[4] He was an analyst with the Congressional Research Service and SRI International, a US Naval Reserve intelligence officer, a senior analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, and director of research at the US Institute of Peace (1998–2001).
[5][6] Cronin led USAID's interagency task force that helped design the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
So what we've seen since the '90s is the strengthening of the State Department's policy leadership role in foreign development assistance.
"[10] Fear and Insecurity: Addressing North Korean Threat Perceptions, Hudson Institute (2021)[11] Total Competition China’s Challenge in the South China Sea, Hudson Institute (2020) (co-authored with Ryan Neuhard) [12] The Cornerstone and the Linchpin: Securing America’s Northeast Asian Alliances, Hudson Institute (2019)[13] Negotiating With North Korea How Will This End?
CNAS (2019) (co-authored with Kristine Lee)[14] Networking Asian Security An Integrated Approach to Order in the Pacific, CNAS (2017) (co-authored with Richard Fontaine, Mira Rapp-Hooper, and Harry Krejsa)[15] Counterbalance: Red Teaming the Rebalance in the Asia-Pacific, CNAS (2016) (co-authored with Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa, and Hannah Suh)[16] Double Trouble: Iran and North Korea as Challenges to International Security (2010) (editor)[17] Global Strategic Assessment, 2009: America’s Security Role in a Changing World (2009) (editor)[1] Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operations (2009) (co-editor)[2] The Impenetrable Fog of War: Reflections on Modern Warfare and Strategic Surprise (2008) (editor)[3] The Evolution of Strategic ThoughtClassic Adelphi Papers (2008) (editor)[18] Cronin is married to Audrey Kurth Cronin, a distinguished professor at American University's School of International Service.