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Asia Reassurance Initiative Act passed by US Senate will beef up engagement across Indo-Pacific
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An Act that is seen as a significant indication of bipartisan support for deepening US engagement in the Indo-Pacific region is quietly making its way through Congress amid Wa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Southeast Asia Needs to Choose Between the US, China on Principles, Experts Say
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With the intensifying rivalry between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, Southeast Asian countries can no longer sit on the fence, and have a tough choice t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Southeast Asian Nations Wary of Choosing Sides in Rift Between U.S., China
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Although China is exerting pressure on the nations in Southeast Asia to side with it in the growing global struggle with the United States, most of them want to avoid having t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump's accusation opens new front in stand-off with China
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US President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his stand-off with China on trade, accusing Beijing of interfering with America's elections. The accusation was made on Wed...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Analysis: Has Trump Blown Chances for Talks With NKorea?
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WASHINGTON — After inflating a bubble of expectation for a historic summit with North Korea, President Donald Trump popped it. His withdrawal from a hastily arranged summit wi...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Courting Kim and coming up short highlights the limits of Trump’s me-first diplomacy
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At the core of President Trump’s foreign policy is a belief that he can use his personal charisma to charm his way to world peace. The collapse Thursday of the planned summit ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pentagon disinvites China from major naval exercise over South China Sea buildup
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The Pentagon disinvited China from participating in a major naval exercise on Wednesday, signaling mounting U.S. anger over Beijing’s expanded military footprint in disputed a...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Libya model for North Korea? Trump instead leaning toward nuke disarmament in phases
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The Trump administration is leaning toward a disarmament approach that would force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons in phases in return for sanctions relief and othe...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump and Moon to meet amid rising doubts on North Korea
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in and President Donald Trump have almost nothing in common. Moon is a soft-spoken, liberal human rights lawyer — and Trump is, well, none of t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Stars of North Korea Talks Revolve Around Moon
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Now that there is a time and a place set for the summit meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, some question whether Kim would have e...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump dabbles in made-for-TV diplomacy
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After disappointing European allies by pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and amid the rising drumbeat of scandal surrounding his longtime personal attorney, President Donal...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump becomes more dovish toward North Korea, but surrounds himself with hawks
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As the top commander of the U.S. military forces in the Pacific, Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. has been such an outspoken China hawk that he was reportedly subject to a gag order b...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump floats idea of meeting Kim on the border of Koreas in hopes of ‘a great celebration’
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President Trump on Monday said he is considering holding his summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone with South Korea, rather than in a third-p...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Abe to meet Trump over fears Japan is being sidelined on North Korea talks
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could face some tense moments when he meets with President Trump this month at Mar-a-Lago, reflecting rising fears back home that Tokyo has ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea’s Response to Allied Exercises Could Shape Trump Meeting
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SEOUL—U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began Sunday are set to test the durability of a diplomatic opening with North Korea aimed at halting the regime’s nuclear prog...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pompeo expected to reinforce Trump's hardline instincts on Iran and North Korea
CIA Director Mike Pompeo's expected move to lead the State Department is likely to lead to harder-line policies toward Iran and North Korea, though his ability to shape policy...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pompeo can make the State Department great again
For over a year, the State Department has found itself on the sidelines of the policymaking process. The secretary of state never earned the trust of the diplomats he was mean...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Will Trump’s North Korea gamble actually pay off?
Last week was a whirlwind for North Korea watchers. On Thursday, South Korean officials announced that President Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump's historic bet on Kim Jong Un summit shatters decades of orthodoxy
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - US President Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday (March 8), breaking decades of US diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un can both claim a diplomatic victory - but can they secure a real breakthrough?c
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have more in common than they think. They both love drama and they delivered it in spades on Thursday, in an extra...
By Patrick M. Cronin
