Security Studies
The Roles of the U.S. ROK Alliance in the Indo-Pacific
On December 1, 2021, a panel of subject matter experts gathered at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu to discuss the evolving United States and Republic of Korea alliance. The symposium, sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Honolulu and the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific...
Recommendations for Policy Makers in the Western Balkans are Out
Vienna, Austria, 6 December 2021- The PfPC’s Regional Stability in South East Europe Working Group (RSSEE WG) published policy recommendations from its 41st Workshop titled “Regional Security Cooperation in South Europe in the Aftermath of North Macedonia’s NATO Accession” through the Austrian...
Twenty-Two Senior Leaders Graduated from the Transnational Security Cooperation Course
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. The fellows participating in the course represented diverse nationalities from...
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,...
Bangladesh at 50: The Rise of A Bangladesh That Can Say No
“Bangladesh at 50: The Rise of a Bangladesh That Can Say No” is a newSecurity Nexusarticle written by DKI APCSS alumna Dr.LailufarYasmin,aprofessor at theUniversity of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract:Bangladesh celebrated its 50 years of independence in 2021. Since October 2020, as Bangladesh’s...
The Education Agenda: Enabling Meaningful Participation of Women in Peace and Security
“The Education Agenda: Enabling Meaningful Participation of Women in Peace and Security” is the latest Security Nexus paper by Dr. Saira Yamin. This paper brings the importance of women’s meaningful participation in building peace and security into sharp focus. Acknowledging global trends...
NESA Center Supports Establishing SANDU
08 February 2022 – For the first time since the ‘pandemic public health and travel restrictions’ began, the Strategic Implementation Office (SIO) metin personto review the Target Operating Model (TOM) submission, which they prepared for the Saudi Ministry of Defense. The SIO is the combined...
Turkey Is Barely Keeping a Lid On the Islamic State
On February 11, 2022, the Center for National Interest published an article written by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Sam Mullins. In his article titled, “Turkey is Barely Keeping a Lid on the Islamic State,” he draws attention to the rising presence of the Islamic State in Turkey as an issue of...
Marshall Center’s Transatlantic Talk Podcast: Episode 6
Listen to the Marshall Center's new Transatlantic Talk podcast! Click on the episode below to listen. The aim of the Marshall Center’sTransatlantic Talkaudio podcast is to offer a genuine dialogue on current issues in transatlantic relations and their broader political and societal context...
NESA IOR Digital Series with Pierre Morcos
09 February 2022 – This iteration of the NESA IOR Digital Series, led by NESA Center Professor Jeffrey Payne, featured remarks by Pierre Morcos, who is currently a visiting fellow in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Mr....
North Korea Is Becoming an Asset for China
“North Korea Is Becoming an Asset for China” is a new article by Dr. Sungmin Cho for Foreign Affairs magazine. Co-authored with Oriana Skylar Mastro, the article discusses the latest round of missile testing by North Korea and its potential impact on US alliances with Japan and the Republic of...
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,...
Chatham House Workshop on Iran
On Monday, February 21, 2022 the NESA Center, in partnership with Chatham House, held a hybrid round-table discussion on the nuclear negotiation between Iran and global power in Vienna, Austria. The discussion was led by NESA Center Academic Dean Dr. Roger Kangas and moderated by NESA Center...
Alumnus Dr. Novil Wiesekara Speaks at Comprehensive Security Course 22-1
This week DKI APCSS welcomes alumnus Dr. Novil Wiesekara as a guest speaker to the Comprehensive Security Course 22-1. Originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dr. Wijesekarya is an alumnus of the Comprehensive Crisis Management Course (CCM) that took place in February 2020. As part of his...
Marshall Center Alumni Networking Event Coincides with Vice President Harris Visit to Poland
Nearly 50 Polish Marshall Center alumni and other participants attended an Alumni Outreach Networking Event in Warsaw, Poland on Mar. 10. The event was held at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Mark F. Brzezinski, and was closely coordinated with both U.S. and German embassies in...
The Comprehensive Security Course Launches with 70 Fellows in Resident
DKI APCSS welcomes a group of 70 security practitioners from the Indo-Pacific region who will be the first graduates of the newComprehensive Security Course (CSC). The participants range from high-ranking military officers to directors of government agencies, law enforcement, and leaders of...
In Support of Hospital Ships: A Need for Reform, Not Rejection
“In Support of Hospital Ships: A Need for Reform, not Rejection" is a new paper forSecurity Nexusby Sebastian Kevany, Michael S. Baker, Deon Canyon, Al Shimkus, Wade Turvold, Mark Middleton, and Amy Russell. According to the paper, “despite past successes, the hospital ship program has come...
SIO & The NESA Center Formally Present SANDU Design
27 February 2022 – The Strategic Initiatives Office (SIO) and the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA Center) formally presented the culmination of over 18 months of the team’s work on the Target Operating Model (TOM) for the Saudi Arabian National Defense University (SANDU...
