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A Bold Maritime Strategy for Taiwan
Taiwan’s future security hinges on developing a new maritime strategy of active diplomacy and asymmetric defense. Although President Ma Ying-jeou has initiated creative peace ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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MH17 disaster foretells a more dangerous world
The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster is a poignant reminder of the randomness of fortune and misfortune. But it also serves as a prelude to an emerging security environmen...
By Kelley Sayler & Patrick M. Cronin
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The Case for U.S. Arms Sales to Vietnam
When Beijing built a deep-sea drilling platform squarely in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone earlier this summer, it once again flouted widely accepted rules and sought to ex...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Video: Recent Trends in the South China Sea and U.S. Policy: Day 1, Panel 1
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US should help Vietnam counter China's coercion
Last October, during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung promised to buttress "political trust" between the two South China Sea (SCS)...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China's Problem with Rules: Managing a Reluctant Stakeholder
Many admonish the United States for not finding a more far-sighted way to manage strategic competition with a reemerging China. However, the ongoing search for a bilateral str...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Time to Actively Deter North Korea
It is only a matter of time before North Korea flaunts its ability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead, deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles and road-mobile missile launche...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Video: Eighth Annual Conference: Risk and Opportunity in Indo-Pacific Asia
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Middle Powers Can Rescue the International Community
President Barack Obama's recent swing through Asia reaffirmed the importance of alliances and a long-term U.S. policy of rebalancing to Asia. But it failed to halt the percept...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Video: SPFUSA: Patrick Cronin, Abraham Denmark, Michael Green, Michael Schiffer
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Video: Patrick Cronin Discussing the Transatlantic Pivot to Asia
By Patrick M. Cronin
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USAID & The National Interest
Many Americans are convinced that foreign aid fails to advance the national interest, while others are vexed that they might be aimed at doing precisely that. A prime example ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Video: Patrick Cronin Discussing China's Roles in the World with USIP and Georgetown
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Video: Evolving Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific Region
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Asians Hedge Against China
Beijing's announcement of a new "air defense identification zone" that overlaps with existing Japanese and Korean airspace sent reverberations across the Indo-Pacific region. ...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Korea's Growing Security Dilemma
The Korean Peninsula remains the most dangerous flashpoint in East Asia. The decisions made in the Blue House over the next year or two may accelerate a growing security dile...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS Commentaries: The Way Forward in Syria
Nine experts at the Center for a New American Security offer analysis and commentary on the range of issues relating to the U.S. response to the alleged use of chemical weapon...
By Gordon Miller, Katherine Kidder, Nora Bensahel, Patrick M. Cronin, Phillip Carter, Richard Fontaine, Richard Williamson & David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)
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Appearance by Dr. Patrick Cronin before the HASC on the "strategic rebalance" toward Asia.
CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin testified on July 24 before the House Armed Services on achieving strategic re-...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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An Asian Power Web Emerges
When President Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California last week, it is doubtful that either leader focused on the growing ties among countries like Singapo...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Setting an Agenda for U.S.-China Strategic Reassurance
The summit meeting between Xi Jinping and Barack Obama underway in Southern California offers an opportunity to recast the often fraught Sino-US relationship as one that is on...
By Alexander Sullivan & Patrick M. Cronin