Security Studies
DoD Announces Newest Regional Center
We're looking forward to working with our newest sister Center-- The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies! Read more about this new Center and its mission at: https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2652190/dod-announces-center-to-collaborate-on-advance-shared-...
DOD Cyber Advisor Stresses Developing the Human Capital to Counter Adversaries
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec. 6, 2017) – The scope, sophistication, pace and spread of today’s cyber threats is unmatched in history, said the Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. U...
Dr. Sungmin Cho Presents at the 22nd Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea
On July 14, DKI APCSS professor Dr. Sungmin Cho joined a panel of experts to discuss North Korea’s most recent nuclear tests and the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war. In his remarks Dr. Cho presentedhis analyses on (1) the Chinese view of North Korea’s military provocations in 2022, (2) the...
Dynamics of Countering Human Trafficking in Southwest Asia and the Gulf Seminar
From 28 August – 01 September 2022, the NESA Center conducted a seminar titled “Dynamics of Countering Human Trafficking in Southwest Asia and the Gulf.” The four-day hybrid workshop was held in Muscat, Oman. This seminar was designed to help participants assess, analyze and identify...
Eastern Mediterranean Sea Security Roundtable
From 12-14 September 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies organized a roundtable discussion on security in the Mediterranean Sea in Rabat, Morocco. Scholars and representatives of civil society from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey...
Eighty-five complete CSRT 13-1
Story by Bob Goodwin Eighty-five Fellows from 40 locations graduated today from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) Course in Honolulu. Of the 85 participants, 70% were from military organizations with others...
Enhancing Security Cooperation: Indo-Pacific Course Empowers Fellows with Critical Thinking Skills
The Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC) course 23-1 offered Fellows the opportunity to network while gaining insight into critical security issues in the Indo-Pacific region. Fellows explored topics such as Maritime Security in the South China Sea, the effects of climate change, Irregular...
Estonian Alumni meet in Tallinn
On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, the Estonian Alumni Association met during a Marshall Center sponsored Outreach Networking Event. Marshall Center Professor Graeme Herd, together with Director of the Baltic Center for Russian Studies Vladimir Juškin presented a fascinating discussion on the topic of“...
Executive Director of the Partnership for Peace Consortium presents at Istanbul Conference
Istanbul, Turkey, November 19, 2018- During his speach at the Conference of"Reform of security institutions in the Caucasus and Black Sea region: Five year perspectives from now", the Executive Director of the Partnership for Peace Consortium Dr. Raphael Perl stressed the importance of reform...
Executive Seminar: Conflict Beyond Evolving Warfare
From 31 January to 11 February 2022, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA Center) hosted a virtual Executive Seminar on “Conflict Beyond Evolving Warfare.” Course Director NESA Center Associate Professor David Des Roches welcomed the group and started the seminar,...
Executive Seminar: Maritime Security in the NESA Region & Beyond
From 30 January to 10 February 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies conducted an Executive Seminar (ES) focused on the maritime domain and the challenges/threats that exist there. The seminar’s proceedings included conversations on autonomous/unmanned systems, the...
Executive Seminar: New & Emerging Security Challenges
From 6-17 December 2021 – the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA Center) conducted an Executive Seminar on “New and Emerging Security Challenges.” Leading academics and practitioners presented on a variety of non-traditional security threats, including climate change,...
Executive Seminar: Strategic Power Competition in a Multipolar World
From 5–16 December 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted an Executive Seminar (ES) titled “Strategic Power Competition in a Multipolar World.” The virtual seminar’s focus on strategic power competition helped define what “global power” and “competition” mean...
Faculty Engagement with the Thai Strategic Studies Center
Building on its longstanding cooperation with the Royal Thai Armed Forces’ National Defence Studies Institute, Strategic Studies Center (SSC), on April 8 DKI APCSS contributed to SSC’s “Strategist” course for mid-level Thai national security practitioners. DKI APCSS Senior Diplomatic Fellow,...
