Lapse In Appropriations
The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30, 2025. 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
North Korea is no longer merely surviving—it is strategically maneuvering. Against the backdrop of a fraying global order and eroding sanctions enforcement, Pyongyang has deepened wartime collaboration with Russia while leaning on China to sustain its economic core. What may appear as opportunistic bandwagoning is, in fact, a calibrated strategy—one that seeks regime durability, economic windfalls, and enhanced geopolitical relevance.
OTTAWA, Canada — The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Department of National Defence, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, hosted a workshop on China’s hybrid warfare strategies July 7–11. Held in Ottawa, the five-day event convened emerging leaders from the Indo-Pacific, the Americas, and Europe to explore economic coercion, cyber threats and strategic risks to the defense industrial base. Participants engaged in scenario planning, strategic analysis and peer-to-peer exchanges to better understand the multilayered and multidomain tactics employed by China.
In today’s contested Indo-Pacific, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is no longer simply modernizing—it is transforming. Guided by artificial intelligence, automation, and top-down political control, the PLA’s strategic shift toward “intelligentization” reflects Beijing’s bold ambition to field a “world-class military” by 2049. In Episode 47 of Dialogue, I sat down with Elsa B. Kania—respected expert on China’s military innovation—to examine how this transformation may shape the future of war.
DKI APCSS Director Suzy Vares-Lum recently visited Australia to advance collaboration in defense, education, and regional security. Her visit focused on strengthening academic partnerships and building the Center’s expanding alumni network in Australia. Vares-Lum met with representatives from several academic institutions, think tanks, and government agencies, creating opportunities to deepen ties between the U.S. and Australia.
Taiwan is navigating the dual pressures of domestic democratic contestation and rising external threats across the Strait. In this episode, Howard Shen explores Taiwan’s political dynamics, evolving defense posture, and how identity and deterrence intersect in shaping its strategic future.
As strategic competition intensifies in the Indo-Pacific, traditional models of hard and soft power are proving insufficient. Canyon’s doctrine of Adaptive Power offers an updated framework based on five interdependent pillars: Timing, Context, Legitimacy, Modularity, and Learning. The article is grounded in extensive Indo-Pacific field research and strategic wargaming. It aligns with Department of Defense priorities such as campaigning in competition, strengthening partner resilience, and countering sharp power tactics used by authoritarian actors.
DKI APCSS Director Suzanne Vares-Lum completed her first Indo-Pacific trip, reinforcing U.S. partnerships in Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan through high-level meetings and regional collaboration initiatives.
DKI APCSS graduated 100 Fellows from its second Comprehensive Security Course of 2025, building international collaboration and resilience to Indo-Pacific security challenges through expert insights and strategic dialogue.
In today’s Indo-Pacific, China’s engagement with the Global South is no longer a future possibility—it is a lived reality reshaping influence, investment, and the rules of the international order. Episode 45 of Dialogue features a timely exchange with Eric Olander, Editor-in-Chief of the China Global South Project. With grounded clarity, Olander analyzes China’s expanding presence across the region—its recalibrated Belt and Road strategy, contested resource ambitions, digital influence campaigns, and the growing agency of Indo-Pacific nations navigating these dynamics.
A new Security Nexus paper by Shyam Tekwani, titled “War in South Asia Is a Wake-Up Call: Achieving Peace Through Strength in an Age of Industrial Deterrence,” explores how a brief but intense conflict between India and Pakistan served as a powerful stress test for South Asia’s defense-industrial landscape. The paper draws on real-world capabilities and scenario-based vignettes to analyze how deterrence today is shaped not just by platforms, but by performance—supply chains, maintenance cycles, co-production, and delivery speed.
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