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August - September 2016

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DANIEL K. INOUYEASIA-PACIFIC CENTERFOR SECURITY STUDIESPhone (808) 971-8981Fax (808) 971-8920

Twenty Hawaii-based DKIAPCSS alumni joined togetherto formally establish the HawaiiDKI APCSS AlumniAssociation. Some of the keygoals of the group are tosupport the DKI APCSSmission and to provide broadand diverse opportunities forpersonal and professionalnetworking.

DKI APCSS Director, Lt. Gen. Dan‘Fig’ Leaf announced that he will bedeparting the Center at the end of histerm in January 2017.

For more information, pleaseuse the following link.http://apcss.org/director-leaf-to-depart-dki-apcss-at-end-of-term/

On August 10, 2016, over100 Fellows completedthe ComprehensiveSecurity Responses toTerrorism Course.

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“My five yearsas Director havebeen the mostrichly rewardingof my life. Theopportunity toget to know andwork withFellows andworkshopparticipants,and to stay engaged withalumni, has been priceless.I choose to leave at the endof my current term ratherthan extend for another two

years becauseit is what isbest for ourthrivinginstitution –it is the besttime fortransition to anew Director.I will remainactive with DKI

APCSS, and in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Pleasestay in touch with me,and I will look forwardto seeing you all again.”

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From August 15 to August 19, we conducted aworkshop in Myanmar entitled “Building an InclusiveSecurity Sector in Myanmar.” We also hosted asuccessful alumni event in which 42 alumni fromMyanmar participated. Deputy Director James Hiraipresented alumni achievement awards to Captain KoKo Kyaw ASC14-3 and ORA14-6, and Ms. San SanMaw ASC16-1, for completing their Fellows Projects.http://apcss.org/building-an-inclusive-security-sector-in-myanmar/

Duringthe sameweek astheMyanmar event,we hosted the “Maritime SecurityLogistics Workshop” at DKI APCSS.http://apcss.org/dod-southeast-asia-nations-explore-cooperation-in-maritime-security-logistics/Nearly 50 security practitioners discussedopportunities to cooperate on logistics capabilitiesand capacity.

Ms. San San Maw

Captain Ko Ko Kyaw

Following the Myanmar and Maritime Logisticsworkshops, we conducted a workshop inUlaanbaatar, Mongolia entitled“Addressing Institutional Impedimentsto Inclusion in the Security Sector.”http://apcss.org/mongolia-workshop-focuses-on-increasing-womens-roles-in-security-processes-policy/ Over 50representatives from the Asia-Pacificregion evaluated case studies, analyzedobstacles to inclusion and submittedrecommended courses of action.

Mongolia Alumni Association of the Year

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Together with the U.S. Defense Attaché, we hosted analumni event in which over 30 Mongolian alumniparticipated. On behalf of the Mongolia APCSSAlumni Association, Colonel Munkh OchirDorjjugder EC05-2 and ORA10-1, accepted the award

for 2015 DKI APCSS Alumni Association of the Year.Director Leaf also presented alumni achievementawards to a cohort of Mongolian alumni for theirsuccessful work on developing the plan for securingthe 2016 Asian European Summit.

Director Leaf attended the Chiefs of Defense(CHODs) conference in Manila, Philippines. Sevencurrent CHODs are DKI APCSS alumni. Of thesedistinguishedalumni,severalattended theconferenceand were ableto meet withour Director.In the photofrom left toright areMajorGeneralCarlito Galves(ArmedForces of thePhilippinesAFP J-3),Director Leaf,

Brigadier Lord Fielakepa (Tonga Chief of theDefence Staff), EC01-2 and CCM12-1, Rear AdmiralViliame Naupoto (Commander, Republic of FijiMilitary Forces), EC02-3, General Ricardo Visaya

(Chief of Staff,AFP), EC06-3,Vice AdmiralRay Griggs(Deputy Chiefof DefenceForce,AustralianDefenceForce), TSC10-2, Mr. ChrisMarut(PACOMForeign PolicyAdvisor),TSC09-1 andSEAPOC15-1.

Following the CHODs conference, Director Leaf traveled toSri Lanka where he served as a distinguished speaker at theKotelawalla Defense University. The Sri Lanka DKI APCSSalumni and the Sri Lanka Chiefs of Service hosted theDirector for an alumni reception at the Sri Lanka Air Forcemuseum. Over 60 alumni participated in the event. Keyalumni in attendance included Air Chief Marshal KolithaGunatilleke, Chief of Defense EC04-2, Air Marshal GaganBulathsinghala, Commander of Air Force EC05-1 andLieutenant General Crisanthe De Silva, Commander ofArmy EC07-2.

