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APCSS-ACSC Joint Seminar on Regional Security Architecture convenes for third year

By |2013-08-23T13:31:45-10:00August 23rd, 2013|Categories: College, Conference, Workshop|

Nine Fellows from the Australian Command and Staff College spent the last week in Hawaii in a joint seminar at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The “Understanding, Shaping and Adapting to the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Architecture” joint-seminar was held August 19-22 at APCSS. ACSC brought 9 faculty and staff members representing military and civilian elements from Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to this event. Additionally, four U.S. participants from U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Army Pacific and Special Operations Command Pacific as well as a legislative liaison attended this joint seminar.  The APCSS-ACSC Joint Seminar focused [...]

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Security Sector Development workshop held at APCSS

By |2013-08-01T19:57:53-10:00August 1st, 2013|Categories: Faculty, College, Conference, Workshop|

“Security Sector Development: National Priorities and Regional Approaches” was the focus of a workshop held this week at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu.  The workshop brought together teams from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea as well as an attendee from Myanmar. Overall there were 20 international participants, international subject matter experts as well as a number of U.S. attendees. Security Sector Development is a common challenge for all states, large or small, developed or developing. Each country has its own unique historic, cultural, socio-economic and political feature and security priorities shaping the development of its security sector. [...]

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Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region

By |2013-05-31T08:57:05-10:00May 31st, 2013|Categories: Conference|

The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies hosted a workshop entitled “Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region: China, India and U.S. Perspectives” May 21-23 in Honolulu.  The workshop focused on three key issues in the maritime realm: geopolitical challenges, transnational security concerns, and multilateral cooperation. The goal of the workshop was to help develop common understanding and identify common approaches to maritime security cooperation between the three major stakeholders of the Indo-Pacific. Dr. Mohan Malik,  workshop academic lead, pointed out that "this was the first DoD-sponsored Track 1.5 trilateral involving China, India and the United States focused entirely on maritime cooperation in [...]

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Charting the Water Future of South Asia

By |2013-05-15T16:03:36-10:00May 15th, 2013|Categories: Courses, Conference, Workshop|

Water is, and will continue to be, one of the critical drivers of peace and stability in South Asia in the decades ahead.  This was the topic of discussion at a recent workshop entitled “The U.S.-South Asia Leader Engagement Program: Charting the Water Future of South Asia.” Held April 28 to May 3 at Harvard University, the workshop was co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Participating in the workshop were 37 subject matter experts from 11 nations including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, [...]

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Building an Effective Security Sector through Inclusion

By |2019-01-17T14:20:20-10:00March 27th, 2013|Categories: Outreach, College, Conference, Workshop, Women Peace and Security|Tags: |

A workshop on “Building an Effective Security Sector through Inclusion” was held March 12-14, 2013 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Hosted by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), in partnership with the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam’s Institute of Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, the multilateral workshop focused on key considerations and opportunities to build effective security sectors in the Asia-Pacific through the inclusion of diverse viewpoints and perspectives. “Expanding the role and impact of women in security is not a women’s issue, but an essential part of achieving the goals of good governance and effective leadership,” stated Dr. Lori Forman, workshop [...]

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APCSS faculty holds panel at PACOM conference

By |2013-03-06T16:37:51-10:00March 6th, 2013|Categories: Faculty, College, Conference|

APCSS Faculty members take questions after their briefings on the Asia-Pacific region. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ (APCSS) faculty members led by Deputy Dean Army Col. (Ret.) Dave Shanahan held a panel session as part of U.S. Pacific Command’s (USPACOM) Science and Technology Conference (S&T) March 5 at the Hawaiian Hilton Village in Honolulu. The APCSS faculty team briefed on Energy Security Issues (Dr. Bill Wieninger), Climate Change & Environmental Security Issues (Dr. Scott Hauger), Maritime Security Issues (Prof. Kerry Nankivell) and Information Technology & Cyber Security Issues (Prof. Butch Finley). APCSS Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Dan Leaf also [...]

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U.S. Strategic Rebalance: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

By |2012-10-29T11:07:13-10:00October 29th, 2012|Categories: Conference, Workshop|

The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is hosting a workshop this week on key considerations and opportunities associated with the United States’ strategic rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region. Selected policy and flag level representatives from U.S. treaty partners and other key countries – including China, Russia, and India – are meeting to discuss the rebalance from the perspectives of defense, development, and diplomacy. Participants include policy/flag level representatives from government, academia, media, private sector and NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Redefining the Pacific Region through a climate change ‘lens’

By |2012-08-13T14:29:12-10:00August 13th, 2012|Categories: Conference, Workshop|

The impact of environmental changes is keenly felt in the Pacific Islands region. How it impacts security and how island nations can better work together to develop a sustainable future was the topic of a recent workshop held at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. “These effects will change the security landscape of the Pacific in greater ways than we imagine as we will become more vulnerable economically, socially and politically,” said Mr. Peter Forau, Director General of Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat in a statement read at the opening of the event. More than 45 government and non-government organization officials attended [...]

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Thailand outreach workshop focuses on security sector development

By |2012-09-12T11:01:29-10:00August 13th, 2012|Categories: Outreach, Courses, Faculty, Conference|

An Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) outreach team conducted a workshop entitled “Interagency Collaboration to Counter Violent Extremism” in Hua Hin, Thailand  July 9-13. The purpose of the workshop was to assist the Thailand government in accessing and further developing its’ security sector in countering violent extremism (CVE).  A key objective of the workshop was to enable participants to develop specific recommendations for increased efficiency and effectiveness of the Thai Interagency or "whole of government" process.  Additionally, the workshop was intended to help advance the important and long standing U.S. treaty relationship with Thailand. A senior Thai military official in [...]

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