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Wade Turvold

By |2024-12-16T15:19:55-10:00December 8th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , |

Wade Turvold joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in June 2019 after a 30 year career in the U.S. Navy. He was privileged to serve in two educational assignments during this time, as the U.S. Navy Senior Service Representative and Director National Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College, and the U.S. Navy Exchange Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, England. He served as a Naval Flight Officer during his career and has extensive experience flying P-3C and P-8A aircraft. Mr. Turvold commanded Patrol Squadron [...]

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Col.Jeffrey T. Digsby

By |2024-12-16T15:19:36-10:00December 7th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: |

Colonel Jeffrey Digsby is the Deputy Dean of Admissions and Business Operations at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS). Col. Digsby enlisted in the Air Force in 1994 and earned his Air Force commission through Officer Training School in 2001. He is a U.S. Air Force Weapons School graduate and is a Master Air Battle Manager with more than 4,400 flying hours in the E-3 AWACS and E-8C Joint STARS command and control aircraft. He has deployed worldwide in support of Operations NORTHERN and SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, NEW DAWN, [...]

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Russell Bailey

By |2024-12-16T15:17:20-10:00December 6th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: |

Mr. Russell Bailey is the Acting Director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Before this appointment, Mr. Bailey’s distinguished career as a civil servant included positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Policy. He has served as the Principal Director for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (HDI&DSCA), the Principal Director for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, the Director for Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Antarctica, and a Senior Policy Analyst in the Secretariat for Special Operations. A retired U.S. Army officer with nearly three decades [...]

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Dr. Lori Forman

By |2024-12-16T15:22:46-10:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , , |

Lori Forman joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in August 2011. She brings a unique international background in corporate, government, academic, and non-profit sectors to the center. Dr. Forman is an expert on international economic development and foreign aid and has extensive field experience in sustainable development, labor mobility, civil society, and public-private partnerships. Before coming to DKI APCSS, Dr. Forman was the first Vice President for Corporate Responsibility for a Dubai Holding company, Tatweer, based in Dubai. Before moving to Dubai, Lori worked for five years with Microsoft as the Regional Director of [...]

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Amb. Peter M. Haymond

By |2024-12-16T15:18:26-10:00December 4th, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , |

Ambassador Peter M. Haymond joined DKI APCS as Senior Diplomatic Fellow in September 2023. Ambassador Haymond led the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, from January 2020 to August 2023. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, from 2016 to 2019. Ambassador Haymond has also served as Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu, China; and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in [...]

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Carleton R. Cramer

By |2024-12-16T15:19:01-10:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , |

Carleton R. Cramer joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in 2004 as a military faculty member.  In 2007, Mr. Cramer retired from the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Navy.  During 2007 he served as a civilian faculty member focusing on international law, counter terrorism and maritime security.  In August 2013, he assumed his current position as Dean, College of Security Studies. Mr. Cramer completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with majors in history and political science and a minor in economics.  In 1982, he earned his Juris [...]

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Col. Matthew R. Kent

By |2024-12-16T15:20:44-10:00December 2nd, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , |

Colonel Matthew Kent came to the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in September 2022 following his three-year tour as the Chief of the Liaison Affairs Section at the American Institute in Taiwan-Taipei. In 1996, Col. Kent was commissioned  as an Army Infantry officer. Upon completion of training, he served a tour in the 1-506th Infantry Battalion located in Korea and as a Basic Training Executive Officer (XO) in 2-54th Infantry Battalion and then later with 3-47th Infantry Battalion both located at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 2001, COL Kent completed Special Forces training and served as [...]

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Deon K. Canyon

By |2024-12-16T15:22:21-10:00December 1st, 2024|Categories: Biography, Leadership|Tags: , |

Dr. Deon Canyon stands as a distinguished scholar and visionary leader whose remarkable contributions over a few decades have left an indelible mark on the realms of policymakers, crisis managers, wargamers, and health managers. His journey at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) commenced in 2016, where he quickly established himself as a renowned professor of global acclaim. Over the years, his impact transcended the podium as he transitioned into strategic management, leading to his current role as the Associate Dean for Academics at DKI APCSS. Dr. Canyon’s diverse narrative is rooted in an [...]

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New Director for Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Named

By |2024-11-04T11:55:12-10:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: news|Tags: |

HONOLULU –The Department of Defense has approved the selection of retired US Army Maj. Gen. Suzanne (Suzy) Puanani Vares-Lum as director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), a Department of Defense organization dedicated to advancing security cooperation in the region. Vares-Lum was born and raised in Hawaiʻi and is an alumna of the Center’s Transnational Security Cooperation course (TSC16-2). She is the first native Hawaiian and the first alumni to serve as the Center’s director. She comes to the Center after serving as President of the East-West Center since 2022. As a retired major general with 34 years of service, Vares-Lum has held key roles addressing priority national security challenges in the region. She brings a wealth of executive leadership experience, including five years serving with and advising the senior officials at US Indo-Pacific Command, where she cultivated and supported key relationships with nations throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

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Bailey selected as the new deputy director at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

By |2024-03-11T09:19:23-10:00December 7th, 2023|Categories: news|Tags: |

Honolulu – Russell Bailey has been selected as the new deputy director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. A seasoned professional, Bailey has extensive executive-level service at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, the Joint Staff, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and the National Security Council staff at the White House, as well as tours on two U.S. Embassy country teams (in Indonesia and Singapore). “I am humbled by the opportunity to join Rear Adm. (Ret.) Gumataotao and the DKI APCSS ohana as they continue to forge relationships across the Indo-Pacific, addressing the complex security [...]

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