As part of the Maritime Security Challenges conference, 14 men and women are participating in the Future Leaders Program (FLP). This program is a new feature of the Maritime Security Challenges conference series for 2016. FLP is an initiative of the Daniel K. Read More
The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in Honolulu, hosted its inaugural Comprehensive Maritime Security Cooperation (CMSC 19-1) Course from Aug. 1-28, 2019. Read More
HONOLULU (Sept. 2, 2021) -- Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has significant and far-reaching security, economic, and environmental implications for the Indo-Pacific. In the words of Adm. Read More
The Daniel K. Inouye (DKI) Speaker Series returns this Sunday, featuring His Excellency Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., President of the Republic of the Philippines. Read More
DIILS recently conducted a 3-day virtual maritime ICB engagement with the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG). It was the first formal meeting with DIILS since a pre-COVID visit in December 2019 which introduced the BCG to the DIILS mission, function, and methods. Joine Read More
From 10–12 May 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies conducted a forum in Bangkok, Thailand with its partners on environmental security challenges throughout the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Read More
On March 1, US Coast Guard Sector Honolulu and USCGC WALNUT hosted Fellows from the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, currently completing a five Week Comprehensive Crisis Management course, graduating on March 13, 2019. Read More
NEWPORT, RI, August 2020. DIILS is pleased to announce that Ms. Amber Ward has been appointed as the permanent civilian Deputy Director of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS). Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense, Southeast Asian maritime nations, and key regional allies participated in the first in a new series of multilateral engagements Aug. 15 to 19 at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Read More
One hundred nine Fellows from 37 locations completed the Comprehensive Crisis Management course (CCM 17-1) held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) from Feb. 9 to March 15. Read More
DIILS is pleased to announce that Ms. Carolyn Leonard-Cho was recently promoted as our Maritime Program Director. Prior to the promotion, Ms. Read More
Twenty-two senior leaders from 19 countries and the United States completed the Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) course 21-3 which was conducted in-resident in Honolulu, HI, from Dec. 5th to 10th. Read More
Thirty-nine maritime security professionals gathered at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies July 7 to exchange perspectives on securing oceans in the Asia-Pacific region more effectively. Read More
In an effort to advance regional cooperation in professional military education, the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies facilitated a three-day workshop, Jan 12 to 14, 2016. Read More
The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies collaborated with the U.S. Pacific Forces (PACAF) in a Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Symposium (March 29 – April 1) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Read More