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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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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
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America and the South China Sea Challenge
The rough waters that roiled the South China Sea in 2012 are not giving way to smooth sailing in 2013. Despite a springtime push for diplomatic progress, present conditions po...
By Alexander Sullivan & Patrick M. Cronin
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Rescind North Korea's license to provoke
"Even if you know the way," an ancient Korean proverb advises, "ask one more time." If North Korea's latest cycle of misdeeds, followed by international censure, followed by m...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How U.S. Can Help Avert Asia Crisis
Mounting tensions over the East and South China Seas are threatening to torpedo the Asian Century. China and the Philippines locked horns near Scarborough Shoal this past spri...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Japan’s rightward shift
Japanese politics are shifting to the right, and the impact on regional security could be crucial. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s surprise victory to head Japan’s Liberal ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Can Taiwan Bring Peace to the South and East China Seas?
Given Taiwan’s precarious lack of strategic depth as an island, it is only fitting that its president, Ma Ying-jeou, should have written his doctoral dissertation on sovereign...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Snap judgments over Libyan attacks play into hands of terrorists
The armed attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11 and the killing of the US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his staff is a horrible tragedy whose re...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Statesmen need patience to calm public jingoism as disputes flare
The uncompromising claims, official and unofficial accusations, and policy moves in the South and East China Seas in recent months are creating a trend that is not in the nati...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Averting Conflict in the South China Sea
Despite rising tensions in the South China Sea, conflict can and should be averted. A good first step would be to acknowledge that the South China Sea is part global good, pa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Can U.S. help Gulf shield itself against Iran?
Advancements in Iranian missile capabilities are driving Gulf Arab countries to cooperate on a theater-wide missile defense system. The fear is that Iran could launch missiles...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Why U.S. should be all in with Myanmar
Myanmar’s nascent liberalization is at a critical juncture. In the next few months we will know whether or not President Thein Sein’s attempt to transform his country from par...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Transfer of U.S. Okinawa troops a doubly good move
The long-term strategy behind America's military repositioning in Asia is gradually revealing itself. A series of moves over the past six months will set the stage for rebalan...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Muddy Waters
This month’s maritime standoff between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea isn’t the first time the region’s navies have gone toe-to-toe. But while past tensions ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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10 Big Questions for Obama, Romney on Asia
Asian security may figure greatly in this year's U.S. presidential election because of urgent questions about North Korea and enduring concerns over how best to manage a risin...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Plugging U.S. Missile Defense Gaps
It would be a mistake to assume that we dodged a bullet with the fiery end to North Korea’s Unha-3 missile launch at the Dongchang-ri facility one minute into its fight. In fa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How Iran Bomb Could Threaten Peace
Editor's note: Patrick M. Cronin is senior adviser and senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, a nonpartisan research o...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Taiwan’s Asymmetric China Plan
The US decision not to sell Taiwan the latest F-16 fighter is a sign ties could be unravelling. Washington should back a Taiwan breakout strategy. China’s success in limiting ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Did Pakistan Sell Out America?
The strategic partnership between the United States and Pakistan appears once again to be careening toward the brink of self-destruction. Reports that Pakistan may have given ...
By Patrick M. Cronin