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Comprehensive Security Sector Development in Myanmar

By |2014-09-05T11:02:54-10:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College, Conference, Workshop|

The recent democratic changes in Myanmar have ushered its reevaluation of its comprehensive security needs in terms of national, transnational, and human security. In the run up to the 2015 election, Myanmar’s security sector is transforming to meet the new security and political priorities of the nation. The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), in cooperation with the National Defence College of Myanmar, hosted a workshop entitled “Comprehensive Security Sector Development in Myanmar” August 18-22, 2014, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. This workshop provided an opportunity for the over 30 participants from Myanmar to expand their understanding of the concepts and best practices [...]

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APCSS Signs MOU with Korean National Defense University

By |2014-09-05T09:38:00-10:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: College|

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Daniel Leaf and Korea National Defense University President Park Sam Deuk signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve cooperation between the two organizations. On September 2, 2014, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Daniel Leaf and Korea National Defense University President Park Sam Deuk signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve cooperation between the two organizations. The intent of the Memorandum is to advance security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region by fostering closer relations between the two institutions. They have agreed in principle to exchange of faculty [...]

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Enhancing Maritime Resource Security in the Gulf of Thailand

By |2014-08-29T15:46:21-10:00August 21st, 2014|Categories: College, Conference, Workshop, Alumni|

Maritime Security is one of several focus areas for the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.  APCSS partnered with the World Ocean Council to conduct a multi-national workshop on preserving the Gulf of Thailand’s maritime assets, held August 12-14 in Singapore. Titled “Enhancing Maritime Resource Security: A Cross-sectoral Dialogue for the Gulf of Thailand Initiative,” the workshop enabled officials from four coastal nations to address the anticipated impacts of developing trends in the marine industries most active in GoT waters over the next three to five years. Participants were from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The seminar was part of an ongoing [...]

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United States Helps Advance Pacific Islands Regional Security Cooperation

By |2014-08-04T14:55:16-10:00August 4th, 2014|Categories: Courses, College, Conference, Workshop|

APCSS Dean Carleton Cramer provides opening remarks at the “Regional Security Governance and Architecture in the Pacific Islands Region: Priorities for a Resilient Future” workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu. On August 4 through 8, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), in partnership with the Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PIPP) and the U.S. Pacific Command, will host a workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu titled “Regional Security Governance and Architecture in the Pacific Islands Region: Priorities for a Resilient Future.” Security practitioners from 20 locations and 10 international organizations are expected to participate in this workshop, which will examine [...]

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Another record-breaking APOC graduates

By |2014-07-29T10:45:46-10:00July 25th, 2014|Categories: Courses, College|

By far the largest course ever run by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) 14-1 concluded in Honolulu today, July 25. This was the first of two planned, resident iterations of this course to be offered this year, in addition to two mobile versions, one already held in Tacoma, Wash., while the other is planned to be held in Washington, D.C. during November 2014. The unprecedented volume and diversity of the 149 participants in this APOC continues to demonstrate the great demand for this week long overview of the Asia-Pacific security environment. Amongst the large, multinational [...]

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APCSS Professor Malik Published in The Diplomat entitled ‘China and Strategic Imbalance’

By |2014-07-23T10:17:57-10:00July 18th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Malik|

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) professor Dr. Mohan Malik had an article published in The Diplomat entitled "China and Strategic Imbalance" July 14. Here is an excerpt from the article: "The recent Shangri-la meeting in Singapore saw some sharp exchanges between Chinese and other participants. Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig protected by more than 80 naval vessels in the South China Sea four days after President Barack Obama’s “reassurance trip” to China’s East Asian neighbors in April 2014 was widely seen as a deliberate and calculated provocation. Yet China’s move fits a pattern of advancing territorial claims on its [...]

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Ten Myths About Japan’s Collective Self-Defense Change

By |2017-03-09T13:18:04-10:00July 11th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College|

Editorial: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) professer Dr. Jeffrey Hornung  co-authored an editorial entitled "Ten Myths About Japan’s Collective Self-Defense Change," which was released July 10 in The Diplomat. Summary: On July 1, the Japanese Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a proposal to reinterpret Japan’s constitution to end the ban on allowing its military forces to exercise the right of collective self-defense (CSD). The move widens the set of options available to Japan’s military, called the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) which, in turn, has sparked opposition from both domestic and international sources. Much of this opposition, however, fails to [...]

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CCM 14-1 Concludes with 100 new Alumni

By |2014-07-02T06:50:56-10:00July 1st, 2014|Categories: Courses, College, Alumni|

APCSS Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Dan Leaf and the Senior CCM 14-1 Fellow display their class pennant at the conclusion of the commencement ceremony. One hundred fellows representing 31 different nations and territories, and one international organization, graduated July 1 from the Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) Course 14-1 at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. This diverse group of security practitioners was comprised of senior leaders and officials from across various military services, government ministries, law-enforcement agencies, foreign affairs, academic institutions, and other public sector branches. The graduates of CCM 14-1 brought a wide variety of regional [...]

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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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Stakes Are High in Asia’s Changing Geopolitical Landscape

By |2014-06-26T12:37:28-10:00June 26th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Malik|

“America and China’s Dangerous Game of Geopolitical Poker” is Dr. Mohan Malik’s latest article for The National Interest . In it he discusses key reasons for China’s aggressive posturing and outlines major strategic shifts that are occurring in Asia’s geopolitical landscape. According to Malik, “…China is behaving just as other rising powers have behaved in history: it is laying down new markers, drawing new lines in the land, air, water, sand and snow all around its periphery, seeking to expand its territorial and maritime frontiers, forming and reforming institutions, and coercing others to fall in line. For Beijing, history—the Chinese Communist [...]

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