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Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from China, India, and the United States

By |2014-10-06T09:09:31-10:00October 6th, 2014|Categories: Malik|

In Spring 2013, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies hosted a workshop entitled “Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region: China, India and U.S. Perspectives.”  Proceedings from the workshop have just been published in a new book, “Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from China, India, and the United States.” According to Dr. Mohan Malik, workshop academic lead and book editor, “this book brings together a cross-section of outstanding practitioners, policymakers, scholars and analysts from China, India, Australia and the United States many of whom have records of distinguished military, government and diplomatic service, and play important roles in maritime security policy [...]

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Maritime Security Challenges 2014

By |2015-06-05T09:50:51-10:00October 3rd, 2014|Categories: Conference|

  From October 6-9, APCSS and the Canadian Navy, as hosted by the Naval League of Canada, will conduct the 2014 Maritime Security Challenges - Pacific Seapower Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The event brings together over 170 delegates from 26 countries to discuss current topics such as the Maritime Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific Region, Indian Ocean maritime dynamics, South China Sea and dispute settlement, economic and procurement developments, and the role of maritime norms and laws in setting frameworks for codified sea-based activity. The conference will be opened by Vice Admiral Mark Norman, Chief of the Naval Staff and [...]

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APCSS Professor Discusses the Influence of Scholarship on Counterterrorism in China

By |2014-10-02T09:58:43-10:00October 2nd, 2014|Categories: Research, Reeves|

An article on how “Ideas and Influence: Scholarship as a Harbinger of Counterterrorism Institutions, Policies and Laws in the People’s Republic of China” by Dr. Jeffrey Reeves was just published in the “Terrorism and Political Violence” journal. In the article, Reeves demonstrates how scholarship on terrorism in China has provided the intellectual backdrop against which China's leadership has developed the country's counterterrorism institutions, policies, and laws.  He suggests that “building on the linkages between scholarship and policy-making may create potential avenues for policy reform in China's current counterterrorism architecture.” The full article is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2014.955915  Alumni, please note, that [...]

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Time for Japan’s Abe to Go Slow

By |2017-03-09T13:28:24-10:00July 28th, 2014|Categories: Faculty Articles|Tags: |

Editorial:   By Jeffrey W. Hornung Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reflecting with Foreign Affairs (July/August 2013) on his short, first tenure as premier, remarked “when I served as prime minister last time, I failed to prioritize my agenda. I was eager to complete everything at once, and ended my administration in failure.” The dominant narrative during Abe’s second, and current, administration is that, unlike the one-year (mostly forgettable) administrations that preceded him, Abe’s has been successful.  While there is no doubt that Abe is succeeding in passing numerous initiatives, there is a question of whether Abe is, in fact, doing [...]

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Dr. Hornung published in Asian Security Journal

By |2014-06-30T12:09:00-10:00June 30th, 2014|Categories: College, Hornung|

Dr. Jeffrey Hornung's paper " Japan's Growning Hard Hedge Against China" is featured in the latest edition of  "Asian Security." Summary:  As China accumulates more power, Japan is often overlooked as being capable of affecting China’s continued trajectory because of material differences and narratives of Japan being a reactive state. Yet, Beijing’s strategic planning cannot ignore Tokyo because Japan has the ability to affect the region’s security environment. Feeling its presence and influence becoming relatively smaller, Tokyo has been increasingly proactive in its effort to expand its strategic space and shape the regional environment in ways conducive to its interests. A review of [...]

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Alumni Perspective on Tackling Corruption

By |2014-06-10T17:25:35-10:00June 4th, 2014|Categories: Alumni|

While attending APCSS courses, Fellows are required to complete a Fellows Project which may be done as a presentation, research paper or policy brief. APCSS is now making these papers available on line with our new "Alumni Perspectives" publications. Ministry of Defense Deputy Secretary Prakash Praveen Siddharth (India), who recently completed the Advanced Security Cooperation Course (ASC 14-2), writes about "Tackling Corruption in Transnational Defense Procurement: Problems of Identification and Attribution” in his paper. "Tackling Corruption in Transnational Defense Procurement: Problems of Identification and Attribution” is now available online here: https://dkiapcss.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/AP-Siddharth-Procurement-May2014.pdf

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Exploring Resource Security Policy and Green Science & Technology in Asia

By |2014-04-03T12:42:32-10:00April 3rd, 2014|Categories: College, Watson|

The scientific and technological dimensions of resource scarcity challenges and how governments are looking for ways to meet these challenges are examined in a paper by Dr. Virginia Bacay Watson called  “Resource Security and Green Science & Technology Policy in Asia.” In her paper, Watson states that “with their focus on advancing green capabilities, the emerging economies of Asia will become major sources of indigenous, clean-technology innovations.” She also discusses how strategic alliances’ coalescing around scarce resources is distinctly different from an alliance based solely on capacities. While the vulnerabilities and risks of green economies have yet to be studied, Watson [...]

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Coming to a campus near you!

By |2014-03-31T14:05:32-10:00March 31st, 2014|Categories: College|

APCSS reps will be traveling to a number of west coast colleges this week to talk about our internship program. Please stop by to say 'hi' to our reps at the following locations & dates. Check your local campus news for times and locations. UC Irvine - 4/1/2014 UC Riverside - 4/1/2014 Claremont McKenna College - 4/2/2014 Pomona College - 4/2/2014 Occidental College - 4/3/2014 UCLA - 4/3/2014 UC Santa Barbara - 4/7/2014 Cal Poly - 4/8/2014 Monterey Institute of International Studies - 4/9/2014 UC Davis - 4/10/2014 UC Berkeley - 4/11/2014 Stanford University - 4/11/2014 https://dkiapcss.edu/employment/apply-for-internship/

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Mary Markovinovic

By |2024-12-16T09:09:44-10:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, Biography, team|

Mary Markovinovic has been the chief of public affairs for the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies since May 2005. In this position, she manages DKI APCSS’ public affairs program and also serves as an adjunct professor lecturing on topics such as media relations, strategic/crisis communications, synthetic media, and the information environment. She leads the new Information and Security concentration held in conjunction with the Comprehensive Security Cooperation course. A graduate of the University of San Diego, she began her career as an editor at the Naval Supply Center, San Diego, in 1986. One year later, after attending [...]

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Natural Disasters in the Pacific

By |2014-02-20T09:26:16-10:00February 19th, 2014|Categories: College, Campbell, Oehlers, Ear|

The Armed Forces Network recently ran a series on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) in the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility. The story by U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Michael Jackson features interviews with experts from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies including:  Professor Jessica Ear, Dr. Alfred Oehlers, and Dr. James Campbell. The series highlights the need for careful cooperation between nations to prepared for and minimize the impact of potential disasters. Also featured are Commander of U.S. Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Locklear and Mr. Peter Colvin of the Pacific Disaster Center. Watch the series online now:   [...]

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