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How Seoul Should Respond to North Korea’s Soldiers in Russia

By |2024-11-18T15:18:25-10:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: Kim, External Publications, news|Tags: , |

A new OpEd by Dr. Lami Kim published by the United States Institute for Peace. As North Korean soldiers deploy to Russia, South Korea faces complex security challenges that could shift the regional military balance. North Korea's involvement in the Ukraine war marks the first large-scale combat engagement of its military since the Korean War, exposing its troops to modern warfare and potentially securing lucrative cash flows from Russia, despite sanctions. Additionally, the specter of Moscow supplying Pyongyang with advanced military technologies threatens to destabilize the Korean Peninsula.

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Wade Turvold

By |2024-11-03T22:22:12-10:00October 9th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , |

Wade Turvold joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in June 2019 after a 30 year career in the U.S. Navy. He was privileged to serve in two educational assignments during this time, as the U.S. Navy Senior Service Representative and Director National Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College, and the U.S. Navy Exchange Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, England. He served as a Naval Flight Officer during his career and has extensive experience flying P-3C and P-8A aircraft. Mr. Turvold commanded Patrol Squadron [...]

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Col.Jeffrey T. Digsby

By |2024-11-03T22:24:48-10:00October 8th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: |

Colonel Jeffrey Digsby is the Deputy Dean of Admissions and Business Operations at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS). Col. Digsby enlisted in the Air Force in 1994 and earned his Air Force commission through Officer Training School in 2001. He is a U.S. Air Force Weapons School graduate and is a Master Air Battle Manager with more than 4,400 flying hours in the E-3 AWACS and E-8C Joint STARS command and control aircraft. He has deployed worldwide in support of Operations NORTHERN and SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, NEW DAWN, [...]

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Timothy N. Ketter

By |2024-10-17T16:24:36-10:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: Biography, team|Tags: |

Captain Tim Ketter joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in September 2024 following a tour at U.S. Pacific Fleet as the Chief of International Plans and Policy. Captain Ketter is an Indo-Pacific Foreign Area Officer (FAO) and a native of Columbus, Nebraska. He attended Boston University on a Navy ROTC scholarship receiving a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and was commissioned into the Navy onboard the USS Constitution in May 1993. He also earned a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in 2004 [...]

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Building Climate Resilience in Small Island Developing States: Partnerships for Adaption in the Indian Ocean Region

By |2024-10-03T16:17:03-10:00October 3rd, 2024|Categories: Faculty, Workshop, Tekwani, Canyon, news, Mullins|Tags: , , |

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies recently hosted a workshop on “Building Climate Resilience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Partnerships for Adaption in the Indian Ocean Region” from Sept. 9 to 12 in Vihamanaafushi, North Male Atoll, Maldives.

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Workshop Held to Review Maldives’ Strategy on Preventing Violent Extremism

By |2024-10-11T09:59:58-10:00October 3rd, 2024|Categories: Faculty, Workshop, Tekwani, Canyon, news, Mullins|Tags: , |

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), in collaboration with the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) of the Maldives, hosted a workshop aimed at revising and updating the country’s strategy on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE). The one-day event was designed to help the NCTC assess and improve the National Strategy on P/CVE (NS-PCVE) and its associated National Action Plan (NAP-PCVE).

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Dr. Miemie Byrd’s latest article for the Diplomat

By |2024-10-02T12:43:45-10:00October 1st, 2024|Categories: External Publications, Byrd, news|Tags: , |

Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd’s latest article Myanmar is Not About to Become a ‘Fractured’ State was recently published by The Diplomat. Her article looks at political linkages between the country’s resistance groups, and their determination to build a federal democracy. 

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Tim Peterman

By |2024-10-16T15:53:03-10:00September 27th, 2024|Categories: Biography, team|Tags: |

Colonel Tim Peterman, from Roy, Utah, enlisted in the Army as an Arabic Linguist in 1994 and attended the United States Military Academy Preparatory School in July of 1995. He graduated from the United States Military Academy and was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in June of 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Art, Philosophy, and Literature, a certificate in the Thai Language for Foreigners from the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, which he earned while serving as an Olmsted Scholar [...]

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Kevin Ryan

By |2024-10-17T16:17:26-10:00September 24th, 2024|Categories: Biography, team|

Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Ryan is a U.S. Army War College Fellow at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was commissioned into the Aviation Branch in 2005. After completing the AH-64D course at Fort Novosel, Alabama, Lt. Col. Ryan’s first assignment was with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Cavazos, Texas. He served as a scout platoon leader, battalion staff officer, and commander of Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment (Attack). During his time with the 4th Infantry Division, he deployed [...]

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