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PACAF Commander visits APCSS

By |2015-01-23T10:17:34-10:00January 22nd, 2015|Categories: Faculty, College, Alumni, Staff|

Gen. Lori J. Robinson (far right) and her staff discuss AP issues with APCSS Staff. Gen. Lori J. Robinson, Commander, Pacific Air Forces; Air Component Commander for U.S. Pacific Command; and Executive Director, Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, visited Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Jan. 22 for an orientation by APCSS leadership and faculty on strategic issues in the region. During the roundtable discussion, APCSS experts briefed Gen. Robinson on history, equities and future trends in the Asia-Pacific. Since October Gen. Robinson has traveled to Japan, China, and Korea. PACAF is responsible for Air [...]

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Why North Korea Won’t Follow Myanmar’s Path to Reform – Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd

By |2017-03-09T13:16:03-10:00January 7th, 2015|Categories: Courses, Faculty, Kim, Independent Faculty Articles, External Publications, Byrd|

Dr. Steven Kim Dr. Steven Kim and Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd recently collaborated on an article discussing whether North Korea would follow Myanmar in adopting institutional reforms. Their article "Worlds Apart: Why North Korea Won't Follow Myanmar's Path to Reform," which appears in the 2014 Winter edition of Global Asia, compares the two countries in terms of the factors affecting their decision regarding reform. In the article they state: "The reason that reforms in Myanmar have raised such high expectations for North Korea is the perceived similarities of the two regimes. As with North Korea today, under military control [...]

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Editorial: Onaga’s Victory Means More Delays for the Futenma Replacement Facility

By |2017-03-09T13:27:57-10:00December 18th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, Fouse|

Editorial by David Fouse, Ph.D. The long and winding road to building a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture has hit another substantial obstacle with victory of Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga in the recent Okinawa governor’s election. Onaga won a convincing victory over incumbent Hirokazu Nakaima, gaining 360,820 votes, nearly 100,000 more than Nakaima, who received 261,076. Onaga campaigned against the planned relocation and is now well positioned to throw some major kinks into a process that was already scheduled to take another eight to nine years to complete. Although Japan’s [...]

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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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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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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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Prof. Kerry Nankivell’s ASC 14-3 Commencement Speech

By |2014-10-29T15:51:32-10:00October 29th, 2014|Categories: Courses, Speeches|

APCSS Prof. Kerry Nankivell, ASC 14-3 Course Manager, delivers a speech at the commencement ceremony. Thank you for joining us this morning to recognize the achievements of the 109 fellows of Advanced Security Cooperation 14-3. It has been my distinct privilege to have been part of this conversation with this accomplished group of professionals. It is my genuine pleasure to welcome you to today’s recognition of their hard work and their dedication to advancing security cooperation in the Asia Pacific. They came from 34 places around the world: from Pakistan in the West and Colombia to the East, and [...]

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