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Read “Holding the Line at Sea” by Shyam Tekwani and Saumya Sampath, a chapter in the book "America's Strategic Edge” now available online at dkiapcss.edu/americas-strat… #MaritimeSecurity #IndoPacific #Deterrence #StrategicEdge

Last spring, DKI APCSS hosted the one-week Mobile Indo-Pacific Orientation Course in Washington D.C. Here's a quick video about the value of this course which helps to educate, connect, and empower U.S. partner and ally security practitioners about security issues throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The course also enables security practitioners a place to have dialog, discuss current issues, and find possible solutions to complex challenges that affect the region. youtu.be/6wXP0cy4R-I

“Shaping Access Terrain: Accepting the Loan, Ceding the Terrain is new Security Nexus perspective by Dr. Deon Canyon. It examines what happens when states accept infrastructure financing without establishing access conditions—and discover too late that the strategic terrain was shaped without their participation. Read the full paper at: dkiapcss.edu/nexus_articles… #AccessBasingandOverflight #Infrastructure

Yesterday the CSC 26-2 Fellows engaged in the "Great Game", a national security decision-making Megagame. Fellows confronted complex gray zone scenarios, challenging them to navigate the intricate dynamics of global cooperation and strategic competition.

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DKI APCSS was honored to welcome the Honorable Michael J. Borders Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of the Air Force, and his special assistant Mr. Abe Vasquez on June 8, 2026. DKI APCSS leadership briefed him on current initiatives, strategy, and how the Center supports INDOPACOM strategic objectives. He also participated in a faculty roundtable on #deterrence, #DefenseIndustrialBase and #BuildingCooperation in the region. Pictured are: DKI APCSS Dean of the College Carleton Cramer, Dean of Business Operations and Admissions (DABO) Wade Turvold, the Honorable Michael J. Borders Jr., DKI APCSS Deputy Director Russ Bailey, Deputy DABO U.S Air Force Col. Jeffrey Digsby, and Special Assistant to the assistant secretary Mr. Abe Vasquez.

Aloha, these upcoming Dialogue and Strategic Voices podcasts will be recorded during an upcoming program in Brunei. * Strategic Voices - Changing Character of War: Has Technology Changed How Wars are Won? * Dialogue - Seizing the Orbital High Ground with Dr. Namrata Goswami We'll post the videos as soon as they are available. Mahalo! #War #Space #Technology #CharacterOfWar

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“Beyond the Two Percent: A Practitioner Framework for Assessing Burden Sharing in the Indo-Pacific,” a new Security Nexus Perspective by Deon Canyon and Michael Kolton, examines why the dominant #burdensharing metric—defense spending as a percentage of #GDP—falls short in the #IndoPacific and offers practitioners a tailored alternative. Read the full paper at dkiapcss.edu/nexus_articles… #ABO #AccessBasingandOverflight

How can Ukraine’s maritime #drone success in the Black Sea inform #Taiwan’s defense? A new Security Nexus Perspective by Moe Reichardt examines how #Ukraine’s pioneering use of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) in the #BlackSea can inform Taiwan’s #asymmetric maritime defense against potential Chinese coercion. Read the full analysis here: dkiapcss.edu/nexus_articles… #SecurityNexus #Taiwan #MaritimeSecurity #USVs #DefenseStrategy

How is India securing its energy future amid rising Middle East tensions? A new Security Nexus Perspective by Dr. Srini Sitaraman and Anuttama Banerji explores New Delhi's strategic pivot to the United States. Discover how deepening U.S.-India energy partnerships—from landmark hydrocarbon deals to joint clean-energy initiatives—are building long-term supply-chain resilience for India. Read the full analysis here: dkiapcss.edu/nexus_articles… #EnergySecurity #India #USIndiaRelations #Geopolitics #SecurityNexus

