort to nuclear weapons

— Message Biden’s $33 billion package and Ukraine moves to date send to China

— Whether Chinese government’s brutal response of covid outbreaks in Shanghai, Beijing and elsewhere will end up undermining popular support for the Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party

— Outlook for secondary US and European sanctions to prevent China, India and other states from continuing to do business with Russia in violation of sanctions in wake of Ukraine war

— Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia