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US National Defence Strategy signals key shift back to competition with great powers
The United States' National Defence Strategy (NDS) provides a large part of the jigsaw of America's foreign policy under President Donald Trump - and marks a key strategic shi...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea — Kim Jong Un hits ‘the bunny slope of tension-reductions’
North and South Korea plan to march under the same flag at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, and field a combined women’s ice hockey team. The Hermit Kingdom’s Kim Jong Un...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Facebook reacts to pressure on propaganda
Facebook is launching an investigation into whether Russian propagandists coordinated a disinformation campaign around the 2016 Brexit vote. In a letter dated Jan 17 to the he...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trumplomacy: Has Trump made the world more dangerous?
The world has become a more uncertain place since US President Donald Trump issued his "America First" decree in the dark and dystopian language that so alarmed allies and int...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s tweets rattle the globe, but aides say North Korea policy is carefully calibrated
President Trump’s taunting tweet this week raising the specter of nuclear war with North Korea sparked fresh concerns in the Pentagon, at the State Department and even in the ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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It sure looks like China is secretly selling oil to North Korea
China has apparently been secretly selling oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions and its own promises to drastically curb trade with the country. A report from South...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Tillerson’s offer of talks with North Korea left hanging
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s surprising diplomatic offer of unconditional talks with North Korea hinges on two big X factors: Does the North even want talks...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Tillerson Open to Talks With North Korea
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson swung the door wide open to negotiations with North Korea, saying on Tuesday he is open to talks without preconditions as soon as Pyongyang si...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US seeks to stay ahead of China, Russia in space race
The United States needs to undertake an urgent revamp of its space strategies and rethink its investment priorities as part of a move to counter threats from rising space powe...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Launch of new missile increases pressure on U.S. policymakers to confront North Korean threat
Pyongyang’s launch of a new, long-range missile this week deepens a chief foreign policy dilemma for the Trump administration, putting the threat of a North Korean nuclear str...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Where Washington’s North Korea policy goes from here
Donald Trump’s first ten months have been whirlwind for North Korea watchers. From “fire and fury” to “maybe someday he will be my friend”, it’s been an unusual time to have a...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump said he would strike one-on-one trade deals. That’s not happening.
As he traveled across Asia, President Trump touted a flurry of multibillion-dollar military sales and one-off business deals with nations he visited. Upon his return to the Wh...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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President Trump Visits Asia
On this edition of Encounter, Walter Lohman, Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation and Patrick Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US agrees to provide South Korea more weapons, upgraded defenses
US PACIFIC COMMAND, Hawaii ― South Korea will buy more U.S. weapons, develop more advanced missiles and receive a more consistent presence of U.S. military nuclear weapons to ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS’ Cronin on Asia-Pacific Strategy, Trade, Deterring North Korea
Patrick Cronin, PhD, senior advisor and senior director of the Center for a New American Security’s Asia-Pacific Security Program, discusses how the US can accomplish strategi...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Uncle Sam is here to stay
Speaking at the sixth Maritime Institute of Malaysia South China Sea Conference, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia Pacific Security Programme at CNAS (Centre for ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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What the U.S. is actually getting right on North Korea
It's tempting to give into doom and gloom when we think of North Korea policy. The rapid advances in Pyongyang's weapons technology, coupled with its provocative propaganda ab...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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U.S. Has Options as Tension With North Korea Escalates
In The News
Experts say there are paths the Trump administration could take to try to contain Pyongyang’s nuclear advances...
By Michèle Flournoy & Patrick M. Cronin
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From good to bad: 5 possible options for what's next in North Korea-U.S. standoff
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un persists in testing nuclear weapons and missiles in defiance of the United States and the rest of the world. President Trump imposed new sancti...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump Expands North Korea Sanctions -- Update
President Donald Trump launched a new phase of a crackdown on North Korea on Thursday, expanding sanctions to hit any individuals, companies and financial institutions doing b...
By Patrick M. Cronin
