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.

Articles by Patrick M. Cronin
In a photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on May 11, 2018, a Taiwanese Air Force fighter jet flies near a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force bomber that reportedly flew over the Luzon Strait south of Taiwan during an exercise.
In a photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on May 11, 2018, a Taiwanese Air Force fighter jet flies near a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force bomber that reportedly flew over the Luzon Strait south of Taiwan during an exercise.
A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the sea near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019.
A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the sea near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019.
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)
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)
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the ASEAN summit in Singapore on Nov. 15. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the ASEAN summit in Singapore on Nov. 15. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
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)
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)
U.S. President Donald Trump waves before entering the Oval Office on March 7, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump waves before entering the Oval Office on March 7, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Korean People's Army soldiers watch a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2017. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Korean People's Army soldiers watch a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2017. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (C) celebrates her victory inTaipei on January 15, 2016.  Voters in Taiwan elected a Beijing-sceptic president in a dramatic democratic journey, carving their own political path against China's wishes. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ        (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (C) celebrates her victory inTaipei on January 15, 2016. Voters in Taiwan elected a Beijing-sceptic president in a dramatic democratic journey, carving their own political path against China's wishes. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick J. McMahon/ Released
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick J. McMahon/ Released
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