Security Nexus Perspective: Towards a Layered Denial Strategy — Lessons from the Black Sea for Taiwan

By |2026-06-04T14:40:54-10:00June 4, 2026|Categories: Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A new Security Nexus Perspective by Moe Reichardt examines how lessons from Ukraine's use of maritime drones in the Black Sea can inform Taiwan's asymmetric defense and a layered denial strategy against potential Chinese naval coercion.

Security Nexus Perspective: Shaping Access Terrain — Accepting the Loan, Ceding the Terrain

By |2026-06-04T16:44:15-10:00June 4, 2026|Categories: Canyon, Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A new Security Nexus Perspective by Dr. Deon Canyon examines how states cede strategic control by accepting infrastructure financing without access conditions, using Cambodia, Vanuatu, and Kiribati to show why shaping access terrain before construction is essential to preserving sovereignty.

New Security Nexus Perspective: Deterrence of Biotechnological Threats

By |2026-06-03T15:59:09-10:00June 3, 2026|Categories: Security Nexus, news, Allen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A new Security Nexus Perspective paper by Ethan Allen examines the geopolitical risks of rapid biotechnology advances, China's rise as a biotech superpower, the threat of bioweapons, and how the U.S. and its allies can strengthen deterrence, detection, and response in this critical arena of great power competition.

Dialogue | Episode 57: Lawfare and the Battle for Legitimacy

By |2026-06-03T15:10:59-10:00June 3, 2026|Categories: Minnich, news, Dialogue Podcast, Podcast|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Explore how lawfare—the strategic use of legal mechanisms—shapes modern security competition in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. In Episode 57 of Dialogue, Dr. Joanna Siekiera and Dr. James Minnich discuss law as a battlespace, the role of legal narratives, and how democracies can respond to evolving challenges of legitimacy and gray-zone competition.

Seizing the Orbital High Ground

By |2026-05-11T05:51:35-10:00May 11, 2026|Categories: Edge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Space superiority has become indispensable to sustaining U.S. lethality and deterrence in an era of competitive multipolarity. The chapter examines how the United States, China, and Russia conceptualize and contest the orbital domain, highlighting the technologies, vulnerabilities, and resilient architectures that will determine who commands the ultimate high ground in the Indo-Pacific.

Security Nexus Perspective: Looking Beyond the Region – Understanding Indo-Pacific Dynamics Through Latin America and the Caribbean

By |2026-03-31T15:22:25-10:00March 31, 2026|Categories: Security Nexus, news, Malji|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

In her latest Security Nexus Perspective, DKI APCSS Professor Andrea Malji explores how China's growing influence in Latin America and the Caribbean impacts Indo-Pacific dynamics. By leveraging economic investments, infrastructure projects, and diplomatic engagement, China is expanding its global reach, reshaping supply chains, and influencing geopolitical alignments. This paper highlights the interconnectedness of these regions and emphasizes the need for comprehensive strategies to counter China's global strategy and safeguard U.S. interests.

Security Nexus Perspective: Cognitive Domain Awareness: A Framework for Partners Already Inside the Cognitive War

By |2026-03-03T17:31:31-10:00March 5, 2026|Categories: Canyon, Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Explore the Cognitive Domain Awareness framework, a strategic approach for Indo-Pacific partners to counter China's cognitive operations targeting perceptions, decisions, and alliances in the ongoing cognitive war.

Miles Yu

By |2026-01-07T08:51:43-10:00January 6, 2026|Categories: Adjunct Professor|Tags: , , , |

Miles Yu, Ph.D., is one of America’s leading scholars and strategists on China, East Asia, military history, and U.S.-China relations. A professor of East Asia and military history at the United States Naval Academy since 1994, he served as the principal China policy adviser to the U.S. secretary of state on the Policy Planning staff at the State Department from 2019 to 2021. He is currently a senior fellow and director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, a senior fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security, and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.

113 Fellows complete Comprehensive Security Cooperation Course at DKI APCSS

By |2025-12-18T05:32:19-10:00September 22, 2025|Categories: Courses, news|Tags: , , , , , , , |

As the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies marks its 30th anniversary, 113 Fellows from 37 locations around the globe graduated today from the Center’s Comprehensive Security Cooperation course (CSC 25-3), completing five weeks of study focused on building trust and strengthening security ties in the Indo-Pacific.

New Security Nexus Perspective: The Cage of Equidistance

By |2025-12-09T13:03:16-10:00September 9, 2025|Categories: Tekwani, Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

India’s bid to remain equidistant between Russia, China, and the U.S. is no longer sustainable. This Security Nexus article explores how strategic autonomy risks becoming constraint.

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