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Director Leaf and Sri Lanka Chief of DefenseACM Kolitha Gunatilleke

Director Leaf and Sri Lanka Distinguished Alumni Director Leaf and Sri Lanka Alumni Association representativeAVM Lal Perera

Director Leaf and Distinguished Sri Lanka alumni

On September 16, 2016, DKI APCSS celebrated its21st anniversary. More than 150 guests participated inthe event, including employees of DKI APCSS,members of the newly established DKI APCSSAlumni Association, our newest alumni fromAPOC16-3, and a group of Hawaii-based DKI APCSSalumni. One of the keynote speakers was an alumnusof the very first DKI APCSS course, EC96-1,Mr. Peter Adzuara (U.S.).

We recently completedan alumni-focusedworkshop atKing’s College inLondon entitled“Management of theIndo-Asia-Pacific’sMaritime Future.”This event broughttogether 16outstanding DKIAPCSS maritimesecurity alumni to develop shared perspectives on regionalmaritime security challenges and provide a platform for wider, ongoingvirtual discussion among a community of maritime practitioners and scholars.

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Mr. Peter Adzuara

The Diplomat has published Kerry LynnNankivell’s latest article “South ChinaSea: Fishing in Troubled Waters.”

DKI APCSS’ Dr. Deon Canyonrecently published an article entitled“The 2016 World Humanitarian SummitReport Card: Both Failing Marks andSubstantive Gains for an IncreasinglyGlobalized Humanitarian Landscape”on the PLOS Currents website.

“Preventing Nuclear War with NorthKorea,” by Dr. Van Jackson wasrecently published by Foreign Affairsmagazine.

https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/oped-preventing-nuclear-war-with-north-korea

Nankivell Jackson

Canyon

Dr James Boutilier (Canada), SEC99-1and ORA11-1, was honored with the2016 Conference of DefenceAssociations Institute Vimy Award.This prestigious award is presentedannually to one prominent Canadian

who has made outstanding contributions towards thesecurity and defense of Canada and the preservation ofits democratic values. The Award honors the braveryand sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who werevictorious at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917.

Muhammad Riefqi Muna (Indonesia),EC99-2, traveled to Seoul, Korea wherehe spoke at the 2016 Seoul DefenseDialogue.

General RobertBrown (U.S.), EC06-1 and TSC12-2,traveled to India asthe Commander U.S.Army Pacific wherehe met one of hisDKI APCSSclassmates,Brigadier General(Ret) HarinderPeter Bedi (India).

Assistant Commissioner of Police TaibSabot (Malaysia), CSRT07-1, recentlypassed away in his home town ofKuching Sarawak Malaysia. We aredeeply saddened by the loss of one ofour ohana; and we offer our sincere

condolences and sympathy to his family and friends.

IndiraRavindran(India), ASC12-2, andNoorullahAhmadzai(Afghanistan),TSC11-1, bothworking inWashingtonD.C., met toshare memoriesof their APCSS experience and to discussopportunities for future cooperation.

Colonel Emma Ignacio (Philippines),ASC12-2, attended the DKI APCSSworkshop on inclusive security inMongolia.

News Stories from Alumni:

Sabot

Ignacio

Boutilier

Muna

Bedi and Brown

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Ravindran and Ahmadzai

DKI APCSS Faculty Publications:

Peter Morgan (Hong Kong), CA13-4,recently gave a presentation at the AsiaEmergency Management Conferenceentitled “Responding to ModernTerrorism Threats: Key Issues in CrisisResponse.”

https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/alumni-paper-responding-to-modern-terrorism-threats-key-is-sues-in-crisis-response

Gloria Mercado (Philippines), ASC14-1 and ORA15-2, is recognized forhaving her Fellows project adopted asthe political philosophy of PresidentDuterte’s Administration. Her projectdocument was published in the National

Security Review. She is spearheading theenhancement of the National Security Policy and thePhilippine Development Plan.

Captain Zachary Watson (U.S.),CCM14-1, published an article in TheDiplomat entitled “How to CounterTerrorism in Southeast Asia.” You canfind it on APCSSLink at

https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/alumni-article-how-to-counter-terrorism-in-southeast-asia

Police SeniorSuperintendantSusan Jalla(Philippines),ASC14-3, washonored byPresident Duterte as one ofMetrobank Foundation Inc. Outstanding Filipinosand one of the country’s Outstanding Police Officersin Service (COPS).

