On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Patrick Cronin, PhD, the chair for Asia-Pacific Security at the Hudson Institute and Chris Servello, a founder of Provision Advisors (and Defense and Aerospace team member).

Topics:

— The budget and strategy implications of the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard

— Trump administration’s rejection of China’s territorial claims to the South China Sea and sanctions on officials in the wake of Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong

— How Washington and its allies can push back on China regionally

— Congress’ role in deterring Beijing from attacking Taiwan

— How a Biden administration would approach China

— Defense budget outlook in a Biden administration

— Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper’s

— Reining in Turkey as Ankara increasingly destabilizes its neighborhood