Editorial: by Rouben Azizian, Ph.D., and Lt. Nicholas Matcheck U.S. Navy The Security Sector Development team from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies discusses the Colombian Peace Process and Asia-Pacific issues at the Military University of Nueva Granada in Bogotá, Colombia. T he security sector development in the Asia-Pacific could draw lessons from the valuable experience and accomplishments of Colombia, a Pacific Latin American nation, which has been struggling for decades to end a devastating civil conflict. The conflict has features familiar to several Asia-Pacific nations that are trying to end internal insurgencies and associated with it drug trafficking, [...]

Editorial: by Jeffrey W. Hornung In late 2011, the U.S. administration of President Barack Obama initiated a strategy to rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region. Although initially introduced as a ‘pivot’ to the region, within a year the strategy was rebranded as the rebalance. Administration officials have since made repeated efforts to promote the strategy, including speeches and Congressional testimony detailing the broad outlines of the U.S. effort. Repeatedly included are references to the need for the United States to rely more heavily on friends and allies. Within this group Japan always ranks the highest, given the large concentration of U.S. forces, [...]