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DKI APCSS Activities Report - November - December 2018

US, Taiwan lead workshop on Private, Civil and Public Disaster Response Cooperation

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disaster management professionals from Taiwan, the U.S. and 12 Indo-Pacific countries conducted a workshop December 11-14 to explore ways to integrate private, civil and public sectors into disaster response.Click here for full story
Unique perspectives, richness of discussion highlight TSC 18-2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Twenty-seven senior leaders from 23 locations participated in the Transnational Security Cooperation course (TSC) 18-2 from Nov. 4-9 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS).
The course manager was Dr. Scott Hauger and the course coordinator was Prof. Elina Noor. Click here for full story.
  
160 Fellows complete the final APOC of 2018

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 A total of 160 U.S. and international Fellows participated in the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) 18-3 at the DKI APCSS. The five-day course concluded on Dec. 7. APOC is designed to provide an overview of regional states and trends in the security, economy, politics, defense, and information arenas. Faculty members address these areas in the context of the major sub-regions: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania.
PACFLT Hosts International Senior Enlisted Training Symposium
 
Participants of the International Senior Enlisted Leadership Training Symposium engage in an open discussion about humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii. The symposium provided participants an opportunity to engage with facilitators and other senior leaders in the Pacific through team-building exercises, open discussions, and lectures aimed to help them support each other more effectively when facing regional problems together.
Latest publications
New papers, articles and/or OpEds by DKI APCSS faculty members:  
  
“US-Pakistan Relations: The Search for a Middle Ground” (link is external) published by Pakistan Politico is the latest article by Dr. Saira Yamin.
 
Three DKI APCSS Faculty members recently co-authored a paper entitled “Rationale for involving the private sector in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Indo-Pacific.” Dr. Benjamin Ryan, Dr. Deon Canyon and Dr. James Campbell all contributed to the paper.
 
Dr. Alexander L. Vuving has a new paper entitled “Vietnam’s National Security Architecture,” which is an overview of their system and some of their major security threats and concerns. These threats and concerns include the South China Sea disputes, regime critics and opposition, natural and environmental disasters and climate change, and trafficking.
 
Associate Professor Elina Noor has a new article entitled “ASEAN Takes a Bold Cybersecurity Step” published this week by The Diplomat. In her article Noor states that while the “regional grouping looks to produce meaningful deliverables for its upcoming summit in November, it will be challenged by parallel developments in a domain that is continually being stress-tested in many ways.”
 
DKI APCSS professor Dr. Mohan Malik has a new article entitled, “China and India: Maritime Maneuvers and Geopolitical Shifts in the Indo-Pacific” published in the latest edition of “Rising Powers Quarterly.”  This issue has the theme– “The “Indo-Pacific” – Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century’s New Geopolitical Center of Gravity.”
 
Faculty News
DKI APCSS professors Dr. Bill Wieninger, Dr. Al Oehlers, and Cmdr. Jonathon Odom supported the U.S. Mission to ASEAN, Indo-Pacific Command and the Thailand Maritime Enforcement Coordination Center (THAI-MECC) by facilitating this year’s sixth annual GOTI event.
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In this issue:
 
US, Taiwan lead workshop on Private, Civil and Public Disaster Response Cooperation
 
Unique perspectives, richness of discussion highlight TSC 18-2
 
160 Fellows complete the final APOC of 2018
 
PACFLT hosts International Senior Enlisted Training Symposium
 
Latest publications
 
Faculty News
 
More about DKI APCSS
 
Notable Visitors
 
E-mail updates
 
Previous issues
Upcoming Events
Courses
 
 
Comprehensive Crisis Management Course (CCM) 19-1 Feb. 7 - Mar. 13, 2019
 
Transnational Security Cooperation Course (TSC) 19-1 May 19 - 24, 2019

 
Workshops: 
 
China’s Global Reach: A Security Assessment
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2019

 
14th ADMM+ on HADR, Mar. 18 - 22, 2019 
 
Notable Visitors
Maj. Gen. (Ret) Jimmie Jaye Wells, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
 
Mr. Steven Peterson, Director, Center for Civil-Military Relations, Naval Postgraduate School
 
Lt. Gen. Kim Sung Jin, Korea National Defense University (KNDU)
 
Lt. Gen. Choi, Hyun Koog  ROK Air Force, Academy Superintendent
 
Brig. Gen. Tracy L. Smith, Commander, 18th Medical Command
 
Amb. Toshihisa Takata, Ambassador in charge of Pacific Islands
 
 
Rear Adm. (Ret) Andy Singer, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
 
Dr. Atsushi Sunami, President, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
 
Dr. John Zangardi, Chief Information Officer, Dept. of Homeland Security
 
Maj. Gen. Jung Sanghwa, JCS J35 Director of Operations and Planning, ROK
 
Amb. Otgonbayar Yondon, Mongolian Ambassador to the U.S.
 
Department of State: Media Reporting Tour
  
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