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, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security, Michael Herson of American Defense International and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, USN Ret., the executive director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission as well as a fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Topics:

— Defense appropriations outlook as service leaders warn of the perils of living under a full-year continuing resolution

— What’s next now that US-NATO talks with Russia have failed and Moscow craft pretexts to press ahead with its planned invasion of Ukraine

— How to deter Russia after a decade of failing to adequately stand up to Moscow’s transgressions and provocations

— Lessons that Beijing is drawing from Russia’s continuous and effective breaking of international norms as China rises tensions over Taiwan

— Implications of Beijing’s expanding influence in the Gulf

— Key takeaways from the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium