Asia, the Midterm Elections and Momentum to 2016

Details: Friday, October 24 , 2014 | 12:00 PM

About the Speaker Title: Asia, the Midterm Elections and Momentum to 2016
About the Speaker: 2014-10-24 12:00:00
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Event Link: Patrick M. Cronin is a Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Previously, he was the Senior Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University, where he simultaneously oversaw the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Prior to leading INSS, Dr. Cronin served as the Director of Studies at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). At the IISS, he also served as Editor of the Adelphi Papers and as the Executive Director of the Armed Conflict Database. Before joining IISS, Dr. Cronin was Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). In 2001, Dr. Cronin was confirmed by the United States Senate to the third-ranking position at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). While serving as Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination, Dr. Cronin also led the interagency task force that helped design the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). From 1998 until 2001, Dr. Cronin served as Director of Research at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to that, he spent seven years at the National Defense University, first arriving at INSS in 1990 as a Senior Research Professor covering Asian and long-range security issues. He was the founding Executive Editor of Joint Force Quarterly, and subsequently became both Deputy Director and Director of Research at the Institute. He received the Army's Meritorious Civilian Service Award upon his departure from NDU in 1997. He read International Relations at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where he received both his M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees, and graduated with high honors from the University of Florida. He regularly publishes essays in leading publications and frequently conducts television and radio interviews. In addition to many CNAS reports and numerous articles, his major publications include: Global Strategic Assessment, 2009: America’s Security Role in a Changing World; Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operations (co-editor); The Impenetrable Fog of War: Reflections on Modern Warfare and Strategic Surprise; The Evolution of Strategic Thought: Adelphi Paper Classics; and Double Trouble: Iran and North Korea as Challenges to International Security.
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Custom HTML field 3 title: Honoring ROK President Park Geun-Hye's autumn visit to New York and the United Nations and as the Society nears its 60th anniversary, we present The Analysts, a series bringing the nation's foremost thought leaders on Korea to our corporate, media, and international organization members.
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Summit External URL: <img src="images/icons/2013/studio_korea-logo.jpg" alt="studio korea-logo" height="142" width="238" /> Be part of a live audience for special recording sessions. Delve into the day’s headlines, dialogue with special guests from policy, finance, research, academe, international organizations, and the media, and determine new trends, priorities, and approaches in and toward East Asia and the Korean Peninsula.

2014 10 24 asia-elections icon3 Washington-based expert Patrick Cronin discusses Northeast Asia and the political process as Washington gears up for midterm elections. He also explores policy priorities as the 2016 presidential prospects begin to weigh foreign policy. Cronin, a prolific speaker and frequent major media contributor, heads Asia security efforts at the Center for a New American Security.

Asia, the Midterm Elections and Momentum to 2016

The Analysts

with

Patrick Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Moderated by Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President, The Korea Society

Friday, October 24, 2014 | 12 PM

11:30 AM | Registration & Light Fare

12:00 PM | Discussion

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Lee or (212) 759-7525, ext. 313.

$10 Members | $20 Guests

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