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Security Nexus Perspective: Proximity, Perception, and Pushback in South Asia
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.
When Maps Begin to Move: How Symbols Fuel South Asia’s Territorial Tensions
Prof. Shyam Tekwani examines how detentions, rhetoric and cartography turn symbols into tools of territorial contestation across South Asia, escalating tensions without armed conflict.
Transnational Security Course 25-2 – Mutual Understanding is Critical
In early December, the final Transnational Security Course (TSC 25-2) of 2025 was held in Maluhia Hall on the campus of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in Waikiki, attracting 40 senior security practitioners from 24 countries and reuniting eight alumni with the Center. The course was an intensive, six-day program for current sector leaders, both civilian and military, on the upward track for positions of significant national and international responsibility.
Strategic Voices Episode 1 – India’s Grand Vision: Can Strategy Match Ambition?
India’s strategic autonomy has long been a source of national pride and a flexible diplomatic instrument. In an earlier era, it allowed New Delhi to preserve freedom of action while engaging multiple power centers. Today, however, the same posture is being reinterpreted. In a more competitive and increasingly transactional global environment, partners are looking less for declarations of independence and more for dependable alignment in moments that matter.
Inaugural JPME2 Indo-Pacific Orientation Course Concludes, Cultivating New Regional Experts
The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) successfully hosted the first-ever JPME2 Indo-Pacific Orientation Course (JIPOC 25-1), a 13-week, specially designed executive education program that concluded in December 2025. This landmark effort, a collaboration between DKI APCSS, the National Defense University (NDU), and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), enhanced the capabilities of U.S. security practitioners focused on the Indo-Pacific region.
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