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APCSS professor participates in workshop on emerging markets and mounting tensions

By |2014-05-08T11:25:24-10:00March 20th, 2014|Categories: College, Faculty Articles, Malik|

by Dr. Mohan Malik Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’(APCSS) professor Dr. Mohan Malik participated in a two-day workshop on “Emerging Markets & Mounting Tension: Doing Business in the Face of Potential Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region” sponsored by the School of Public Policy of the University of Calgary, Canada, March 11-12, 2014. The focus of the workshop was on examining challenges and opportunities created by the shift in global economic power towards the broader Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean region. Workshop speakers included former Canadian ambassadors, Defense and Foreign Affairs officials: Amb. (Ret.) Joseph Caron, Amb (Ret.) Marius Grinius, Doreen Steidle, Rear [...]

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CSRT Course 14-1 Concludes with 101 New Alumni

By |2014-03-20T08:49:41-10:00March 20th, 2014|Categories: Courses|

One hundred one Fellows from 44 different locations graduated today from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) course in Honolulu. Of the 101 participants, 70% were from military organizations and law enforcement agencies, with others representing various government ministries, foreign affairs departments and intelligence services and academic institutions. Just over half of the course participants were from the Asia-Pacific region, with five continents represented. Fellows participating in CSRT 14-1 were from Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Columbia, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, [...]

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Education Crucial to Future U.S. HADR Missions – Prof. Jessica Ear

By |2017-03-09T13:30:07-10:00March 13th, 2014|Categories: Ear, Opinions/Editorials|

by Prof. Jessica Ear Professor Jessica Ear shares her experiences with Fellows attending the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Photo by William R. Goodwin.   Associate Professor Jessica Ear presented a lecture at the Japan National Defense Academy located in Yokosuka, Japan on January 7, 2014 on the future of U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) in Asia Pacific.   A summary of her lecture follows. Following the aftermath of the March 3, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated Japan, the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Force conducted a large-scale, joint-disaster mission dubbed, Operation Tomodachi[1].  Although [...]

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APCSS’ Dr. Hornung publishes article entitled ‘Mending Japan-S. Korea Ties’ on Japan Times web site

By |2014-03-07T09:31:21-10:00March 7th, 2014|Categories: Courses, Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Hornung|

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Dr. Jeffrey W. Hornung recently published an article entitled "Mending Japan-S. Korea Ties"  on the Japan Times website. Here is an excerpt from the article: When visiting South Korea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was up to Tokyo and Seoul to put history behind them and move forward. Yet, recent events show history is still the issue in bilateral ties. -END- The views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of APCSS, the U.S. Pacific Command, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the U.S. [...]

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Hawaii organizations team up for Disaster Risk Management training

By |2014-04-17T12:43:30-10:00February 27th, 2014|Categories: College, Workshop|

Gregg Nakano introduces fundamentals of risk assessment for disaster planning to Fellows attending the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Advanced Security Cooperation Course. With a determination to better collaborate on disaster risk management education and security cooperation, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) partnered with three other organizations located in Hawaii to enhance crisis and disaster related programs, courses and research. This partnership is based on a Letter of Understanding signed on November 1, 2013 between APCSS, the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA), the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), and the National Disaster Preparedness [...]

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APCSS outreach team conducts info-sharing workshop in Manila

By |2014-02-15T10:54:39-10:00February 13th, 2014|Categories: Outreach|

An Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) outreach team conducted a three-day workshop entitled “Exploiting the Crime-Terror Nexus: Combating Violent Extremism through Multisectoral Information and Intelligence Sharing” in Manila, Philippines Feb. 11-13. The workshop consisted of 51 participants from the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. The event was co-hosted by the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and was attended by the Vice President of the Philippines Jejomar Binay and US Ambassador to the Philippines Phillip S. Goldberg. The APCSS outreach team was led by APCSS Dean Capt. Carleton Cramer and the academic lead was Dr. David Fouse. The APCSS-NDCP workshop [...]

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Latest publications by APCSS faculty members

By |2016-09-02T14:29:38-10:00February 4th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, Faculty Articles, Hornung, Vuving, Reeves, Cramer|

Security strategies and effective governance were discussed in several recent articles by APCSS faculty members recently. “Bejing’s Grand Strategy Failure,” co-authored by APCSS professors Dr. Jeffrey Hornung and Dr. Alexander Vuving, was published by The National Interest website.  This commentary looks at China’s strategy in the East and South China Seas and why, they believe, is destined to fail. You can read it online at: http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/beijing%E2%80%99s-grand-strategy-failure-9689#.UtBELd7m7fs “Structural Power, the Copenhagen School and Threats to Chinese Security” by Dr. Jeffrey Reeves was published by The China Quarterly. This article looks at current debates surrounding China's security by employing the concept of structural [...]

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SEAPOC 14-1 concludes with 35 new Fellows

By |2014-01-22T11:34:37-10:00January 22nd, 2014|Categories: Courses|

Thirty-five Fellows completed the Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (SEAPOC) 14-1 January 17 at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Eleven international Fellows attended the course coming from Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. The remaining Fellows were from the U.S. SEAPOC provides an overview of the Asia-Pacific region to senior military officers with respect for greater demands on their time and existing basis of knowledge. It also directly supports the U.S. Pacific Command by providing its staff and supporting components a compressed and comprehensive educational environment. The Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (SEAPOC) builds upon existing [...]

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Development Planning in Mongolia: Failure and Potential – Dr. Jeffrey Reeves

By |2017-03-09T13:30:46-10:00January 21st, 2014|Categories: Reeves, Opinions/Editorials|

by Dr. Jeffrey Reeves Rapid growth and persistent poverty in Mongolia shows the need for long-term development planning. More than twenty years into its transition from socialism to democratic capitalism, Mongolia is a country marred by contradictions. While a few Mongolians have become extremely wealthy due to the country’s nascent mining industry, many more remain stuck in poverty and have experienced a relative decline in their living standards since socialism. In contrast to the new luxury housing and commercial developments in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, large swaths of the country remain cut off from basic amenities such as sewage [...]

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China Outreach

By |2013-12-20T14:09:59-10:00December 20th, 2013|Categories: Outreach, Courses, Faculty|

In November, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies conducted two events in China. The first was a two-day bi-lateral workshop entitled “US-China: Building Strategic Trust” with the Institute of American Studies (IAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). APCSS representatives also met with Chinese counterparts in Lanzhou, China to exchange knowledge on climate change and security issues and, to consider further steps to improve the collaboration between the scientific and security communities. The Beijing workshop included 40 people sharing perspectives and identifying possible areas for mutually building strategic trust between the US and China. Discussion topics included: Current State [...]

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