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The Ultimate Missile Shield: The U.S.-South Korea Alliance?
The flurry of news stories about North Korea’s latest salvo of missile tests gives Kim Jong-un the media coverage he craves and diverts attention from enduring strategic reali...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea to Donald Trump: Challenge Accepted
The exclusive, members-only Mar-a-Lago Club is accustomed to keeping out riffraff, but not even Donald Trump’s private retreat fortified by Secret Service agents could prevent...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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TPP Was Doomed To Fail
America’s exit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership should serve as a breakthrough development to spur widespread prosperity across the United States and build durable economic ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Strategist Six
Now that China is overtly throwing its weight around, is it fair to say that Washington missed its window to negotiate meaningful compromise or concessions with Beijing? Ch...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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4 Ways Trump Can Avoid a North Korea Disaster
The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye plunges South Korea deeper into political turmoil. Anticipating another North Korean provocation, Defense Minister Han Min-koo calle...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS Commentary: Can the U.S.-Philippine Alliance Endure Duterte?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is continuing his anti-American campaign with two latest bombshell statements, first calling for the fewer than 200 American Special Opera...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Anthony Cho
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'Rocket attack' threat highlights terror risk faced by prosperous Asia
News of a plot to launch a rocket from Indonesia's Batam towards Singapore's glitzy Marina Bay area offers insight into the evolving terrorism threat to Asia. Indonesian count...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Choose your own adventure: The Next President's Voyage in the South China Sea
Two days ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague issued a truly stunning and long-anticipated ruling in the Philippines vs. China case over the South China ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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How Will China React to the Gavel Coming Down in the South China Sea?
Rising tensions in the South China Sea have cast a pall over many actors and issues, but not international law. Indeed, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (U...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea Ignites a Predictable Chain Reaction
North Korea’s fourth nuclear test set in motion a predictable chain reaction. I refer not to the precision of nuclear physics, but to the same old policy responses from all re...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Taiwan’s Great Recalibration
The winds of change that swept Taiwan on Saturday, Jan. 16, propelling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Dr. Tsai Ing-wen to a landslide victory — with nearly doubl...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Phoebe Benich
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The Mind Games Behind Obama Arming Taiwan
American presidents like to announce major arms sales to Taiwan when they are leaving office. George Herbert Walker Bush announced the sale of nearly $8 billion in hardware, i...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin
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Yomiuri-Gallup Survey / Strong support for alliance expressed on both sides
In the Asia-Pacific region, the United States has no closer ally than Japan. The American public at large fully supports Japan’s measured steps to make a more proactive contri...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How to Get Kim Jong-un Out of the U.S.-ROK Alliance's 'Head'
North Korea remains the most explosive flashpoint in Asia because of the potential for escalation and major war. As the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, puts ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How American Can Cross the Digital Security Divide
In the past year, the United States has learned about unprecedented digital data breaches ranging from the confidential files of Sony Pictures, to the security clearance recor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Waiting for Widodo: The Limits of Security Assistance and the U.S. Rebalance to Asia
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo makes his first visit to Washington for a summit meeting with President Obama in less-than-auspicious circumstances. The honeymoon period tha...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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American Strategy in the South China Sea: Time to Define 'Militarization' and 'Coercion'
China’s previous paucity of runways in the South China Sea is leading to a trust deficit in U.S.-China relations. Over the course of this summer, China’s military and civilian...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea's saber rattling more worrying than Russia
While Iranian leaders prepare to pause on their nuclear program, Russia and North Korea appear locked in a contest for chief nuclear menace. Both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Forecasting the Future of US-China Competition
China figured prominently in this year’s annual conference conducted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which held the massive, all-day event at the end of last...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How China’s Land Reclamation Fits in its Regional Strategy for Dominance
Some analysts argue that China’s new artificial land formations in the South China Sea are not worth worrying about as they could be easily “taken out” if war broke out. But t...
By Patrick M. Cronin