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Posts by Patrick Cronin
Patrick M. Cronin, “North Korea Diplomacy: Necessary, Likely, and Problematic,” Korea On Point, July 4, 2025, koreaonpoint.org/articles/art....
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Our English-language panel discussion on prospects for U.S.-North Korean diplomacy and implications for South Korea at Korean Association of International Studies held this year in Yeosu www.youtube.com/live/AmUlhWO... #CheyInstitute #Hudson #KAIS #Trump #Kim #Lee
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10. On the 7th Anniversary of the Trump-Kim Singapore Summit
"...we characterized ourselves as the host side. We were not engaged in mediation or in negotiations. The Oriental version of it is that we made sure the tea cups were filled, but the conversation was entirely between them."
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9. Nuclear Risks in NE Asia
“For 80 years, the American security umbrella in Northeast Asia has been a key stabilizer for the relationships in a complicated part of the world…Can you imagine a Northeast Asia with five nuclear powers – Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan?”
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8. China's Maritime Dependence
“…in the last 45 years, because China became a manufacturing superpower, it now depends on the maritime routes in a way which it never depended as heavily in its earlier phases of history. ... one-third of global trade flows through the South China Sea.”
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7. Goldilocks
“We certainly do not want America & China to go to war, but if they suddenly arrive at a condominium and split the Pacific...in spheres of influence or control, that is not necessarily an ideal outcome…it is...a Goldilocks syndrome that we have – not too hot, and not too cold.”
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6. S China Sea
“[W]hat is really going on in the South China Sea?... Is it really the rocks & the sands...or is it really an extension of...strategic anxiety &...deterrence between the two superpowers? ... No SE Asian nation wants to allow itself to be a theatre for a proxy war again....”
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5. Modus Vivendi
"[W]hat is the key ingredient that is missing in the US-China relationship? My assessment is a lack of strategic trust. ... it is our hope in my part of the world that you establish a modus vivendi... I hope it does not come across as wishful, but this is what we hope for.”
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4. Taiwan Conflict?
“All of us have...our versions of the One China policy. I think what everyone wants to avoid is a kinetic conflict & having interacted with the principals on both sides. The point I would emphasize is that a kinetic conflict across the Taiwan Straits is not inevitable."
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3. Singapore's Role & Trade
“…Singapore's role is to be that totally reliable, safe deposit box." "We have had a…free trade agreement with America since 2004, and almost all the time, you have had a trade surplus, and it is growing. …we are not complaining....”
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2. Three Dangers of Decoupling
“First, it will be inflationary….. Second…you set the stage for a more disrupted, dangerous world because interdependence is reduced…. The third point is” that it "must mean a reduction in the speed of progress."
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1. Multipolar World
“…Pax Americana was a unique, incredible period of 80 years.” “…this is the end of an era." and "what we do know from history is that the interaction between an old world order and a new world order is when things get hairy, when things get dangerous….”
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Singaporean worldview in ten soundbites from Foreign Minister of Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan at Hudson Institute on June 6, 2025
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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast “Washington Roundtable” June 6, 2025
defaeroreport.com/2025/06/06/d...
My comments 34:30-49:00
34:30 Shangri-La Dialogue
40:00 Korean election
43:00 Taiwan, China, allies, shipbuilding, DF-5
#ShangriLaDialogue #Korea #Taiwan #Singapore #China
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My interview on Arirang News Inauguration Special on the outlook for US-South Korean relations as President Lee Jae-myung assumes office. My 10-minute segment of the live broadcast is from 1:35:50-1:44.50.
#LeeJaemyung #Korea #US
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I sit down with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan this Friday at 3 pm EST; watch online or in person at Hudson Institute
#Singapore #ForeignMinister #ASEAN #US #IndoPacific #trade #security #technology
www.hudson.org/events/evolv...
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My analysis of the #Korean election and the new #Lee_Jae_myong government & its implications for US-Korea relations with this "Washington Brief" #50 program moderated by Amb. Joseph DeTrani & panelist Alexandre Mansourov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViDw...
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US Beacon for Science May Be Dimming www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
#MarciaMcNutt: “We are embarking on a major experiment in restructuring the innovative engine in America &China is the control."
@ardemp.bskyverified.social @rhuganir.bsky.social @mathias-unberath.bsky.social @insitro.bsky.social
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defaeroreport.com/2025/05/30/d...
My comments from
~9:30 On defense, budget reconciliation and Asia
~14:30 On trade, steel, and strategic decoupling
~46:20 On US-China heading into Shangri-La Dialogue
~50:30 On driving away students and talent
#trade #China #tariffs #visas #SLD #steel #decoupling
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"I have watched the demolition of the capacity to read & engage with books. We have...begun to lose our attachments to the meaning of words and sentences, which we once trusted to carry the precious freight of communicating..."
Nicole Krauss #reading #writing
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Delighted to discuss my recent report on "Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US-South Korea Alliance" with Scott Snyer on KEI's "Eye on Korea" program
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miuz...
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Patrick M. Cronin, The Future of Nuclear Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, May 19, 2025
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Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast “Washington Roundtable” May 23, 2025
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This week's discussion with host Vago Muradian, Patrick Cronin, Jim Townsend, Dov Zakheim & Michael Herson
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Patrick M. Cronin and Go Myong-hyun, “Tracking North Korea’s Military Ambitions and Diplomatic Moves,” Arirang News program “WITHIN THE FRAME,” April 23, 2025
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Patrick M. Cronin and Go Myong-hyun, “Tracking North Korea’s Military Ambitions and Diplomatic Moves,” Arirang News program “WITHIN THE FRAME,” April 23, 2025
#NorthKorea #satellites #Russia #Ukraine #China
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkRe...
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Historian Yuval Noah Harari asks, if rival national fortresses replace a liberal world order, how can they "peacefully resolve their economic & territorial disputes if there are no universal values or binding international laws?" #Melian_dictum #whodeterminesstrength
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America lost a giant yesterday at a moment bereft of leadership.
Richard L. Armitage, former deputy secretary of state under President George W. Bush, died unexpectedly on Sunday April 13 at the age of 79. The cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.
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