Patrick Cronin appears on Taiwan Talks to discuss why deterring China’s aggression is the main driver of United States policy in the Indo-Pacific, and Assistant Secretary of Defense Ely Ratner’s visit to Hudson Institute.
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Border patrol officers pull barbed wires as immigrants wait at the United States border on March 20, 2024, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)