DR. PATRICK M. CRONIN 

Dr. Cronin is Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination, United States Agency for International Development.  Prior to his current position, he directed the Research and Studies Program at the United States Institute of Peace.  He led a study on coercive diplomacy and also managed major projects on cross-cultural negotiation, political violence and terrorism, integrated civilian-military planning, and human rights.  Prior to joining the Institute, he was at the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), where he served as deputy director, director of research, and head of Asian Studies. He helped create Joint Force Quarterly, the journal of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and subsequently served as the journal's first executive editor. He received the U.S. Army's Civilian Meritorious Service Award and held a commission as an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Dr. Cronin is on the editorial advisory board of International Studies Perspectives and the International Journal of Korean Studies, and he is the former associate editor of Strategic Review. He is an elected board member of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, as well as a long-time member of the Institute for International Strategic Studies, London. Dr. Cronin has lectured and published widely on an array of U.S. foreign policy topics.  His published works include The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Past, Present and Future (1999), 2015: Power and Progress (1996), Redefining the U.S.-Japan Alliance (1994), and From Globalism to Regionalism: New Perspectives on U.S. Foreign and Defense Policies (1993). Dr. Cronin conducts regular interviews with major domestic and international media -- including CNN, BBC, and the Financial Times -- and his op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Singapore Straits Times, and Newsday. For seven years, Dr. Cronin was an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and he also taught at the University of Virginia. He holds M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations from Oxford University, England.