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Michael C. Burgoyne

By |2024-10-16T16:15:46-10:00November 1st, 2016|Categories: Biography, team|Tags: , , , |

Professor Michael Burgoyne joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in July 2016 as a Military Professor before retiring in 2019 to take a civilian faculty position. He arrived from the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in Taipei, where he served as the Army Programs Officer in the Security Cooperation Office. His areas of focus at DKI APCSS are Taiwan, China, the Arctic, and Security Cooperation. As a Foreign Area Officer (FAO) specializing in China and Taiwan, Professor Burgoyne studied and worked in Beijing before assignments in Washington, D.C., and Taipei, Taiwan. He co-edited [...]

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Fellows complete advanced cooperation course at DKI APCSS

By |2016-10-28T21:44:02-10:00October 26th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Alumni|

One hundred twelve U.S. and international Fellows took part in the Advanced Security Cooperation course (ASC 16-2) Sep. 22 to Oct. 26 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The course featured 41 women, making up 37 percent of the class. This was the largest number of women attending a course in the Center’s history, reflecting DKI APCSS’ dedication to inclusive security. Collaboration, negotiation, contemplation, connection…all hallmarks of the Advanced Security Cooperation course held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.  One hundred twelve U.S. and international Fellows from 34 locations took part [...]

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SEAPOC provides senior leaders with overview of key Asia-Pacific security issues

By |2016-10-07T09:01:11-10:00October 7th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Alumni|

Forty-one Fellows took part in the Oct. 4 to 6 Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 16-1 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Forty-one senior leaders received a comprehensive look at major security trends in the Asia-Pacific region in the Oct. 4 to 6 Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 16-1 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. SEAPOC brings together United States military and civilian leaders along with ally and partner nation counterparts to discuss complex security challenges and opportunities in the region’s constantly evolving security environment. The October iteration featured Fellows from [...]

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Dr. Mohan Malik articles focus on regional security policy dynamics published in World Affairs and Defense Dossier

By |2016-09-28T12:13:19-10:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Malik, External Publications|

Dr. Mohan Malik's article “Balancing Act: The China-India-U.S. Triangle”  was published in the Spring 2016 edition of World Affairs.  Malik discusses the evolving security relationships between the three nations, particularly in light of China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea.  He states that "Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister who has not uttered the 'N' word — 'non-alignment' — even once since coming to power in 2014.  A “Modified India” has moved away from this Nehruvian notion to skillfully play the balance-of-power game as a “leading power.”  Malik adds, "Apprehension about China has buried new Delhi's Cold War-era opposition [...]

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APOC builds Fellows’ knowledge of regional security framework

By |2016-09-19T15:54:34-10:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College|

One hundred forty-four U.S. and international Fellows took part in the Sept. 12 to 16 Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 16-3 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Gaining fuller knowledge of important factors that drive the Asia-Pacific security environment, 144 U.S. and international Fellows completed a nearly week-long orientation course today at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Held Sept. 12 to 16, the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 16-3 comprised 144 U.S. and international Fellows from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Indonesia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. APOC is designed to provide [...]

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Opinion: Preventing Nuclear War with North Korea – Dr. Van Jackson

By |2017-03-09T11:19:56-10:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: Opinions/Editorials, External Publications, jackson|

“Preventing Nuclear War with North Korea” by Dr. Van Jackson was recently published by Foreign Affairs magazine. In the article Jackson discusses N. Korea’s fifth and largest missile and nuclear testing.  In the last four years, N. Korea under Kim Jong Un has conducted 35 missile launches and three nuclear tests. According to Jackson, “North Korea’s nuclear program is now more accelerated, less constrained, and more openly linked to its missile program than at any point in its history. Pyongyang is rushing to deploy a nuclear force that can ensure the regime’s survival by guaranteeing that any attempt to replace it [...]

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James M. Minnich

By |2024-10-16T16:32:53-10:00September 7th, 2016|Categories: Biography, team|Tags: , , , |

Dr. James M. Minnich is an academic, author, and retired U.S. Army Colonel with in-depth experiences in Northeast Asia since 1982, including 15 years of duty in Korea. He is a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies where he previously served as Associate Dean, Senior Military Professor, and Senior Military Officer before retiring in 2019 as a U.S. Army Colonel after 37 years of active duty. Dr. Minnich chairs the Center’s Northeast Asia Group and Women, Peace and Security Group, and manages the Indo-Pacific Orientation Course. Dr. Minnich has had extensive operational deployments and travels throughout Asia and in-depth professional experiences [...]

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Mongolia workshop focuses on increasing women’s roles in security processes, policy

By |2019-01-17T14:20:00-10:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Workshop, Alumni, Women Peace and Security|Tags: |

Fifty-five security professionals representing military, law enforcement and civil government agencies in the Asia-Pacific region took part in the Aug. 25 to 29 inclusion workshop in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. The workshop, co-hosted by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies, was designed to address impediments to an increased role for women in regional nations' security sectors. As part of an ongoing international effort to increase women’s participation in the security sector, security professionals from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for an Aug. 23 to 25 workshop. The Daniel K. Inouye [...]

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Forecasted Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Disease and Health Security in Hawaii by 2050

By |2023-09-14T12:17:17-10:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Independent Faculty Articles, Canyon|Tags: |

Dr. Deon Canyon co-authored an article titled “Forecasted Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Disease and Health Security in  Hawaii by 2050,” published by the  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal.  Canyon and coauthors Rick Speare and Frederick Burke, discuss the potential impacts of climate change on the study of infectious and vector-borne diseases in Hawaii.  They consider scenarios based on the anticipated effects of higher average temperatures and weather extremes on disease distribution.  Their conclusions recommend a resilience model to increase adaptive capacity for all climate change impacts rather than one focused specifically on communicable diseases.

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Opinion: Resolving the Kashmir Dispute

By |2024-04-01T09:03:37-10:00September 2nd, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Snedden|

Dr. Christopher Snedden's opinion piece "Self Determination the Only Solution: Resolving the Kashmir Dispute" has been published on-line by Asia & the Pacific Policy Society Policy Forum. Snedden addresses the long-running territorial dispute between India and Pakistan regarding the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Both exercise control in different parts of a region marked by ethnic, sectarian and political tensions. Snedden gives a brief history of the dispute, discusses the instransigent positions of both parties and recommends that people in the contested lands determine their future. In addition, he recently published a similar blog, “Kashmiri unrest will continue if their [...]

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