Patrick M. Cronin is an American political scientist and writer. He is a national security policy expert currently serving as chair for Asia-Pacific Security at

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and a scholar in residence at

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's Institute for Politics and Strategy. Cronin was previously senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the

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; senior director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the

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; director of studies at the

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; and senior vice president and director of research at the

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Education

Cronin graduated from the

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with high honors and earned MPhil and DPhil from St. Antony's College,

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, where he studied international relations.

Early career

While an undergraduate, Cronin worked at the ''

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'' and the ''

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.'' He was an analyst with the

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and

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, a

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intelligence officer, a senior analyst at the

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, and director of research at the

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(1998–2001).

USAID service

During the

George W. Bush administration George W. Bush's tenure as the 43rd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2001, and ended on January 20, 2009. Bush, a Republican from Texas, took office following his narrow electoral college vict ...

, Cronin was assistant administrator for policy and program coordination (the third-ranking position) at the

United States Agency for International Development The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the United States government that has been responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Established in 1961 and reorganized in 1998 ...

. He was confirmed by the Senate in 2001. Cronin led USAID's interagency task force that helped design the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). In a 2006 interview with NPR, Cronin said: "USAID continues to have the best expertise on development in the US government, and yet nobody will dispute that it's lost its primacy in development assistance some time ago. So what we've seen since the '90s is the strengthening of the State Department's policy leadership role in foreign development assistance. The Bush administration took that with a vengeance."

Publications

''Fear and Insecurity: Addressing North Korean Threat Perceptions,''

(2021) ''Total Competition China’s Challenge in the South China Sea'',

(2020) (co-authored with Ryan Neuhard) ''The Cornerstone and the Linchpin: Securing America’s Northeast Asian Alliances'',

(2019) ''Negotiating With North Korea How Will This End?'' CNAS (2019) (co-authored with Kristine Lee) ''Networking Asian Security An Integrated Approach to Order in the Pacific,'' CNAS (2017) (co-authored with Richard Fontaine, Mira Rapp-Hooper, and Harry Krejsa) ''Counterbalance: Red Teaming the Rebalance in the Asia-Pacific'', CNAS (2016) (co-authored with Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa, and Hannah Suh) ''Double Trouble: Iran and North Korea as Challenges to International Security'' (2010) (editor) ''Global Strategic Assessment'', 2009: ''America’s Security Role in a Changing World'' (2009) (edito

''Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operations'' (2009) (co-edito

''The Impenetrable Fog of War: Reflections on Modern Warfare and Strategic Surprise'' (2008) (edito

''The Evolution of Strategic ThoughtClassic Adelphi Papers'' (2008) (editor)

Personal life

Cronin is married to Audrey Kurth Cronin, a distinguished professor at American University's American University School of International Service, School of International Service.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cronin, Patrick M. 1958 births Living people 21st-century American political scientists American foreign policy writers China–United States relations CSIS people Georgetown University faculty Johns Hopkins University faculty United States Agency for International Development United States–Asian relations University of Florida alumni University of Virginia faculty