Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable May 14, 2020]
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Gordon Adams, PhD, Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International and Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council.
Topics:
— Outlook for next coronavirus economic stimulus package and implications for defense
— White House’s personnel crackdown at the Defense Department
— Next US steps in Afghanistan in the wake of deadly maternity ward attack and fraying support on Capitol Hill
— The reasons for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s impromptu visit to Jerusalem as US worries about Beijing’s investment in Israel’s high-tech sector
— Challenges with new Israeli government’s West Bank annexation strategy