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To succeed with North Korea, prepare for failure
Commentary
Last year Kim Jong Un wagered that he could transform North Korea’s relations with the United States, South Korea and other powers. Despite months of flashy diplomacy, North K...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Preparing for a “Decent Chance” of Success and Failure with North Korea
Commentary
In a presidential tweet on Wednesday, President Donald Trump sounded cautiously hopeful regarding negotiations with North Korea. “Decent chance of Denuclearization,” he announ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Asia Needs Pence’s Reassurance
Commentary
In Asia, anxieties about the United States’ role in an increasingly China-centered world are palpable. While some fear that the United States is retreating from its internatio...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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This Is How America and the Philippines Can Upgrade Their Alliance
Commentary
At the heart of the Indo-Pacific region are the disparate nations of Southeast Asia, a dynamic group of post–colonial nations that consciously guard their hard-earned autonomy...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Javad Heydarian
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Navigating a new chapter in the US-Philippines’ ‘Long Friendship’
Commentary
In the Philippines, nearly a year after President Trump first sketched his Free and Open Indo-Pacific policy at the 2017 APEC CEO Summit, uncertainty about how the United Stat...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Time for a 21st century PH-US alliance
Commentary
Of all the alliances in the Asia-Pacific today, there is none more underappreciated than that of the Philippines and the United States. And there is no line that better captur...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Heydarian
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The Second Coming of Kim Jong Un
Commentary
The leaders of the United States and North Korea waited seventy years to have a first face-to-face encounter. That happened on June 12, when Chairman Kim Jong-un met President...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Operationalizing US-India Strategic Cooperation
Commentary
The United States and India are poised to take a significant step toward institutionalizing bilateral strategic cooperation when their respective defense and foreign ministers...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Why Washington and Seoul Need to Harmonize Their Approaches to North Korea
Commentary
For the past sixty-five years, amidst the ebb and flow of heightened tensions with North Korea, the U.S.-ROK relationship has remained the cornerstone of a successful alliance...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition not transitory
Commentary
The escalating U.S.-China trade war reflects a hardening strategic competition between two major powers, not merely tense negotiations for short-term political gains. While fe...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How South Korea’s ‘New Economic Map’ Could Shift Northeast Asia’s Balance of Power
Commentary
Since assuming office in May 2017, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is proving to be nothing short of a visionary. But the flurry of summitry surrounding North Korea’s nucle...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It's Time for the United States to Counter It.
The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it long-term politica...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Hunter Stires
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Don't Rush to a Peace Treaty on North Korea
Commentary
Today’s sixty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Korean armistice is fueling speculation that an official end to the war may be forthcoming. There is value in signaling i...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Taiwan Is Not a Bargaining Chip
Commentary
For Taipei, the question of U.S. reliability is an existential matter. Beijing is pressuring Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, hinting at the use of forc...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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How the North Korean Economy Should—and Shouldn’t—be Used in Negotiations
Commentary
To date, assistance for North Korea’s economy has not factored into negotiations between the United States, South Korea and North Korea in any real or meaningful way. South Ko...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
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Toward a New Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea
Commentary
China’s attempts at unilaterally changing the status quo in maritime Asia are most visible in the South China Sea, where previously small land features are now burgeoning mili...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Melodie Ha
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After Singapore summit, Congress must navigate a path to normalization
Commentary
Following the Trump-Kim summit, Congress will find itself juggling two somewhat conflicting briefs: giving the president space to make diplomatic headway while ensuring that s...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Asean is the fulcrum of a free and open Indo-Pacific
More than half a year has elapsed since President Donald Trump's inaugural Asian tour, during which he announced a US vision of a "free and open Indo-Pacific". The bare bones ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Abigail Grace
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Trump Leaves the Door Open for Another North Korea Summit
The Trump administration’s announcement that they will postpone the Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signaled that they are committed to a good deal for t...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Abigail Grace
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President Trump’s Strategy and Style Better for North Korea Than Iran
Commentary
American presidents have long found double-trouble in managing Iran and North Korea. The two countries are separated by four thousand miles and starkly different histories, bu...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Sarah Donilon
