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APOC builds Fellows’ knowledge of regional security framework

By |2016-09-19T15:54:34-10:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College|

One hundred forty-four U.S. and international Fellows took part in the Sept. 12 to 16 Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 16-3 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Gaining fuller knowledge of important factors that drive the Asia-Pacific security environment, 144 U.S. and international Fellows completed a nearly week-long orientation course today at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Held Sept. 12 to 16, the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 16-3 comprised 144 U.S. and international Fellows from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Indonesia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. APOC is designed to provide [...]

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Opinion: Preventing Nuclear War with North Korea – Dr. Van Jackson

By |2017-03-09T11:19:56-10:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: Opinions/Editorials, External Publications, jackson|

“Preventing Nuclear War with North Korea” by Dr. Van Jackson was recently published by Foreign Affairs magazine. In the article Jackson discusses N. Korea’s fifth and largest missile and nuclear testing.  In the last four years, N. Korea under Kim Jong Un has conducted 35 missile launches and three nuclear tests. According to Jackson, “North Korea’s nuclear program is now more accelerated, less constrained, and more openly linked to its missile program than at any point in its history. Pyongyang is rushing to deploy a nuclear force that can ensure the regime’s survival by guaranteeing that any attempt to replace it [...]

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Mongolia workshop focuses on increasing women’s roles in security processes, policy

By |2019-01-17T14:20:00-10:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Workshop, Alumni, Women Peace and Security|Tags: |

Fifty-five security professionals representing military, law enforcement and civil government agencies in the Asia-Pacific region took part in the Aug. 25 to 29 inclusion workshop in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. The workshop, co-hosted by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies, was designed to address impediments to an increased role for women in regional nations' security sectors. As part of an ongoing international effort to increase women’s participation in the security sector, security professionals from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for an Aug. 23 to 25 workshop. The Daniel K. Inouye [...]

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Forecasted Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Disease and Health Security in Hawaii by 2050

By |2023-09-14T12:17:17-10:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Independent Faculty Articles, Canyon|Tags: |

Dr. Deon Canyon co-authored an article titled “Forecasted Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Disease and Health Security in  Hawaii by 2050,” published by the  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal.  Canyon and coauthors Rick Speare and Frederick Burke, discuss the potential impacts of climate change on the study of infectious and vector-borne diseases in Hawaii.  They consider scenarios based on the anticipated effects of higher average temperatures and weather extremes on disease distribution.  Their conclusions recommend a resilience model to increase adaptive capacity for all climate change impacts rather than one focused specifically on communicable diseases.

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Opinion: Resolving the Kashmir Dispute

By |2024-04-01T09:03:37-10:00September 2nd, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Snedden|

Dr. Christopher Snedden's opinion piece "Self Determination the Only Solution: Resolving the Kashmir Dispute" has been published on-line by Asia & the Pacific Policy Society Policy Forum. Snedden addresses the long-running territorial dispute between India and Pakistan regarding the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Both exercise control in different parts of a region marked by ethnic, sectarian and political tensions. Snedden gives a brief history of the dispute, discusses the instransigent positions of both parties and recommends that people in the contested lands determine their future. In addition, he recently published a similar blog, “Kashmiri unrest will continue if their [...]

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Building an Inclusive Security Sector in Myanmar

By |2019-01-17T09:07:23-10:00August 31st, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Workshop, Alumni|

Thirty-one senior officials from the Myanmar and security organizations joined four members of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies faculty for an Aug. 15 to 19 workshop focused on inclusiveness governance. Participants discussed measures Myanmar officials can take to build greater collaboration between military and civilian entities and across differing agencies. As the nation of Myanmar transitions from military rule to an emerging democracy, its government has embarked on a peaceful political, economic and social transformation.  The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is supporting that transformation through a series of engagements and workshops, [...]

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World Humanitarian Summit Report – Dr. Deon Canyon

By |2017-03-09T11:20:34-10:00August 31st, 2016|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, External Publications, Canyon|

DKI APCSS' Dr. Deon Canyon recently published an article entitled "The 2016 World Humanitarian Summit Report Card: Both Failing Marks and Substantive Gains for an Increasingly Globalized Humanitarian Landscape"  on the PLOS Currents website.  In the article, he reports on the recent World Humanitarian Summit and its impact. Abstract: Outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit were mixed with some refreshing new directions being endorsed and a lack of systemic reform. The selective agenda and OCHAs lack of success in engaging pre-meeting political participation not only hampered the Summit’s ability to deal with global issues and institutional reform, but also alienated it [...]

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Prof. Kerry Lynn Nankivell publishes S. China Sea fishing article

By |2017-03-09T11:21:12-10:00August 23rd, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, External Publications, KNankivell|

The Diplomat has published Kerry Lynn Nankivell's latest article "South China Sea: Fishing in Troubled Waters."    Nankivell discusses the concept of a U.S.-Philippines fisheries pact as a counter to China’s aggression in the South China Sea.  Despite a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration denying China’s claim to sovereignty over much of the region, that nation continues to expand its military and commercial exploitation of islands and resources in contested waters.  Nankivell writes that a U.S.-Philippines partnership to enforce fishing rights in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone could offer a “natural, non-escalatory” means to ensure rule of law in Southeast [...]

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DoD, Southeast Asia nations explore cooperation in maritime security logistics

By |2016-08-24T13:41:18-10:00August 23rd, 2016|Categories: Courses, Conference, Workshop|

Forty-eight security practitioners from Southeast Asia nations, key regional allies and the United States took part in the Aug. 15 to 19 "Maritime Security Logistics Workshop" at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The event enabled participants to discuss opportunities to cooperate in strengthening regional logistics capabilities and capacity. The U.S. Department of Defense, Southeast Asian maritime nations, and key regional allies participated in the first in a new series of multilateral engagements Aug. 15 to 19 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The “Maritime Security Logistics Workshop,” enabled 48 security practitioners [...]

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Dr. Mohan Malik’s writing, comments on South China Sea issue appears in five venues

By |2016-08-12T09:58:18-10:00August 12th, 2016|Categories: Faculty, College, Malik, External Publications|

Dr. Mohan Malik has contributed a chapter to the NATO Defense College Forum Paper titled NATO and the Asia-Pacific. In his chapter “Geopolitics: Asia Out of Balance?” Malik discusses perceptions of the U.S. strategic “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific in light of China’s and Russia’s increasing political, military and economic power in the region. Malik also authored the article “India’s Response to the South China Sea Verdict,” published by The American Interest.  Malik writes that an international court of arbitration’s ruling against China’s claim to ownership of 80 percent of the South China Sea was well received by India, a geopolitical rival.  [...]

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