The new and ever-growing Center for a New American
Security is poised to announce its latest high-profile acquisition. Patrick
Cronin will join CNAS as the senior director of their
Asia-Pacific Security program next month, the think tank will soon announce.
The new hire follows closely after CNAS snagged
McCain's national-security advisor Richard
Fontaine earlier this month.
Cronin, who currently directs the Institute for
National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, has also been the
director of studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Earlier, he was assistant administrator for policy and program
coordination at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and
before that, director of research at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
In one of his most recent works, entitled Global
Strategic Assessment 2009: America's Security Role in a Changing World,
he argues for a recalibrated strategic framework for the United States that would
recognize the dilution of U.S power in an increasingly multipolar environment.
"Although the United States cannot afford to be the world's exclusive security
guarantor, the world is ill prepared for U.S. retrenchment," Cronin wrote,
"Worldwide trends suggest that the United States will increasingly have to
approach complex challenges and surprises through wider and more effective
partnerships and more integrated strategies."
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