Anand Kumar (India), ASC15-2,shared a link to a book he authoredentitled “Return from the Precipice:Bangladesh’s Fight Against Terrorism.”

http://www.idsa.in/book/BangladeshsFightAgainstTerrorism#order

Morgan

Kumar

Mercado

Watson

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Jalla

Colonel Timoci Natuva (Fiji), EC98-3,CSRT05-2 and SEC05-2, resigned fromhis position as Minister forImmigration, National Security andDefense.

Ms. Batchimeg Migeddorj (Mongolia),EC01-1, former parliament membernow heads a think tank at the NationalUniversity of Mongolia.

Zenonida Brosas (Philippines), EC03-3 and SSD10-2, was appointedCommissioner of the National PoliceCommission with oversight of the120,000 members of the PhilippineNational Police.

Jun Nayve (Philippines), CSRT04-1,was promoted to colonel and assignedas the Assistant Chief of Academy Stafffor Operations and Training at thePhilippine Military Academy.

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Migeddorj

Brosas

Nayve

Promotions and Position Changes:

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Dr. Charles Craft (U.S.), EC05-1and APOC08-1, is in Nebraskaserving as the State Dental Director.

Colonel Al Trimble (U.S.),JEC05-2, was selected as Commander,Marine Corps Logistics Base,Albany, New York.

Usman Dicky (Indonesia), EC06-1,was promoted to major general.

Sam Dara (Cambodia), CSRT06-1,was promoted to major general.

Mr. Russ Holske (U.S.), EC06-2,was promoted as Assistant RegionalDirector with the U.S. DrugEnforcement Administration inBangkok, Thailand. He has oversightof DEA offices in China, Japan,Korea, Philippines, Indonesia andAustralia.

Brigadier General Nasim Akhter(Bangladesh), ASC09-1, is theDefence Attaché of Bangladeshin Beijing, China.

Lita Enok (Philippines), CCM09-1,is conducting an Incident CommandSystem Training course to improvedisaster readiness and response.

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Dr. ThomasSisak (U.S.), APOC10-2, is the U.S.Battlefield Information Collection andExploitation Systems Extended(BICES-X) Program ManagementOffice Senior Lead for U.S. PacificCommand.

Commander/Captain(f) David Finch(Canada), ASC11-1, is MaritimeComponent Commander, DeputyChief of Staff Exercise, Plans andReadiness.

Ms. Ha Hoang (ASEAN),ASC12-1, has moved from theASEAN Secretariat to the Instituteof Southeast Asian Studies inSingapore.

Ambassador Bruce Linghu(Taiwan), TSC12-1, retired asDeputy Foreign Minister andplans to teach at a private universityin Taiwan.

Colonel Edgard Arevalo(Philippines), CA12-1, is Chief ofthe Public Affairs Office of theArmed Forces of the Philippines.

David Garlinghouse (U.S.),APOC13-1, was promoted to captain.Please use the following link toreview this historic promotion.

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96032

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Garlinghouse

Ms. Anna Gussarova (Kazakhstan),CSRT14-1, was promoted as Directorof Central Asia Institute for StrategicStudies.

Gloria Mercado (Philippines),ASC14-1 and ORA15-2, is the newDeputy Cabinet Secretary at the Officeof the President and she is also theExecutive Director of the Performanceand Projects Monitoring Office.

Brigadier Adeepa Thilakarathna(Sri Lanka), ASC14-1, is Commander,552 Infantry Brigade.

Commander Keith Willison (U.S.),MAPOC14-1, is retiring this December.

Syed Ali Asad Gillani (Pakistan),ASC14-2, was assigned Deputy Headof Mission, Embassy of Pakistan inAnkara, Turkey.

Maru Aguilar (Philippines), ASC14-2,is Director of the Security, Justice andPeace cluster at the Performance andProjects Monitoring Office.

Vice Admiral Colin Kilrain (U.S.)SEAPOC14-2, assumed command ofNATO Special OperationsHeadquarters.

Police Superintendant Susan Jalla(Philippines), ASC14-3, is the DeputyDirector for Operations of thePhilippine National Police CrimeLaboratory.

Dr. Renato DeCastro (Philippines),ASC15-1, is based in Washington D.C.as the U.S. State Department U.S.-ASEAN visiting scholar from thePhilippines.

Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera (SriLanka), ASC15-1, was assigned asDeputy Area Commander, EasternNaval Area.

Colonel Derek Remington (U.S.),APOC15-1, is Deputy CommandCenter Director of NORAD andUSNORTHCOM Current OperationsCenter.

Marcio Bravo (Brazil), CCM15-1,was assigned as an analyst for thePeacekeeping Mission Division at LandOperations Command.

