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 Chris Servello, a founder of Provision Advisors public relations firm (and Defense and Aerospace team member).

Topics:

— Status of Ukraine supplemental, covid aid, CHIPS-USICA conference and defense budget discussion

— Impact of Supreme Court’s expected Roe v. Wade repeal on bipartisanship and whether reproductive rights debate will crowd out national security

— Takeaways from Deputy Defense Secretary Dr. Kathleen Hicks’ remarks at the Reagan Institute on May 6

— Implications of news reports that US intelligence helped Ukraine kill Russian generals and sink Russia’s Black Sea flagship Moskva

— How allies, partners and adversaries regard Washington’s inability to keep secrets

— Falkland Islands War lessons found decades after Britain and Argentina clashed in the South Atlantic including the importance of secrecy, sustainment and weapons stocks

— Japanese Defense Minister Nobu Kishi’s meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Tokyo’s worry that the danger from North Korea is imminent

— Update on China’s rhetoric regarding its alliance with Moscow

— Saudi Arabia crafts rapprochement with Turkey as Riyadh remains furious at Washington over Iran nuclear deal and criticism for assassination of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi   

— Russia resorts to antisemitism for its poor military performance on Ukraine