Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy visited APCSS on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. After a tour of the facilities with Acting Director Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Jim Hirai, she and her party joined 18 members of the APCSS faculty for a roundtable discussion. Under Secretary Flournoy opened the discussion by reiterating statements made recently by President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, and Secretary of Defense Panetta highlighting the growing importance of the Asia-Pacific region to U.S. policy.

Next week we’ll be upgrading our portal, APCSSLink.  This new, improved portal will come under the umbrella of GlobalNET and will feature customizable home pages, better navigation menus and a host of new features including online chat capabilities.  Being under the GlobalNet umbrella also helps user connect with other regional centers, education institutes and even larger communities of interest. […]

  HONOLULU – Eighty-seven senior military and civilian government leaders from 34 countries and territories graduated December 10 from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies “Executive Course:  Advanced Security Cooperation” . Attending the regional security course were representatives from: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, United States, and Vietnam.  The six-week Executive Course focus is on building relationships among mid-career leaders and decision makers within the region.  Its curriculum [...]

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia – The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) and the Maritime State University (MSU), Vladivostok, co-hosted a workshop focused on maritime security and regional cooperation in Northeast Asia in Vladivostok, Russia, Nov. 8-12, 2010.  The workshop aimed to increase shared understanding across the North Pacific region of the complexity and challenges associated with maritime security cooperation.  It brought together 40 officials and scholars from seven countries to engage in candid discussion of feasible, mutually acceptable regional collaborative opportunities to address shared challenges.  […]

Newly-appointed Director of Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Vice Adm. William Landay visited APCSS Oct. 21 for an orientation of the Center provided by APCSS Director Lt. Gen. (Ret) E. P. Smith, faculty and staff. During the visit, Vice Adm. Landay toured APCSS, observed Director Smith welcoming  the Advanced Security Cooperation Course (ASC 10-2) in the auditorium,  and was briefed by staff and faculty in one of APCSS' six seminar rooms. [nggallery id=12]

The workshop brought together subject matter experts, strategic policy planners, from throughout Asia-Pacific region. With the realization that ongoing scientific and technological developments will affect international security with potentially negative or harmful impacts and possibly provide critical opportunities for security cooperation, APCSS sought to understand the technology-security interface that forms the underpinnings for regional/national adaptation and mitigation strategies needed in an ever-changing, fast-paced and complex defense and security environment. Then, to explore new ways of thinking about these developments and phenomena and how they are likely to change the world. And, identify ways and means of collaboratively engaging others [...]

Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen, Commander, U.S. Marine Forces, Pacific visited the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Sept. 16 for a tour and overview of the Center provided by APCSS Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) E.P. Smith. During Thiessen's visit, Dir. Smith provided a full tour of the Center and intoduced him to Ambassador David Huebner, American ambassador to New Zealand, Samoa, and the Cook Islands and Ambassador C. Steven McGann, ambassador to the Republics of Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu. The two ambassadors are at APCSS attending the "Maritime Security in the Pacific Island Region" workshop. Below are photos of the visit. [nggallery [...]