Dr. Patrick M. Cronin

Dr. Patrick M. Cronin is Asia-Pacific Security Chair at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. He is also a Scholar in Residence at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University, where he lectures on Asian strategies. Among other activities, he is a Senior Advisor to the US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Next-Gen Study Group. Previously, Dr. Cronin has served in leading analytical and executive positions, including as Director of Studies at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Senior Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for International and Security Studies (CSIS), and Director of Research and Studies at the US Institute of Peace (USIP), head of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University. He was confirmed by the US Senate and served as the third-ranking official at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and helped create the Millennium Challenge Corporation in the George W. Bush administration. He earned his M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He earned his bachelor’s degree with high honors from the University of Florida, where he was editor of the campus daily newspaper. A couple of his recent publications are two Hudson Institute reports published in 2025: Deals, Deadlocks, and Deterrence: Scenarios for Renewed US-North Korea Diplomacy (co-authored with six other distinguished American experts); and Strategic Alignment in Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US-South Korea Alliance.