Twenty-six senior executives from 25 locations completed the Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) course June 21 at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu.  They included military and civilian leaders from Afghanistan,  Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua-New Guinea, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Republic of  Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. The course is an intensive program for current and future senior regional influencers/leaders; military officers at the one-to-four-star levels, as well as their civilian equivalents from the Asia-Pacific region.  The curriculum emphasizes the impact of current [...]

One hundred forty-eight American and international Fellows completed the popular one-week Asia-Pacific Orientation Course to become the second largest class in APCSS history on June 7.  Although the majority of Fellows were from U.S. Pacific Command and other on-island major component commands as well as the U.S. Coast Guard, USAID, and U.S. Strategic Command, this class also included non-U.S. participants.  Eighteen international Fellows attended the course from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan.  The course structure utilized a mix of plenary lectures, panels, brown bag lunches, seminar discussions and elective-seminars, a venue that continues to be successful in allowing the [...]

Eighty-five Fellows from 40 locations graduated today from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) Course in Honolulu.  Of the 85 participants, 70% were from military organizations with others representing law enforcement, intelligence, foreign affairs, state owned infrastructure operators, and the United Nations.  Three-fifths were from the Asia-Pacific region, with five continents participating in the course. Fellows participating in CSRT were from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique and Nepal.  They also came from Oman, Papua New [...]

Thirty-nine Fellows completed the Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (SEAPOC) 13-1 at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies today. Six international Fellows attended the course from Australia (2), Canada (3) and New Zealand (1). The remaining 33 Fellows are from the U.S. SEAPOC provides an overview of the Asia-Pacific region to senior military officers with respect for greater demands on their time and existing basis of knowledge. It also directly supports the U.S. Pacific Command by providing its staff and supporting components a compressed and comprehensive educational environment. The Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (SEAPOC) builds upon existing Asia-Pacific experiences regarding [...]

Eighty nine senior military and civilian government leaders from 36 countries,  territories, and one international organization graduated June 5 from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies “Executive Course:  Advanced Security Cooperation” . Attending the regional security course were representatives from: Afghanistan,  Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Timor-Leste, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, United States, Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The four-week Executive Course focus is on building relationships among mid-career leaders and decision makers [...]