On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests in segment one are Michael Bayer, former chairman of the Defense Business Board and the president of the Dumbarton Strategies consultancy, and Arnold Punaro, the chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association and CEO of the Punaro Group consultancy to discuss the ongoing presidential transition and how to best accomplish the monumental task of a peaceful transition of power.

In segment two, our roundtable guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Gordon Adams, PhD, Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute, Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpha Partners, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute and Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Topics:

— Analysis of President Biden’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and messaging toward Beijing

— New administration’s approach to allies worldwide as well as Middle East

— Implications of arms exports to Gulf nations

— Update on the new administration’s defense spending request to be submitted to Congress in April

— Budget impact on moves to counter violent domestic extremists