Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Chairs Inaugural Plenary Meeting of Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience

By |2024-10-10T15:41:56-10:00October 10th, 2024|Categories: Workshop, news|Tags: , , , |

On October 7-8, 2024, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante chaired the inaugural plenary meeting of the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR) in Honolulu, HI. National Armament Directors, and similarly positioned senior leaders, joined him from all PIPIR member nations in both the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions. The engagement was hosted by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM).

New Vuving OpEd on Vietnam’s strategic partnerships

By |2023-09-26T09:50:02-10:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: College, Faculty Articles, Vuving, news|Tags: , , |

“Vietnam needs more than an upgraded U.S. partnership” is a new OpEd written by Dr. Alexander Vuving for Nikkei Asia. In this opinion piece, Vuving looks at the history of Vietnam’s role in strategic partnerships. “Hanoi's web of strategic partnerships worked well in the post-Cold War era because of the geopolitical distance then between major powers. This no longer applies in the current situation of heightened strategic rivalries,” according to Vuving. “Hanoi needs a new safety net that suits the changed conditions of the present time.” Read the full article Alexander L. Vuving is a professor at the Daniel [...]

Join us for a virtual seminar on space

By |2023-08-18T15:55:25-10:00August 18th, 2023|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, news|Tags: , , , |

Webinar Registration UH event webpage aprsaf.org Join us for a virtual seminar: "Accelerating Asia-Pacific Space Economies Through Partnerships: Challenges, Opportunities, and Best Practices." This seminar is an official side event of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum. It's co-organized by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs, and the Pacific Forum. Tuesday, September 5, 2023 3:00–5:00 pm HST

Faculty members attend the fourth Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue

By |2022-11-07T11:52:39-10:00November 7th, 2022|Categories: Outreach, Forman, Canyon, news, Dialogue|Tags: , |

In July of 2022, faculty members Dr. Lori Forman and Dr. Deon Canyon attended the fourth Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue in Cambodia. As of late October 2022, the report for this event in now available online on the Stimson website. More than 50 participants from a range of countries gathered together to discuss potential “solutions to key policy and sustainability challenges in the Lower Mekong.” This specific event explored the “needs and challenges related to human resources and capacity building in the sectors of education, labor migration, and health.”

Partnerships and Soft Power in Space

By |2020-10-22T14:39:15-10:00October 22nd, 2020|Categories: Oehlers, Journal, news|Tags: , , , |

“Partnerships and Soft Power in Space” is the title of a paper written by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Al Oehlers for Security Nexus. This article emphasizes the importance in examining the role of allies and international partners in the newly-formed U.S. Space Force and Space Command’s evolving mission. Excerpt There are valuable gains to be won by reaching out to these many other nations either lacking in space capabilities or with civilian-led space security-related sectors. For example, in a context of strategic competition and aggressive initiatives such as the Belt and Road Space Information Corridor led by the People’s Republic [...]

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