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by Dr. Jimmie R. Lackey, who was then an Army colonel, and is a former DKI APCSS executive director. The Center was renamed on February 2015 to Honor the late Senator, Daniel K. Inouye.
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
DKI APCSS Marks 30 Years With Alumni Workshop
In June more than 40 participants from 19 countries took part in the lively third iteration of the Whole of Society Resilience Workshop, where the subject matter was, at times, as fervid as the summer temperatures outside. Held in the climate-controlled confines of Maluhia Hall, and conducted by the staff and faculty of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, this event brought back several participants and welcomed many more as this course narrowed the scope of the series from concepts to concrete actions.
Security Nexus Perspective: Flight into the Dark: South Asia’s Protest Republics
A new Security Nexus Perspective by Shyam Tekwani investigates the recent wave of government collapses across South Asia and the security implications for the broader Indo-Pacific regiDrawing on his expertise in regional politics and conflict at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Tekwani traces how citizen-led protests in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal dismantled fragile regimes from within. The analysis emphasizes a central argument: lasting deterrence in the Indo-Pacific must be grounded in domestic stability, not solely in external alliances or military strength.
113 Fellows complete Comprehensive Security Cooperation Course at DKI APCSS
As the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies marks its 30th anniversary, 113 Fellows from 37 locations around the globe graduated today from the Center’s Comprehensive Security Cooperation course (CSC 25-3), completing five weeks of study focused on building trust and strengthening security ties in the Indo-Pacific.
Introducing the Strategic Voices Podcast
Join Professors James Minnich, Shyam Tekwani, and Lami Kim as they explore the Indo-Pacific’s most pressing security challenges through sharp analysis, candid debate, and a closing segment on Wins & Woes — what’s going right and what’s not.
New Security Nexus Perspective: The Cage of Equidistance
India’s bid to remain equidistant between Russia, China, and the U.S. is no longer sustainable. This Security Nexus article explores how strategic autonomy risks becoming constraint.
The stories posted here are only excerpts. Please go to our website to read the full articles.
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Dr. Deon K. Canyon
(Mission Partner)
(Executive Agent)
Maj. Gen (Ret.), U.S. Army
Suzanne Vares-Lum
Col. (Ret.), U.S. Army
Russell Bailey
Dr. Lori Forman
Col. Matthew R. Kent
& Business Ops
Capt. (Ret.) U.S. Navy
Wade Turvold
Security Studies (CSS)
Capt. (Ret.) U.S. Navy
Carleton Cramer
& Business Ops
Col. Jeffrey Digsby
shared understanding, and networked relationships among civilian and military practitioners and institutions to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific.
- Office of the Secretary
of Defense (Policy) - Joint Staff
- Service HQs
- Defense Security
Cooperation Agency - Regional Centers
- US Indo-Pacific Command
- Component Commands
- Other Subordinate Commands
- National Security Council
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- US Coast Guard
- Dept. of State
-Embassies
-U.S. Agency for
International Development
- Universities
- National Defense/
Diplomatic Academies - Research Centers
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& National
Institutions
- Northeast Asia
- Southeast Asia
- South Asia
- Oceania
- The Americas
- And Beyond…
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& International
Organizations
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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- Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
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- Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- United Nations, International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations
a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
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of China
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the Indo-Pacific, and globally,
is strengthened
traditional and nontraditional
security challenges
is increased
designed to be
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and assessed
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Security, Counterterrorism, Information Security,
Strategic Studies, Economics, & Crisis Management
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FY24-25 Priorities
Shared Understanding
Network Relationship
The Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE) granted accreditation to the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies on September 16, 2021.
