Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 28, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 28, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

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August 28, 2026 · 1h 7m

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The episode discusses various geopolitical issues including inflation's impact on defense budgets, NATO's response to Russia, and tensions in the Middle East and Asia.

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the impact of rising inflation on the Trump administration’s budget request; CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow; NATO’s moves to counter Russia’s mounting provocations in the Baltic and across Europe; Pentagon policy chief Bridge Colby’s meeting with allies as he oversees the review that will reduce US troops from Europe; Washington’s new Iran sanctions to collapse the theocratic regime as Beijing vows to retaliate if its banks or businesses are targeted; the trade war with Canada; Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s claim Iran tried to kill one of his son’s in Florida; retired Israeli Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter new extreme right-wing party; Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s effort to bring militias under control; Washington cancels an amphibious exercise with South Korea, but will press ahead with the…

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