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DKI APCSS hosts Media Relations in Crisis and Conflict Dialogue in Myanmar

By |2017-04-04T16:18:31-10:00April 4th, 2017|Categories: College, Conference, Workshop, Alumni|

A total of 36 Myanmar participants from 20 ministries, agencies, universities, the Myanmar Red Cross Society, media organizations and members of the Union Parliament attended the two-day event to learn more about crisis communications. The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, in support of the U.S. Embassy Rangoon, hosted a Security Dialogue on "Media Relations in Crisis and Conflict" in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 30-31. According to Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd, DKI APCSS academic lead, “This dialogue was designed to provide Myanmar’s government officials with an overview of some key principles and practices of effective media [...]

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Decisions That Bind: The Role of Reputation Costs in Territorial Disputes

By |2017-01-31T09:15:36-10:00January 31st, 2017|Categories: College, Alumni, Alumni Perspectives|

Hyunki Kim, a former intern at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Reputation costs and how they impact settlements for territorial deputes is the topic of a paper written by Hyunki Kim, a former intern at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The paper, based on her master’s thesis, uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the influence of reputation costs on binding settlements. Using the Belizean-Guatemalan territorial dispute as a case study, Kim asserts discusses how the international community can trigger reputation concerns for states involved in territorial disputes. According to [...]

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DKI APCSS supports Philippine workshop on strategic communications

By |2017-01-26T09:47:42-10:00January 26th, 2017|Categories: Faculty, College, Workshop|

In November 2016, three faculty from the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies participated in a workshop hosted by the Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs. The two-day event was part of the DFA’s preparation and planning for the Philippines’ assumption of the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2017. Participants included 38 strategic communications specialists, public affairs officers, and communications policy officials with responsibilities in their respective organizations related in the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2017.   These offices included DFA, Presidential Communications Office, and the departments of National Defense, Trade and Investment, Finance, Energy, Science and Technology, Social Welfare and [...]

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Ensuring Freedom of the Seas for the next U.S. Administration – Cmdr. Jonathan G. Odom

By |2017-03-09T13:23:25-10:00January 17th, 2017|Categories: Faculty, College, Opinions/Editorials, Odom|

Commander Jonathan G. Odom, a military professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, has a new OpEd published by The National Interest entitled “How Trump Can Make America Navigate Again: How can the next administration ensure freedom of the seas?” In this editorial, Odom provides six concrete steps the new U.S. presidential administration should consider undertaking for a solid strategic plan to ensure access to the world’s oceans remains free and open.  The first priority is to “declare early and clearly that protecting America’s maritime freedom around the world is a priority national interest.” Odom’s other recommended steps [...]

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Using a fable to explain the South China Sea dilemma – Dr. Alex Vuving

By |2017-03-09T11:15:59-10:00January 12th, 2017|Categories: Faculty, College, Vuving, External Publications|

Dr. Alexander Vuving has two new articles published by “The National Interest.” In his article “Cops, Robbers and the South China Sea’s New Normal,” Vuving tries to explain the South China Sea issue using a fable that a friend can understand.   This two-part story is about the strategic situation, key dilemmas, and best solutions for the South China Sea.  He concludes the fable in a second article, “Cops and Robbers (Again): Solving the South China Sea Dilemma.” The full stories can be found online at:  http://nationalinterest.org/feature/cops-robbers-the-south-china-seas-new-normal-18835   and http://nationalinterest.org/feature/cops-robbers-again-solving-the-south-china-sea-dilemma-19012 Alexander L. Vuving is Professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for [...]

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New paper on ‘The Land Component Role in Maritime Security’ released

By |2016-12-20T15:27:43-10:00December 20th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Independent Faculty Articles|

“The Land Component Role in Maritime Security” is the latest analytical report by DKI APCSS professor Army Lt. Col. Daniel Kent.  The report is available here. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -END-

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New Government Continues Mongolia’s Rebalance to China

By |2016-12-05T15:59:54-10:00December 5th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Reeves|

Dr. Jeffrey Reeves has a new article out for The Jamestown Foundations China Brief entitled “New Government Continues Mongolia’s Rebalance to China.” In the article, Reeves discusses how a change in government has not resulted in a change in Mongolia’s economic engagement with China as prescribed in their 2010 National Security Concept.  Both the Democratic Party and now Mongolian People’s Party (MPP)-led governments employ the same rationale for pursuing closer ties with the PRC: that China provides Mongolia the best opportunity for economic development and growth. According to Reeves, “China has emerged as Mongolia’s primary source of trade, finance, investment, and [...]

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Regional Security Architecture: Some Terms and Organizations

By |2018-11-01T15:06:29-10:00December 5th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Snedden|

Updated October 31, 2018 “Regional Security Architecture: Some Terms and Organizations” by Dr. Christopher Snedden serves as a primer for those studying the Indo-Asia-Pacific-Region. “I wrote this document to try and better understand what security activities and bodies actually exist in the Asia-Pacific Region,” said Snedden. “In my research, I also hadn’t found a similar document anywhere else that provided such details about what is a complex subject.  There are many security bodies in the Asia-Pacific Region and producing this document really helped me to understand the complexity and inter-connectedness of regional security architecture.” The document discusses many—but not all—of the [...]

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Alumni Perspectives: Freedom of the Press in Vietnam and Laos

By |2016-11-22T16:31:51-10:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: College, Alumni, Alumni Perspectives|

How do the expanding economic opportunities in communist countries impact freedom of the press? Tjipta Lesmana Tjipta Lesmana, an alumnus of the Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC16-1) course and professor at Universitas Pelita Hatrapan in Indonesia, recently researched the topic of “Freedom of the Press in Vietnam and Laos: Fred Siebert’s Communist Media Theory Re-examined.”  His research is now available as part of our “Alumni Perspectives” publications. In his paper, Lesmana looks at how the end of the Vietnam War and the fall of the Berlin War had a significant impact in Southeast Asia and specifically the freedom of the [...]

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