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About Us

We are a Department of War institution that brings together current and future military and civilian leaders from the Indo-Asia-Pacific to address regional and global security challenges. Through executive education, professional exchanges, and trust-building, we aim to enhance security cooperation.

Opened on Sept. 4, 1995, DKI APCSS has strengthened connections, enhanced security cooperation, and promoted peace and stability across the Indo-Pacific. With over 15,000 alumni from 122 countries, our mission to foster resilient networks and shared understanding continues to shape a brighter future.

Vision

A free and prosperous Indo-Pacific promoting collaborative security.

Mission

DKI APCSS builds resilient capacity, shared understanding, and networked relationships among civilian and military practitioners and institutions to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Approach

In support of the U.S. Department of War (DoW), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs (IPSA), and the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), and as a Mission Partner of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), DKI APCSS will cultivate and maintain security networks that reinforce the rules-based international order.

Value Proposition

DKI APCSS is recognized and respected for delivering practical outcomes that enhance security sector capacity and cooperation.

In-Resident

• Enhancing & Leveraging the Power of Your Alumni Network
• Maluhia Talks 2025, 2024, 2023
• Building Collective Defense Industrial Base Resilience
• APCSS- Building Whole of Society Resilience
• Indo-Pacific Logistics Network Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

• Multinational Armaments Resilience Seminar in Hawaii
• 56th US-ROK Security Cooperation Committee
(SCC) Review
• Multinational Armaments Resilience Seminar in DC

In-Region

Total Participants

14,850

In-Resident Events

268

• Multinational Armaments Resilience Seminar, and Defense Cooperation Opportunities and Challenges Workshop in Australia
• Multinational Armaments Resilience Seminar in Japan
• Indo-Pacific Young Leaders in Palau and Canada
• GCMC - APCSS Whole-of-Society Resilience Workshop in Germany
• Thai SCC-DKI APCSS Senior Security StudiesWorkshop in Thailand

In-Region Events

Workshops and Partnerships

Courses Held
Countries Attending
Graduates
Alumni
Virtual Engagements
Virtual Participants
Years in Service

223
157
17,424*
16,460
154
8,716
30

DKI APCSS

by the Numbers

DKI APCSS Alumni Network

Alumni Senior
positions

President/Prime Minister (PM)
Vice President/Deputy PM
Minister/Deputy Minister
Ambassador/High Commissioner
Chief or Deputy Chief of Defense
Chief or Deputy Chief of Service
Cabinet or Parliament appointment
General Officer and/or Flag Officer

7
11
123
278
56
115
210
1,629

2,429

Alumni
Association

Courses Offered

The Lamp of Knowledge represents the academic focus of the Center and signifies the desire to foster understanding, cooperation and the study of regional security issues.

The laurel branches form a Wreath of Peace that emphasize the Center’s non-warfighting approach to addressing regional security issues.

The visible portion of the world globe depicts the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility.

DKI APCSS Seal

The continuous ribbon symbolizes the strong interrelationship among the six geographic regions of the Asia-Pacific theater.

The seal was conceptualized by Dr. Jimmie R. Lackey, who was then an Army colonel, and is a former DKI APCSS executive director. The Center was renamed on February 2015 to Honor the late Senator, Daniel K. Inouye.

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