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• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • April 16, 2012
  Plugging U.S. Missile Defense Gaps

  It would be a mistake to assume that we dodged a bullet with the fiery end to North Korea’s Unha-3 missile launch at the Dongchang-ri facility one minute into its fight. In fa...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • CNN
  • November 15, 2011
  How Iran Bomb Could Threaten Peace

  Editor's note: Patrick M. Cronin is senior adviser and senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, a nonpartisan research o...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • October 7, 2011
  Taiwan’s Asymmetric China Plan

  The US decision not to sell Taiwan the latest F-16 fighter is a sign ties could be unravelling. Washington should back a Taiwan breakout strategy. China’s success in limiting ...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • CNN Opinion
  • August 15, 2011
  Did Pakistan Sell Out America?

  The strategic partnership between the United States and Pakistan appears once again to be careening toward the brink of self-destruction. Reports that Pakistan may have given ...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • May 29, 2011
  How China, U.S. See Each Other at Sea

  Maritime security, especially in the East and South China Sea, remains high on the agenda of China, the United States, Japan and other regional actors.  Incidents over the pas...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • CNN
  • April 27, 2011
  Challenges for Obama's New National Security Team are Huge

  President Barack Obama's national security shake-up will pit some of America's most able practitioners against some of the nation's most intractable challenges. The forceful, ...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • April 11, 2011
  Japan’s New Deal Opportunity

  Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered office in the midst of an historic internal disaster, the Great Depression.  But although FDR exuded the confidence to inspire a nation, he l...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • Financial Times
  • March 30, 2011
  Surgical Financial Strikes Can Oust Gaddafi

  Over the past week the Libyan no-fly zone has prevented Muammer Gaddafi from killing innocent civilians, but not forced him from power. None of the long-term options for Libya...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • February 9, 2011
  The Dangers of Korean Unification

  While the popular uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East are unlikely to infect North Korea, they are still a reminder that sudden change is always possible. With this in mind...

  By Patrick M. Cronin