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Patrick M. Cronin

Patrick M. Cronin is the chair for Asia-Pacific security at the Hudson Institute and a former USAID official in the George W. Bush administration.

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A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the sea near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019.

Under Cover of Pandemic, China Steps Up Brinkmanship in South China Sea

Elephants in the Room |

Robert A. Manning, Patrick M. Cronin

May 14, 2020, 11:44 AM

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, left, during the Inter-Korean summit in Panmunjom, North Korea, on April 27, 2018, and
U.S. President Donald Trump during a post-election press conference in the White House in Washington on Nov. 7, 2018. (Pool; Mandel Nagan/AFP/Getty Images)

Give Peace With North Korea a Chance, but Remember Plan B

Elephants in the Room |

Patrick M. Cronin

January 14, 2019, 1:34 PM

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the ASEAN summit in Singapore on Nov. 15. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)

Asia Needs Pence’s Reassurance

Elephants in the Room |

Patrick M. Cronin

November 15, 2018, 11:45 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, second from left, attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

Could North Korea Help Bring the United States and China Closer Together?

Elephants in the Room |

Patrick M. Cronin

May 4, 2018, 4:13 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump waves before entering the Oval Office on March 7, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Is the Peacemaker Korea Has Always Needed

Elephants in the Room |

Patrick M. Cronin

March 9, 2018, 2:27 PM

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