DKI APCSS hosts workshop on coordinating maritime capacity building in the Asia-Pacific

By |2017-11-15T09:17:28-10:00November 7th, 2017|Categories: Conference, Workshop|

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), in conjunction with our partners at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), hosted a three-day workshop entitled “Building Maritime Capacity: A Quadrilateral Approach” from September 26 to 28 in Tokyo. The workshop brought together representatives from the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, along with security practitioners from Sri Lanka, Palau, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam to set the theater for increased coordination in maritime capacity building among the key players of the Indo-Asia-Pacific. This workshop built upon two previously existing trilateral lines of discussion- the Japan-India-U.S. trilateral and the [...]

ASEAN @50, Southeast Asia @ Risk Workshop Held at DKI APCSS

By |2019-01-16T13:27:57-10:00November 7th, 2017|Categories: Conference, Workshop|

This week the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies co-hosted a workshop on “ASEAN @50, Southeast Asia @ Risk:  What should be done?  A Prescriptive Workshop.”  The event which kicked-off with a reception on Wednesday evening in Honolulu included two days of Australia-Singapore-US policy trialogue on Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asia Program and the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative in the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (Stanford University) prepared this program and planned the workshop in cooperation with Trialogue partners:  the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (Australian National University); the S. Rajaratnam School of [...]

DKI APCSS hosts workshop on national security coordination in Southeast Asia

By |2017-09-06T14:51:32-10:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Faculty, College, Conference, Workshop|

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) hosted a four-day workshop entitled “National Security Coordination in Southeast Asia” from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Honolulu, to strengthen mutual understanding of national security priorities and coordination processes and explore opportunities for cooperation among the national security coordination agencies in Southeast Asia This workshop brought representatives from the National Security Councils (NSC) and key agencies responsible for the management and coordination of national security in the ASEAN states and the United States. DKI APCSS Director James "Hammer" Hartsell welcomes workshop participants to the Center. The workshop [...]

DKI APCSS and RSIS cohost workshop on “Disaster Response Regional Architectures: Assessing Future Possibilities”

By |2018-01-25T15:26:45-10:00August 7th, 2017|Categories: Courses, Faculty, Workshop|

Ms Adelina Kamal of the AHA Centre provides the Southeast Asia Sub-regional Response Overview. Disaster Response Regional Architectures: Assessing Future Possibilities was the topic of a recent workshop co-hosted by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Held in Bangkok, Thailand, July 18 to 20, 2017. The blended practitioner and academic workshop focused on the future of disaster response regional architectures development. DKI APCSS and RSIS will document the workshop findings and recommendations for improved regional disaster response coordination and cooperation [...]

Enhancing Maritime Safety: DKI APCSS brings together the region’s maritime security practitioners to discuss safety

By |2017-07-11T09:05:26-10:00May 30th, 2017|Categories: Courses, College, Conference, Workshop|

The territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia-Pacific region are, by definition, a complex security problem.  Like any complex problem in international relations, this means that these disputes will not be resolved in the foreseeable future, but must instead be managed effectively. One way to manage the overall maritime situation is by addressing matters of common interest, instead of areas of differences.  Another way is by focusing on practical and technical discussions among the nations’ experts, and steering away from political and other sensitive topics. Within the Asia-Pacific region, claimant nations and non-claimant nations have a number of converging interests.  In [...]

Building Maritime Shared Awareness in Southeast Asia

By |2017-05-19T16:43:22-10:00May 19th, 2017|Categories: Courses, College, Conference, Workshop|

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies hosted the third iteration of the annual workshop series, “Building Maritime Shared Awareness in Southeast Asia”.  The workshop series brings together maritime security practitioners from the ASEAN member states to identify opportunities to advance regional maritime shared awareness. According to workshop academic lead, Professor Kerry Lynn Nankivell, the four-day workshop “follows up ADM Harris’ invitation to ASEAN member states to deepen their cooperation in maritime security. It also resonates with Vice President Pence’s remarks to the ASEAN members at the Secretariat last month in which he emphasized the importance of working together [...]

DKI APCSS hosts Media Relations in Crisis and Conflict Dialogue in Myanmar

By |2017-04-04T16:18:31-10:00April 4th, 2017|Categories: College, Conference, Workshop, Alumni|

A total of 36 Myanmar participants from 20 ministries, agencies, universities, the Myanmar Red Cross Society, media organizations and members of the Union Parliament attended the two-day event to learn more about crisis communications. The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, in support of the U.S. Embassy Rangoon, hosted a Security Dialogue on "Media Relations in Crisis and Conflict" in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 30-31. According to Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd, DKI APCSS academic lead, “This dialogue was designed to provide Myanmar’s government officials with an overview of some key principles and practices of effective media [...]

DKI APCSS supports Philippine workshop on strategic communications

By |2017-01-26T09:47:42-10:00January 26th, 2017|Categories: Faculty, College, Workshop|

In November 2016, three faculty from the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies participated in a workshop hosted by the Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs. The two-day event was part of the DFA’s preparation and planning for the Philippines’ assumption of the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2017. Participants included 38 strategic communications specialists, public affairs officers, and communications policy officials with responsibilities in their respective organizations related in the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2017.   These offices included DFA, Presidential Communications Office, and the departments of National Defense, Trade and Investment, Finance, Energy, Science and Technology, Social Welfare and [...]

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 [...]

Building an Inclusive Security Sector in Myanmar

By |2019-01-17T09:07:23-10:00August 31st, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Workshop, Alumni|

Thirty-one senior officials from the Myanmar and security organizations joined four members of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies faculty for an Aug. 15 to 19 workshop focused on inclusiveness governance. Participants discussed measures Myanmar officials can take to build greater collaboration between military and civilian entities and across differing agencies. As the nation of Myanmar transitions from military rule to an emerging democracy, its government has embarked on a peaceful political, economic and social transformation.  The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is supporting that transformation through a series of engagements and workshops, [...]

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