On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, sponsored by L3Harris, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, 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 biggest Democratic electoral landslide since 1976 that repudiated President Trump and the GOP, garnering at least 250 House and 54 Senate seats; what a change in power on Capitol Hill means after lawmakers return to town and after Democrats take charge; how a “big tent” party will cover in office; how Republicans will reshape their party; how the world sees the Nov. 3 election and whether nations that were reducing their reliance on Washington will now change course; how Democrats can hold the administration accountable if those involved don’t cooperate or are pardoned by the president; prospect Trump and Putin will announce a new European security framework at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Shenzhen where the US and Russian leaders will also meet with Xi Jinping; what such a pact would mean for Europe as well as America’s allies in Asia; Trump’s announcement that Israel would no longer receive $4 billion in annual US military assistance; Israel’s parties maneuver to form a government; and more.