Read "Deterrence Under Pressure" by Dr. Andrea Malji a chapter in the book "America's Strategic Edge-- now available online at dkiapcss.edu/americas-strat… #Deterrence #StrategicEdge @APCSS

On May 27, 2026, Director Suzy Vares-Lum met with retired Adm. Sakai—former Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (@JMSDF_PAO / @JMSDF_PAO_eng ) and current International Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School ( @NPS_Monterey ). We are proud to announce that Adm. Sakai will be joining us as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor for the 2026–2028 term! Adm. Sakai was accompanied by retired U.S. Marine Col. Jason Perry, Director of Wargaming at @NPS_Monterey . We look forward to the vast expertise and strategic insights Adm. Sakai will bring to our upcoming programs. #DKIAPCSS #DefenseEducation #JMSDF #NavalPostgraduateSchool #SecurityCooperation #IndoPacific

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This week DKI APCSS was honored to welcome RADM Yukiyasu Sawai, superintendent of the Japan Coast Guard Academy ( @@JCG_academy1 ), and RADM Gregory C. Rothrock, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy ( @uscgacademy). They were briefed on Center priorities and programs, met with Japanese Fellows currently attending the Comprehensive Security Cooperation course, and discussed future opportunities for educational engagement and exchanges to leverage the U.S.-Japan Alliance and advance #deterrence in the #IndoPacific. Also in attendance were members from the Japan Consul Generals office in Honolulu ( @CGJapanHNL ) and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo ( @usembassytokyo ). @uscg #USJapanAlliance

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.@APCSS' Dr. Ethan Allen, examines how the rapid advance of #biotechnology has become a decisive arena of great power competition—and why its geopolitical threats to U.S. security remain dangerously underappreciated in “Deterrence of Biotechnological Threats: Great Power Competition, Bioweapons, and More" now online at: dkiapcss.edu/nexus_articles… #GreatPowerCompetition #RegionalSecurity #Security #BiotechThreats

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Wilson as an Adjunct Professor at DKI APCSS. He brings extensive expertise in #SpacePolicy and #DefenseIndustrialBase to our institution. Aloha!

Fellow Projects are an integral part of DKI APCSS’s long courses. It requires participants to undertake a project demonstrating their expertise by applying their acquired knowledge and skills. Once these Fellows take their works to completion and into implementation, they are awarded the prestigious Laulima Lanyard. This series shines a spotlight on these distinguished alumni and the ways in which they are creating a more prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific region as "Fellows of Change". In episode 6, we spoke with Cyril Cusi, an advisor to the President of the Philippines as a member of the National Security Council, three-time alumni of the Center, and a trailblazer as one of the first Fellows to ever complete a project. youtu.be/3wg5B31k0wI

In case you missed it... watch our #Dialogue on Weaponizing Lawfare with Dr. Joanna Siekiera and @colonelminnich ---now available online at youtu.be/SMDlcApI7t0 or other podcast platforms. #Lawfare

Stronger together starts here. Last week we welcomed Dr. Chad Walton, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation at the University of Hawaiʻi System, to our Center. Dr. Walton leads research and innovation across UH's 10 campuses, with a focus on STEM education, workforce development, and building community-industry connections that create real opportunity. Our discussion explored how we can deepen collaboration around educational pathways, capacity and workforce development networks, and the talent already rooted here in #Hawaii and across the #IndoPacific. This region's strength has always come from its people from the relationships, skills, and shared purpose that connect communities across vast distances. Finding ways to educate, connect and empower with Dr. Walton and his team is how we turn that potential into practice. @UHresearch808

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Check out DKI APCSS' latest Indo-Pacific Vantage Point - now online at: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDKI…

Read "Lead at the Edge" by Dr. James Minnich ( @colonelminnich ) and SEAC David Isom in the book "America's Strategic Edge-- now available online at dkiapcss.edu/americas-strat… #WarriorEthos #AsymmetricAdvantage #AlliesAndPartners @thejointstaff