Strategic Voices brings together Professors James Minnich, Shyam Tekwani, and Lami Kim 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.
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.
Lami Kim
Expertise: Nuclear nonproliferation, Emerging technologies, Northeast Asia
Lami Kim is a professor at the Center, specializing in nuclear issues and emerging technologies in East Asia. Her work appears in top journals and media outlets, and she previously taught at the U.S. Army War College, Harvard, and the University of Hong Kong.
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.