Davidson Jajo (Marshall Islands),TSC15-2, was appointed AssociateJudge of the District Court of theRepublic of the Marshall Islands.

Muhammad Khalid Ijaz (Pakistan),CCM16-1, was promoted to groupcaptain.

Correction: Leonard Parker(U.S.), CSRT09-1 has retired.Parker Chang (Taiwan),CSRT09-1 is still active duty.

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Mercado

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Bravo

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“Vietnam Benefits from the South China SeaArbitration”http://maritimeawarenessproject.org/2016/08/30/vietnam-benefits-from-the-south-china-sea-arbitration/

“Addressing Challenges in the Maritime Commons”http://nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=709

“China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative and the Sino-Russian Entente”http://nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=707

“Declaring Consistent Commitments: U.S. MaritimePolicy in the Asia-Pacific”http://nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=708

“The ADMM-Plus and the Future of DefenseDiplomacy in the Asia-Pacific”http://nbr.org/publications/element.aspx?id=900

“India and China at Sea: A Contest of Status andLegitimacy in the Indian Ocean”http://nbr.org/publications/element.aspx?id=899

“How to Make China Comply with the TribunalAward”http://maritimeawarenessproject.org/2016/08/10/how-to-make-china-comply-with-the-tribunal-award/

“ASEAN and the Risks of Business as Usual”http://maritimeawarenessproject.org/2016/08/03/asean-and-the-risks-of-business-as-usual/

“The Role of Transportation in the Future of UrbanDeveloping Asia: A Case Study of India”http://nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=700

“Approaching Critical Mass: Asia’s MultipolarNuclear Future”http://nbr.org/publications/element.aspx?id=897

“Pacific Energy Summit”http://pacificenergysummit.org/

The Comprehensive Security Responses toTerrorism course brought 107 new alumniinto the DKI APCSS family on August 10,2016. See story at:http://apcss.org/u-s-international-fellows-build-counterterror-capacity-at-dki-apcss/

The following links may provide you some usefulinformation: APCSS Public Website

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DKI APCSS Course/News:

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On September 16, 2016. the AsiaPacific Orientation Course 16-3graduated 144 Fellows; and theAdvanced Security CooperationCourse.http://apcss.org/apoc-builds-fellows-knowledge-of-regional-security-framework/

ASC16-2 began September 22with 112 Fellowsfrom 32 locations.

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The Maritime Security Challenges (MSC)conference series (www.mscconference.com) isCanada’s only maritime security-oriented

conference, held in Victoria,British Columbia, every two years.From October 3rd to 6th, MSC16,the seventh iteration in the series,will gather maritime securityexperts and practitioners fromaround the Indo-Pacific to discussissues of mutual interest, includingmodernizing maritime services, therise of non-traditional maritimeactors (such as China’s maritimemilitia), and prospects forcooperation on these issues. TheMSC series has strong links withDKI APCSS, having been foundedby Dr. James Boutilier, analumnus of SEC99-1 and ORA11-1, andushered through its growing pains byDKI APCSS Professor Kerry Nankivell.The DKI APCSS-MSC bond remainsstrong, as MSC16 is organized byalumni Dan Baart ASC16-1, AshleyMilburn ASC12-1, and Brett WitthoeftASC09-1, and DKI APCSS faculty andstaff play key roles in MSC16

proceedings. MSC has also become a DKI APCSSalumni reunion event, where Canadian alumni canrekindle old bonds, and build new friendships withDKI APCSS alumni from across the Indo-Pacific.

Please use the following link to review the schedule ofworkshop events:https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni/workshops

18 September...............Chile Independence Day22 September.........................Mali Republic Day1 October ........................................National Day,

People’s Republic of China1 October ..................Tuvalu Independence Day1 October ....................Palau Independence Day10 October.................................Fiji National Day19 October .......Niue National Constitution Day29 October .........................Turkey Republic Day

Addition to last month:1 Aug....................................Swiss National Day30 Aug ................Kazakhstan Constitution Day

On behalf of all the APCSS ‘Ohana’, both here inHawaii and throughout our region, we would like toextend our warmest wishes and congratulations on thisspecial occasion for your country. We hope the futurefinds continued peace and security for all yourfamilies, your country and our shared neighborhoodin the Asia-Pacific region:2 September ...................Vietnam National Day6 September ....................Pakistan Defense Day7 September .............Brazil Independence Day15 September....................................El Salvador

Independence Day16 September ........Mexico Independence Day16 September .......................Papua New Guinea

Independence Day

National Days in September and October:

DKI APCSS Conference and Workshop Events:

Boutilier

Baart

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Witthoeft