Faculty Members Attend the Fourth Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue
In July of 2022, faculty membersDr. Lori FormanandDr. Deon Canyonattended the fourth Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue in Cambodia. As of late October 2022, the report for this event in now available online on theStimson website. More than 50 participants from a range of...
Fast Facts: Countering Transnational Organized Crime 18-14
By Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 2, 2018) – The Marshall Center is hosting the Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime 18-14 from Aug. 2 to 24. The Program on Countering Transnational...
Fast Facts: Seminar on Regional Security (SRS)
Dates: Jan. 18 to Feb. 8, 2018 Language: English and Russian Frequency: SRS is held once a year. Objectives: Analyze current security crises Understand impact on regional security Identify patterns of conflict management Consider the gender dimensions of conflict &...
FBI Shares Tools, Trains Partner Nations to Fight Terrorists Online
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec. 1, 2017) – By using the internet, terrorists can quickly and effectively recruit, incite violence, transfer funds and even, organize attacks, with relative freedom and secrecy...
Fellows complete advanced cooperation course at DKI APCSS
Collaboration, negotiation, contemplation, connection…all hallmarks of the Advanced Security Cooperation course held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. One hundred twelve U.S. and international Fellows from 34 locations took part in this course’s latest iteration...
Fellows complete Advanced Security Cooperation Course 17-1
The Advanced Security Cooperation Course (ASC17-1) concluded this week with 109 Fellows from 41 locations around the world. The flagship course for the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies began on March 30 and concluded May 3, 2017. The five-week ASC is an executive...
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Defense Against Negative Strategic Communications
Strategic messaging is ever more important in the age of explosive social media, and not all information on the Internet is benign. Negative information campaigns were used by Hitler in the Austrian Anschluss, and more recently by Vladimir Putin in the annexation of Crimea and the conflicts in...
Defense Institution Building from Above? Lessons from the Baltic Experience
Defense institution building seeks to create the means and mechanisms that enable effective capability aggregation within NATO. Can external assistance with DIB help states become suitable NATO members? We discuss the post-Cold War experience of the Baltic States to understand the role of external...
Defense Institution Building in the U.S. Context
This article aims to provide readers, especially those outside the U.S. Defense establishment, with an overview of U.S. Defense Institution Capacity Building (DIB), including its origins, key developments in the past decade, what it means in the U.S. context, who is responsible for its plan-ning...
Defense Institution Building in Ukraine
This chapter traces the historical development of Ukraine's defense institution building. The author examines how, starting in late 1991 when there were virtually no national defense institutions, Ukraine developed until 2008 a defense establishment, which in many respects is seen as being quite...
Defense Institution Building: Training in Support of Defense Planning
This chapter examines the main issues within the training support of defense planning. Firstly, it presents a theoretical framework, with some considerations regarding defense planning that all trainees should be aware of when embarking on a training program dealing with defense policy formulation...
Deficiencies in Global Governance and Implications for Defense Education
Those contributing to international peace and stability act in an ever-changing, increasingly complex and inter-connected global environment. The international security landscape has changed considerably during the last twenty years, with important power shifts in international affairs, an...
Disputes in the Arctic: Threats and Opportunities
Introduction For centuries, the Arctic was a “sacred place” for humanity. This frozen void was a magnet for adventurers and explorers, for everybody who wanted to challenge both themselves and nature. In nineteenth century, the “top of the world” became a field of competition for major...
Disunity in Global Jihad: A Preface
As this special issue on “Disunity in global Jihad” goes into print in January 2017, the Islamic State (IS) is facing a possible military defeat throughout its territory in Northern Iraq and Syria. Yet, at the same time, it has proudly claimed responsibility for the 19 December 2016 lorry attack on...
DKI APCSS Monthly Activities Report
The DKI APCSS Monthly Activities Reports are now online at: https://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410730387
DKI APCSS Monthly Activities Report
Our latest Monthly Activities Report is now available online at: https://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1412847016
Editorial: Planning and Development of Defense Institutions in Time of Transformation
This chapter describes an initial step toward a constructive dialogue on the question of what constitutes effective defense institution-building. It provides a general overview of issues such as, how to match capabilities with security risks, defense requirements, and available resources; how to...