Strategic Voices brings together Professors James Minnich, Andrea Malji, and Shyam Tekwani for candid debate on Indo-Pacific security. Each episode examines the highs, lows, and blind spots of key reports, closing with Wins & Woes on what deserves recognition — and what demands concern.
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Upcoming Episode
Strategic Voices episode 3: Disruption, Division, Competition: What Shapes Security in the Indo-Pacific?
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.
March 5, 2026| 3:00 PM in Hawaii
Strategic Voices Episode 4 – Critical Minerals: Who Sets the Price?
Strategic Voices asks whether coordinated demand mechanisms can shift the balance of power in global supply chains.
March 23, 2026| 3:00 PM in Hawaii
Latest Episodes
Strategic Voices Episode 2: Korea’s Nuclear-Powered Submarine Plans—Capability, Signal, or Stress Test?
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
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.
Meet the Hosts
James Minnich
Expertise: Northeast Asia, North Korea, Leadership
Dr. James Minnich, professor and retired Army Colonel, is an Indo-Pacific security expert, editor of Edge of Competition, The Indo-Pacific Mosaic, and the forthcoming America’s Strategic Edge, and host of the Dialogue series.
Andrea Malji
Expertise: Global Security, South Asia
Dr. Andrea Malji, a professor at DKI APCSS, specializes in Indo-Pacific security challenges, focusing on deterrence, strategic stability, small-state strategies, resource geopolitics, and conflict dynamics, with extensive experience in research, teaching, and regional policy engagement.
Shyam Tekwani
Expertise: Asymmetric conflict, Cognitive warfare, South Asia, Indo-Pacific geopolitics
Shyam Tekwani is a professor at the DKI APCSS with deep experience in conflict journalism and regional security. His research covers cognitive warfare, strategic communication, and defense dynamics in South and Southeast Asia.
