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, EJ Herold, the executive director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Americas and Michael Herson of American Defense International.

Topics:

— The implications of the surprise mid-term outcome that is characterized as the best for a sitting president since the 1930s

— Political dynamics is Democrats retain Senate but Republicans narrowly control the House

— The “governability” of a fractious House Republican majority, should GOP retake the chamber

— New defense leadership in House and Senate and their priorities and how change in power could impact US policy toward Ukraine, China and Europe

— Whether former President Trump — and Trumpism’s — hold on Republicans Party has been broken as long-time allies turn on him for failing to win more seats

— Message America’s allies and adversaries are drawing from the mid-terms

— What’s next now that Russia has evacuated Kherson as Ukrainian forces retake the key southern city

— White House pledges unwavering support for Ukraine as it urges Kyiv to remain open to negotiations to end the conflict

— President Biden’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Bali

— Key US meetings in Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia

— Waiting for North Korea’s nuclear test

— Update on Binyamin Netayahu efforts to form the most right-wing government in Israel’s history

— Ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Iran