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North Korea to Donald Trump: Challenge Accepted
The exclusive, members-only Mar-a-Lago Club is accustomed to keeping out riffraff, but not even Donald Trump’s private retreat fortified by Secret Service agents could prevent...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Dr. Patrick Cronin Previews the Trump-Abe Summit
Dr. Patrick Cronin, Senior Adviser and Senior Director of CNAS' Asia-Pacific Security Program, discusses what to expect from Friday's meeting. Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Patrick M. Cronin & Neal Urwitz
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Patrick Cronin on Major Challenges Facing Trump Administration in Asia
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Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the major challenges facing the Trump administration in Asia w...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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TPP Was Doomed To Fail
America’s exit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership should serve as a breakthrough development to spur widespread prosperity across the United States and build durable economic ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Strategist Six
Now that China is overtly throwing its weight around, is it fair to say that Washington missed its window to negotiate meaningful compromise or concessions with Beijing? Ch...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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4 Ways Trump Can Avoid a North Korea Disaster
The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye plunges South Korea deeper into political turmoil. Anticipating another North Korean provocation, Defense Minister Han Min-koo calle...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How the Next US President Should Handle the South China Sea
Beijing will test the mettle of the next U.S. administration in the South China Sea. At a minimum, China is determined to use “passive assertiveness” to exercise greater contr...
By Marcel Angliviel de la Beaumelle & Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS Commentary: Can the U.S.-Philippine Alliance Endure Duterte?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is continuing his anti-American campaign with two latest bombshell statements, first calling for the fewer than 200 American Special Opera...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Anthony Cho
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
'Rocket attack' threat highlights terror risk faced by prosperous AsiaNews of a plot to launch a rocket from Indonesia's Batam towards Singapore's glitzy Marina Bay area offers insight into the evolving terrorism threat to Asia. Indonesian count...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Choose your own adventure: The Next President's Voyage in the South China SeaTwo days ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague issued a truly stunning and long-anticipated ruling in the Philippines vs. China case over the South China ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Will China React to the Gavel Coming Down in the South China Sea?Rising tensions in the South China Sea have cast a pall over many actors and issues, but not international law. Indeed, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (U...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: North Korea: New missiles can hit AmericaBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Prospects for Korean Reunification | Great Decisions Lecture SeriesAs part of the Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Lecture Series, Asia-Pacific Security Program Director Dr. Patrick Cronin joins a panel to discuss the prospects of...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Commentary: High Stakes at the Sunnylands SummitThe transformation of U.S.–Southeast Asian relations is the least heralded and yet most forward-looking element of President Barack Obama’s rebalance to Asia. At the upcoming ...
By Derwin Pereira & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
North Korea: U.S. intelligence warningsBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
North Korea Ignites a Predictable Chain ReactionNorth Korea’s fourth nuclear test set in motion a predictable chain reaction. I refer not to the precision of nuclear physics, but to the same old policy responses from all re...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: Mapping Asia's Trajectory: An Australia PerspectiveBy Michèle Flournoy & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Taiwan’s Great RecalibrationThe winds of change that swept Taiwan on Saturday, Jan. 16, propelling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Dr. Tsai Ing-wen to a landslide victory — with nearly doubl...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Phoebe Benich
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Kim Jong Un's motives: North Korea nuclear testOn CNN, Patrick Cronin, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, discusses Kim Jong Un's possible motives for conducting a nuclear test, which North Korea claims ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Mind Games Behind Obama Arming TaiwanAmerican presidents like to announce major arms sales to Taiwan when they are leaving office. George Herbert Walker Bush announced the sale of nearly $8 billion in hardware, i...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin
