Lapse In Appropriations
The most recent appropriations for the Department of War have expired. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status, without pay, until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.May 24, 2011
Dr. Sungmin Cho has a new paper published by the Pacific Forum entitled "The New US Diplomacy with China: ‘Keep Your Promises’ " In his article, Cho discusses the idea of creating political division within China and its potential [...]
Strategic Voices examines the forces unsettling the Indo-Pacific security environment and asks whether today’s instability signals a passing storm or a lasting strategic realignment.
Strategic Voices examines the forces unsettling the Indo-Pacific security environment and asks whether today’s instability signals a passing storm or a lasting strategic realignment.
Maritime power in the Indo-Pacific hinges on shipyards as much as strategy. The episode with the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS) explores China’s naval expansion, South Korea’s shipbuilding leadership, and opportunities for U.S. cooperation with allies.
Explore the critical intersections of geopolitics, energy security, and maritime risk in a new Security Nexus Perspective by DKI APCSS Professor Shyam Tekwani, titled "When Distance Collapses: Iran’s Crisis and the Geography of India’s Constraints." This analysis examines the evolving dynamics between India and Iran, emphasizing the strategic implications of sanctions, instability, and shifting trade routes in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. With a focus on energy markets, the Indo-Pacific, and the strategic role of Chabahar Port, the paper offers essential insights into how regional instability affects global security frameworks.
South Korea’s renewed interest in nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) is often framed as a prestige-driven pursuit. In Episode 2 of Strategic Voices, Professors James Minnich, Shyam Tekwani, and Lami Kim moved beyond that shorthand to ask a harder question: what would SSNs actually change for deterrence, alliance dynamics, and the stability of Northeast Asia—if South Korea proceeds
Launched in 2014, India’s Neighborhood First policy sought to stabilize South Asia through proximity and engagement. In this Security Nexus Perspective, DK APCSS Professor Shyam Tekwani argues that recurring “India Out” protests are not ideological rejections of cooperation but reflexive responses to proximity itself, shaped by historical memory, asymmetry, and media amplification. Drawing on cases from Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, the essay shows how India’s structural presence can generate unease that media narratives rapidly convert into external blame.
Scott Handler is a professor of cyber studies and emerging technology at the George C. Marshall Center, focusing on issues related to artificial intelligence, cyber risks to national security, international digital trade and investment, and privacy and data protection. Before joining the Marshall Center, Handler was the head of strategic process and programs at Meta, where he led operational excellence efforts for machine learning and artificial intelligence product and data operations, customer experience, and trust and safety (integrity) teams that supported the end-to-end product development lifecycle for users across the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, and Reality Labs products. Previously, he was vice president of strategy and partnerships and chief information security officer at WireWheel, a privacy tech company that helps organizations manage their data privacy practices.
Miles Yu, Ph.D., is one of America’s leading scholars and strategists on China, East Asia, military history, and U.S.-China relations. A professor of East Asia and military history at the United States Naval Academy since 1994, he served as the principal China policy adviser to the U.S. secretary of state on the Policy Planning staff at the State Department from 2019 to 2021. He is currently a senior fellow and director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, a senior fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security, and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Dr. Joshua Hastey is the deputy regional advisor for the Indo-Pacific region at the Department of War’s Irregular Warfare Center and part-time faculty at Regent University. His teaching and writing focus on gray zone operations and strategic competition, with an emphasis on China’s challenges in the Indo-Pacific. He is also the associate editor of PRISM: The Journal of Complex Operations.
Prof. Shyam Tekwani examines how detentions, rhetoric and cartography turn symbols into tools of territorial contestation across South Asia, escalating tensions without armed conflict.
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