April 3, 2025
2:57 pm
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Educate, Connect and Empower
Today’s Distinguished Visitors
LTG Joel Vowell, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army PacificĀ 
  • Time: 09:30
  • Location: ECR
  • Host: Director Suzanne Vares-Lum
Mr. Abraham Salomon Jr., Chief, National Geospatial Agency, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
  • Time: 14:00
  • Location: B118
  • Host: Dr. Deon Canyon
Ms. Cath Edwardson, Policy Advisor, Special Operations Command Australia
  • Time: 14:30
  • Location: B105
  • Host: Ambassador Pete Haymond
In Their Own Words: Fellows describe their DKI APCSS experience.

Our Team

Our team is a dedicated group of professionals committed to enhancing regional security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Comprised of military, diplomatic, and academic experts, the team works collaboratively to address contemporary security challenges. Through education, dialogue, and research, the DKI APCSS team fosters mutual understanding and strengthens partnerships among nations.

News

  • Dean Carleton Cramer

DKI APCSS Returns to Washington for Mobile Indo-Pacific Orientation Course

WASHINGTON ā€” After an eight-year hiatus, the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies returned to the nationā€™s capital to host the Mobile Indo-Pacific Orientation Course (MIPOC) from March 24 to 28, 2025. The event, the largest MIPOC to date, brought together 116 fellows from agencies including the Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security. Among them were 20 international participants representing 12 countries.

Hegseth Addresses Indo-Pacom Partnerships During First Trip to Region

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed his strategic vision for the Defense Department, as it relates to the Indo-Pacific region, while delivering remarks to alumni of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu yesterday. Founded in 1995, the DKI APCSS is a DOD institute that offers a forum for military and civilian leaders from the region to come together and discuss local and global security matters.

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A Story of Resistance in the Age of Algorithmic Irregular Warfare

Dr. "Lumpy" Lumbaca of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies explores themes of technological overreach and human resilience in a piece published March 19, 2025, in Small Wars Journal. In The Sun Is Setting: A Story of Resistance in the Age of Algorithmic Irregular Warfare, Lumbaca presents a fictional narrative set in 2084exploring the rise of the Sky Global Algorithmic Network (Sky-GAN).

Critical Domains Take Center Stage during the Comprehensive Security Cooperation Course

Emerging challenges in critical domains were the key focus of the recent Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC25-1) course hosted by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies from February 5 to March 12, 2025, in Honolulu. The intensive five-week course helped build capacity for allies and partners by leveraging the different perspectives, skills, and experiences of its multinational Fellows, which included 89 participants from 35 countries around the world. CSC 25-1 focused on critical security domainsā€”Cyber, Space, and Maritime Securityā€”providing Fellows with strategic insights into emerging challenges and opportunities. Through plenary sessions, scenario-based exercises, simulations, and specialized electives, the course fosters collaboration and strengthens the capacity of security practitioners to address complex security threats.

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