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Asia-Pacific leaders tackle transnational crises in TSC 16-1

By |2016-05-18T13:45:24-10:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Alumni|

TSC 16-1 Group Photo Challenged with disaster response and terrorism scenarios, 28 senior leaders from 24 locations collaborated to develop problem-solving strategies as part of the May 9 to 13 Transnational Security Cooperation course (16-1) at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Crisis response scenarios are a key part of the week-long TSC, an intensive executive education program for current leaders with significant national, regional or international responsibility.  TSC is the Center’s most senior-level course and enhances Fellows’ understanding of security issues that often cross national boundaries, are highly complex, and require multi-national responses. The course [...]

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DKI APCSS Employees Honored at Federal Executive Board Event

By |2016-05-10T09:29:27-10:00May 9th, 2016|Categories: College, Staff|

The DKI APCSS team poses for a group photo. Eight Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies employees were recognized for Excellence in Federal Government service at the 2016 Honolulu-Pacific Federal Executive Board (FEB) Awards ceremony at the Hickam Officers Club, JBPHH last Friday. The "Team Excellence" honors went to the DKI APCSS Travel Division, which is led by Cliff Johnson. The Travel Division processes more than 750 travel packages a year, for Fellows, staff, faculty and workshops, both in-house and in the region. They also manage passports, process visas and coordinate country clearances. Ms. Raelyn Brett accepted [...]

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U.S., international Fellows, complete security cooperation course

By |2016-05-06T10:02:55-10:00May 5th, 2016|Categories: Courses, College, Alumni|

Official ASC 16-1 Group Photo Gaining a deeper understanding of security issues within and far beyond their own nations’ borders, 120 Fellows from 33 locations completed the Advanced Security Cooperation course (ASC 16-1) Wednesday at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The five-week course is an executive education program enabling mid-level military and civilian leaders to deepen their understanding of security issues within political, socio-economic, defense and environmental contexts.  The course’s primary intent, according to course manager Dr. Christopher Snedden, is to connect Fellows in a way that helps them collaborate on complex regional security challenges. [...]

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The Role and Use of International Law in the South China Sea Disputes – Dr. Justin Nankivell

By |2017-03-09T11:23:19-10:00April 15th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, JNankivell, External Publications|

"The Role and Use of International Law in the South China Sea Disputes” is the latest paper by DKI APCSS Associate Dean Justin Nankivell.  Published by the Maritime Awareness Project, Nankivell reviews how international law works within the framework of foreign policy decisions. The complex relation between law, policy and strategy is undeveloped when it comes to maritime affairs.  He believes that the “South China Sea disputes present a critical laboratory in which these variables can be studied within the context of the current maritime order.” “International law has in fact both enabled and constrained China’s foreign policy since 2009. In [...]

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New Paper on ‘Shifting Geo-politics in the Greater South Asia Region’

By |2016-04-12T17:44:46-10:00April 12th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Independent Faculty Articles, Snedden|

“Shifting Geo-politics in the Greater South Asia Region” is the latest analytical report by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Christopher Snedden. The report serves as a primer on the greater South Asia region which is home to 1.7 billion people.  According to Snedden, this is a region of challenges and possibilities.  The report covers important historic events, economic achievements, interactions with each other and with the U.S. and China, as well as future trends and possibilities. While fractious, one of the biggest challenges and opportunities is to develop South Asia into a strong, economically-unified region. To achieve this, states Snedden, “the nations [...]

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Mongolia’s Place in China’s Periphery Diplomacy – Dr. Jeffery Reeves

By |2017-03-09T11:24:08-10:00April 11th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Reeves, External Publications|

The ASAN Forum has published Dr. Jeffery Reeve’s latest article titled “Mongolia’s Place in China’s Periphery Diplomacy.” Reeves discusses how China has reprioritized the country’s foreign policy from a focus on relations with great powers to relations with peripheral countries under the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) strategy.  This strategy has a huge impact on peripheral nations including Mongolia. This change has both benefits and risks, states Reeves: “For the small, underdeveloped states on China’s borders, the new approach to periphery relations has the potential to fundamentally transform their domestic situations.” According to Reeves, “China seeks to use OBOR to establish [...]

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China’s Most Dangerous Game: Solving the Policy Puzzle of the South China Sea – Prof. Kerry Lynn Nankivell

By |2017-03-09T11:24:43-10:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, External Publications, KNankivell|

“China’s Most Dangerous Game: Solving the Policy Puzzle of the South China Sea” is the latest article by Kerry Lynn Nankivell  for the Asia-Pacific Defense Forum. According to Nankivell, “The strategic seascape in the South China Sea presents an unusual policy puzzle for stakeholder governments for at least two reasons. First, the disputes are extremely complex. Consider the math: seven littoral claimants (including Taiwan) with concave coastlines; more than 180 named islands, rocks, reefs and shoals; and a thousand years of regional history from multiple countries’ perspectives. Second, governments struggle to identify policy responses to Chinese provocation because the delicate status [...]

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OpEd: Saving the South China Sea Without Starting World War III – Dr. Van Jackson

By |2017-03-09T13:24:31-10:00April 1st, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Opinions/Editorials, jackson|

In his latest commentary, “Saving the South China Sea Without Starting World War III,” DKI professor Dr. Van Jackson advocates for stronger U.S. maritime leadership in a region marked by increasing tension. Jackson writes, “The opaque, low-information nature of the South China Sea creates a permissive environment for many sources of conflict.  When national governments lack real-time awareness of who is doing what and where in the maritime domain, opportunistic actors like China have the ability to exploit it.” Jackson opines that the South China Sea needs greater operational transparency, and the U.S. is equipped to provide the resources and political [...]

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DKI APCSS surpasses 10,000 milestone for numbers of alumni

By |2016-03-18T09:14:08-10:00March 17th, 2016|Categories: Courses, College, Alumni|

Mr. Guo Peng, with China’s Maritime Safety Administration, is DKI APCSS' 10,000 alumnus. Since 1995, the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies has provided an executive security education to thousands of Fellows from more than 60 nations worldwide.  The Center reached the 10,000 alumni mark Wednesday upon completion of the Comprehensive Crisis Management course (CCM 16-1). One hundred twenty Fellows from 38 locations attended the Feb. 11 to March 16 CCM, bringing the Center’s total alumni count to 10,024.  The Center identified Guo Peng, with China’s Maritime Safety Administration, as the 10,000th. “We’re proud to have reached [...]

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Working through complexity: Fellows learn critical thinking approach to crisis management

By |2016-03-17T06:59:56-10:00March 16th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Alumni|

Group photo of CCM 16-1. Managing disasters or crises presents challenges that are anything but simple. A host of involved government and nongovernment actors, impacted populations that are often ethnically, politically and cultural diverse, and myriad interconnected processes can make planning, response and recovery actions overwhelmingly complex. Teaching security practitioners to work through this complexity by thinking systemically and strategically was the aim of the Feb. 11 to March 16 Comprehensive Crisis Management course (CCM 16-1) held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. One hundred twenty Fellows from 38 locations took part in the course. [...]

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