Patrick M. Cronin is the Asia-Pacific Security Chair at Hudson Institute. Dr. Cronin is also a Scholar in Residence at Carnegie Mellon University. Previously, he was the Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Senior Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University, Director of Studies at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and Director of Research at the U.S. Institute of Peace. During the George W. Bush Administration, Dr. Cronin was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the third-ranking official at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) responsible for all policy coordination and planning, as well as helping to lead the establishment of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. At the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, he read international relations at St. Antony’s College. He received M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees; he graduated with high honors from the University of Florida. He frequently contributes to Dong-A Ilbo and other leading publications and regularly conducts television and radio interviews.