Status of the Force with VADM Brendan McLane
January 16, 2026 • 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST
Hosted by Defense and Security
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Steps Down
Subscribe and Listen
An audio version of “Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Steps Down,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Kristi Govella, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Yuko Nakano. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.
Image
Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Image
Associate Director, U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program and Fellow, Japan Chair