NESA-IISS South Asian Security Forum in Bahrain
25 to 27 March 2022 – The NESA Center and its partner, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), co-hosted the sixth annual South Asian Strategic Forum in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This unique Track 1.5 dialogue brought together 40 participants from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan,...
Saudi Arabia National Defense University Executive Seminar
On March 14–25, 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, led by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Terry Wolff, NESA Director, hosted the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC). LTG (Ret.) Wolff welcomed Major General Mohammed J....
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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...
Some Key Principles of Multinational Military Education
Education is something that touches every single member of the military profession, and is important for the civilians who work with the military as well. Military education is something with which everyone in the military has some direct experience. After all, one could not get to top military...
Central Asia and the Afghanistan Security Dilemma: Amelioration, Retrograde, or Status Quo? Central Asia’s Role in Regional Security Regarding Afghanistan after 2014
The regional security of Central Asia hinges on the level of stability within Afghanistan and its foreign relations with its neighbors. Afghanistan is not only pivotal in the maintenance of regional security, but is also crucial to the region’s economic and political development. As Ashraf Ghani,...
Strategic Communication for Security & National Defense: Proposal for an Interdisciplinary Approach
Most recent military actions have provided stark examples of the increasing power of communications in the public and governmental arena regarding the role that direct actors play in disputes characterized as “conflicts of interests.” These examples have also shown how communications can...
The Asymmetric Warfare Environment as Described by the Participants
The completion of a cross-national research study on a sizeable sample of military personnel who had participated in asymmetric warfare operations has resulted in a variety and breadth of survey material that is deserving of further examination. Additional study of the data gathered in this...
NATO’s Energy Security Policy Put to the Caspian Test
As a bridge between the Middle East, the former Soviet republics, and the Euro-Atlantic zone, the Caspian Sea is increasingly at the center of the global geopolitical and commercial game. In addition to its strategic location, the Caspian Sea, according to analysts, could contain between 6 and 10...
Ballistic Missile Defense in Poland: Did the Costs Outweigh the Benefits?
The government of Poland has addressed a number of difficult national security issues since the nation regained its independence from Soviet control in 1989. Longstanding border disputes with neighboring countries and the perceived disparate treatment of Polish minorities in these countries are...
Conditionality and Compliance: The Shaky Dimensions of NATO Influence (The Georgian Case)
It is no secret that NATO exerts global influence, and is an organization without which the international security architecture would be difficult to imagine. Its capacity to exert influence ranges from the very material dimension of military power to the elusive and intangible effects of...
Solving the Syrian Knot: Dynamics within the UN Security Council and Challenges to its Effectiveness
This article intends to highlight the dynamics within the UN Security Council(UNSC) with regard to the events in the Syrian Arab Republic that have unfolded in the wake of the so-called “Arab Spring” and perturbed the entire region of the Middle East. What had begun as peaceful demonstrations...
The Future of the Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula has been a center of conflict for many years, starting with the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948. After Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David Accords in 1978, it became a peaceful region, strongly controlled by the military during Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Cairo. Now, after several...
The Models of Sovereignty in the South Caucasus
Over the last five to six years we have witnessed dramatic changes in the international security environment – changes that have directly influenced developments in the South Caucasus. Among the most significant changes are the world economic crisis, the Arab awakening, and the turbulence and civil...
Afghanistan 2001–2014: The Enduring Literature?
Do we have a problem with book publishers? Are we getting a reliable supply of material covering the ongoing war in Afghanistan – this far-too-long, post-9/11 conflict? That there are lots of books is not in doubt – but do they help chart a course for the future? Do they locate the conflict in ways...
The Challenge of Sustaining US Influence in Latin America in the 21st Century
Influential international affairs author Robert Kaplan postulated during a recent speech in Washington DC that the contemporary effects of advanced technology and other factors of globalization does not change the world’s geography, "but has intensified it." Kaplan also noted the aftershocks of the...
Marshall Center Occasional Papers
The Marshall Center Occasional Paper series provides a publication forum for research topics in the wide scope of political-military affairs. Occasional Papers are written by Marshall Center faculty and research staff, Marshall Center alumni and invited contributors. Theseriescan be found on the...
DKI APCSS Monthly Activities Report
The DKI APCSS Monthly Activities Reports are now online at: https://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410730387
The United States and Central America: From Stopping Communism to Stopping Kids
The Northern Triangle countries of Central America consisting of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have the highest homicide rates in the world and are characterized by corruption, drug trafficking, and impunity. It is likely the 50,000 unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross into the...
DKI APCSS Monthly Activities Report
Our latest Monthly Activities Report is now available online at: https://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1412847016
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...
Heirs of Abu Bakr: On the Ideology and Conception of History in al-Qaeda and Islamic State
This article investigates references to early Muslim history by al-Qaeda and Islamic State, and notes a remarkable difference. While al-Qaeda has traditionally referred to the battles of the early Muslims during the time of the prophet Muhammad, the Islamic State centers its references on the...