Uyghur Muslim Ethnic Separatism in Xinjiang, China    Elizabeth Van Wie Davis Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies January 2008 Overview[1]   The April 1990 armed uprising in Baren marked an increase in Uyghur Muslim violence in Xinjiang, China. Two justifications—ethnic separatism and religious rhetoric—are given. The Uyghurs, who reside throughout the immediate region, are the largest Turkic ethnic group living in Xinjiang as well as being overwhelmingly Muslim. This combination of ethnicity and religion also involves the movement of religious and political ideologies, weapons, and people. The desired outcome by groups that use violence is, broadly speaking, a separate Uyghur state, [...]

Text only Version of Currents Magazine Text only version     click here for full pdf version Currents Magazine, Fall 05 The President’s Message Lt. Gen. Stackpole Retires APCSS Welcomes Lt. Gen. Smith Center News Guest Speakers Distinguished Visitors Senior Executive Course #2005-1 Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Junior Executive Course #2005-1 Executive Course #2005-1 & 2 (CSRT) #2005-1 APCSS 10th Anniversary Gen. Schoomaker visits APCSS Fellows 2005 APCSS Conferences & Upcoming Conferences Alumni Connections Research & Publications/New Faculty Contacts PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I’m honored and excited to be joining an organization focused on security cooperation between nations in the Asia-Pacific Region. As a [...]

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APCSS adjunct professor Curtis Johnson is a member of the Advanced Concepts Group at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sandia Labs is a science and engineering research and development laboratory for the U.S. national security complex. The mission of the Advanced Concepts Groups is to explore the future of national and international security. In his four years in the Advanced Concepts Group Curtis has explored causes of the Global War on Terror, neuroscience and national security, homeland security for soft targets such as airports and shopping malls, global aging, influence operations, and missile defense. The Advanced Concepts Groups specializes [...]

Dr. Justin Nankivell Dr. Justin D. Nankivell assumed the position of the Associate Dean for Academics at the DKI APCSS in August 2015.  In this position, Dr. Nankivell is responsible for overseeing the academic curricula that make up APCSS in-residence courses and executive education programming, including course and workshop execution, faculty coordination and program assessment. He joined the College of Security Studies in 2008, where he served as an Associate Professor. His subject matter expertise is International Law; Law of the Sea; South China Sea; the Arctic; Security Sector Development; and International Organization. At APCSS, Dr Nankivell has been [...]