Captain Tom D’Arcy joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in August 2025 following a tour as the U. S. Coast Guard District Oceania’s Chief of Response, where he oversaw search and rescue, law enforcement, environmental response, border control and territorial integrity, and intelligence conducted throughout the Oceania region. Captain D’Arcy served 13 years at sea on cutters that patrolled across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans to enforce counter-drug, fisheries, and maritime laws, to strengthen interagency and international partnerships, and to facilitate the safety of mariners and the maritime transportation system. A 2019 distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval War College, he earned a master’s degree in National Security Studies. He also earned a master’s degree in English from the University of Washington in 2004, before instructing in the Humanities Department at the Coast Guard Academy. Captain D’Arcy graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1998 with a degree in Government and International Relations. His awards include Department of Defense and Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medals, Coast Guard Commendation Medals, and other team, unit, and personal citations.

Major General (Retired) Suzanne P. Vares-Lum became the director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in January 2025. In this role, she leads the U.S. Department of War organization dedicated to advancing [...]

Russell Bailey is the deputy director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Before this appointment, Bailey’s career as a civil servant included positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Policy. [...]

Carleton R. Cramer joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in 2004 as a military faculty member and retired from the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, in 2007. That same year, he became [...]

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 [...]