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Cooperation in problem-solving core of Transnational Security Cooperation course

By |2014-12-16T10:36:08-10:00December 15th, 2014|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Alumni|

In a news conference-like setting this week, six panels of senior multi-agency representatives briefed planned responses to a devastating Ebola outbreak and multiple damaging cyber attacks within Asia-Pacific nations. This conceptual exercise, featuring 28 international military and civilian security practitioners, was a key element in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Theater Security Cooperation Course 14-2 held Dec. 7 – 12. Fellows graduated today from a course that promotes inter-agency collaboration in solving local, regional and even global security-related challenges. TSC is a senior executive course designed for military officers at the general officer level and civilian equivalents in the security [...]

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Renewable Energy Project at Ft. DeRussy Begins

By |2014-12-11T07:42:43-10:00December 8th, 2014|Categories: College|

Click on illustration for larger view. Work begins this week to install Photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of two buildings at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Ft. DeRussy.  This project to generate renewable energy supports of both the U.S. Department of Defense and State of Hawaii renewable energy goals. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the $2.19 million project to Elite Pacific Construction, Inc.  May 9, 2014 (Design Bid-Build contract W9128A-13-R-0010).  The contractor will begin staging equipment on Thursday, Dec. 11 with excavation starting on Dec. 15.   The project is expected last until March 2015. [...]

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Director Leaf addresses ‘Smart Power’ symposium

By |2014-12-05T15:56:59-10:00December 5th, 2014|Categories: Outreach, Women Peace and Security|

"If you leave anyone in the organization on the sidelines, if you don’t leverage what they can contribute, your unit is less effective,” advised Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Dan Leaf to an audience of students, officials, NGOs and diplomats at Georgetown University. Director Leaf was in Washington D.C. to speak at a symposium on “Smart Power: The Military and Inclusive Security.” The symposium was hosted by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS). Director Leaf was part of an international panel moderated by Ambassador Melanne [...]

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Workshop enhances Southeast Asia Biosecurity Preparedness

By |2014-12-03T15:33:40-10:00December 3rd, 2014|Categories: Outreach, Courses, Faculty, Workshop|Tags: |

Deputy Chief of Mission Brian Goldbeck provides opening remarks for the Biosecurity in Southeast Asia Workshop. Reducing Southeast Asia’s biothreat vulnerability was the focus of an international workshop held in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 3-7. The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies co-hosted the event, titled “Biosecurity in Southeast Asia,” along with the Philippines Department of Health and National Defense College of the Philippines. The workshop brought together 43 health and security professionals from eight nations and 10 organizations. The group analyzed threats posed by regional pandemics, emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism activities - all of which can have catastrophic effects [...]

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APCSS takes APOC on-the-road to Arlington

By |2015-01-28T11:25:41-10:00December 2nd, 2014|Categories: Courses, College, Workshop, Alumni|Tags: , |

APCSS' Dr. Fouse, Dr. Campbell, and Capt. Clancy during apresentation on Transnational Security II (Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation.   A course to introduce security practitioners to issues impacting the Asia-Pacific recently took place in Arlington, Va. The four-day Mobile Asia-Pacific Orientation course, held Nov. 18-21, gave 73 U.S. and international security practitioners the chance to discuss and share knowledge on political, military, environmental, and socio-economic issues and how they impact U.S. national interests. The itinerary included a rigorous program of lectures, interactive sessions, and break-out seminars. The course conducted by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, based [...]

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Maritime Challenges Conference Proceedings Now Online

By |2016-01-21T13:53:05-10:00November 19th, 2014|Categories: Outreach, Conference, Workshop|Tags: |

Maritime Security Challenges (MSC) 2014, the 6th iteration of the successful MSC conference series, was held in Victoria, BC, Canada from October 6 – 9, 2014. The conference involved over 180 delegates from 22 nations, including 13 senior serving flag officers, as well as ambassadors, senators, members of parliament, and leading figures in the defence and security sectors. A report on conference proceedings authored by University of Calgary graduate students is now available online here In addition MSC14 presentations are available (click here to view) and videos of the conference proceedings are now available on the MSC YouTube channel. Maritime Security Challenges [...]

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Japan Chair Platform: Japan Matters for South Korea’s Security

By |2017-03-09T13:16:51-10:00November 13th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College, Hornung|

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies' (APCSS) Dr. Jeffrey Hornung published an article titled "Japan Chair Platform: Japan Matters for South Korea’s Security" on Center for Strategic and International Studies website Nov. 10. Here is an excerpt from the article: A few months ago, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan raised concerns in South Korea when he stated in a Diet committee hearing that U.S. Marines cannot rush to defend South Korea without first engaging in prior consultation with Japan. Seoul’s fear is that Abe can effectively control Washington’s assistance to Seoul in a contingency on the Korean peninsula. What Abe said [...]

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Vietnam, the United States, and Japan in the South China Sea

By |2014-11-13T10:20:13-10:00November 13th, 2014|Categories: Courses, Faculty, Vuving|

Between May and July this year, China deployed a drilling rig in South China Sea waters claimed by Vietnam as part of its exclusive economic zone. The move heightened tensions between the two nations and caused several states to weigh in on the side of Vietnam; the United States and Japan among them.   In his latest paper, "Vietnam, the United States and Japan in the South China Sea," Dr. Alexander Vuving examines what's at stake in the disputed waters in terms of economic and strategic value. He looks particularly at Vietnam's efforts to stake its claim in an area believed [...]

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A Role for Japan in the Fight Against Ebola

By |2017-03-09T13:17:18-10:00November 4th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College|

Editorial: Dr. Jeffrey Hornung has a new OpEd in the Wall Street Journal on Japan's HADR support capabilities with Paul Midford. Here's an excerpt from the article. Following criticism of the global response to West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, countries around the world have increased their support. The U.S. is deploying 4,000 troops to Liberia to transport supplies, build treatment centers and operate mobile testing labs. Britain, France and China have also committed troops to build hospitals, and even Cuba is sending more than 200 medical personnel to the Ebola-stricken countries. Yet with the World Health Organization recently announcing that the number [...]

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109 Fellows Complete Advanced Security Cooperation Course 14-3

By |2014-10-29T15:52:24-10:00October 29th, 2014|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Alumni|

(HONOLULU) – Security practitioners from 34 nations and territories graduated from the Advanced Security Cooperation Course 14-3 today at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. One hundred nine military and civilian Fellows attended the nearly five-week course Sep. 25 – Oct. 29. ASC is an executive education program in which course Fellows’ develop a shared understanding of critical socio-economic, military, political, and cultural issues impacting the region’s evolving security environment. "Most importantly,” said course manager Kerry Lynn Nankivell, “the ASC (course) moves participants to develop collaborative strategies to address regional challenges. These challenges can include everything from improving governance to preparing [...]

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