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Coups and Civil-Military relations in South Korea

By |2024-12-12T10:33:50-10:00December 9th, 2024|Categories: Kim, External Publications, news|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Dr. Lami Kim has a new article in Foreign Policy on the recent self-coup and martial law attempt by President Yoon in South Korea.  The article, “Yoon’s Coup Attempt Shows Sad State of Civil-Military Relations,” provides an in-depth look the Republic of Korea’s history of past military dictatorship. According to Kim, “As South Koreans and supporters of democracy around the world anxiously watch how this situation unfolds, it is crucial to learn from what happened. This incident serves as a stark reminder that civil-military relations are never static and can regress without vigilant management. If there is a silver lining to this situation, it is that South Koreans now have an opportunity to confront the lingering legacies of military dictatorship and take definitive steps toward establishing healthy, sustainable civil-military relations.”

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.

Timothy N. Ketter

By |2025-01-27T09:47:56-10:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: Faculty, 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 and a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from San Diego State University in 2005. Captain Ketter served in aviation tours as an S-3B Viking Naval Flight Officer, completing deployments to the Western Pacific, Middle East and Mediterranean Sea in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom with Sea Control Squadron (VS) 21 assigned to USS Independence and USS Kitty Hawk, VS-38 assigned to USS Constellation and VS-22 assigned to USS Harry S. Truman. ​

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.

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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