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July 2017

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

John A. GasnerChief,Alumni Division

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beautiful Hawaii!Thank you for your inputs to theAlumni newsletter. Aloha andhave a great month.

DKI APCSSDirector, JamesHartselltravelled toBangladeshwith AdmiralHarry Harris, the Commander of the U.S.Pacific Command. Among the distinguishedBangladesh officials with whom AdmiralHarris met were the three Bangladesh ServiceChiefs, allof whom

are DKI APCSS alumni: Chief of Army,General Abu Belal Huq TSC12-2; Chief ofNavy, Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed EC01-3;Chief of Air Force, Air Chief Marshal AbuEsrar EC06-3 and Major General Firoz

Hasan(TSC16-2).

Several otheralumni,including Air Vice Marshal Sanaul Huq,TSC17-1; Director General Shah Ahmed Shafi,CCM08-1; recently promoted Brigadier GeneralSalim Chowdhury, CSRT14-1; and JointSecretary Md. Abdul Karim, ASC16-1, joinedAdmiral Harris and Director Hartsell for aroundtable security discussion. Director Hartsellalso met with several distinguished alumni whoare interested in re-invigorating the BangladeshDKI APCSS Alumni Association and expandingrelations with the Center. These distinguishedalumni include Major General (Ret)Muhammad Matin, SEC04-1 and Rear AdmiralASM Baten, EC07-2.

Huq Shafi Chowdhury Karim Baten

Ahmed Esrar

Hartsell and Huq

Matin and Hartsell

Hartsell and Firoz

While visiting the Philippines, DKIAPCSS Professor Ginnie Watson metwith officials from the National SecurityCouncil, the Anti-Terrorism Council andthe National Defense College to markettwo upcoming workshops: “NationalSecurity Coordination” and “CounteringViolent Extremism.” She also met withseveral alumni during her visit includingDr. Lorenzo Clavejo, ASC09-2 andCharie Joaquin EC02-3.

In Myanmar, DKI APCSS Professor Miemie Byrd notonly established thefoundations for a successfulsecurity-sector developmentworkshop, she also broke newground as one of the firstforeign academics to lecture atthe Command and General StaffCollege and the NationalDefence College. She also metwith many DKI APCSS alumni.

From July 18-20, DKI APCSS, along withco-host, S. Rajaratnam School ofInternational Studies, conducted a

multilateral workshop in Bangkok Thailand entitled“Disaster Response Regional Architectures: AssessingFuture Possibilities.” Workshop participants from 13 Asia-Pacific locations identified current and emerging response-related issues, trends and strategic implications, and maderecommendations for improved and collaborative regional

disaster responsearchitectures. Adozen DKI APCSSalumni alsoparticipated in thisworkshop. Following theworkshop, the DKI APCSS team also met with the newleaders of the Thailand DKI APCSS Alumni Association todiscuss the future direction of the group.

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Thailand DKI APCSS Alumni Association

Joaquin

Clavejo

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Colonel (Ret.) John Cinco (U.S.),EC05-2, rejoined the Pacific Angelmission for its 10-year anniversary. Toread more click here.

Rulijanto (Indonesia),EC05-2, met one ofhis classmates, AlanTaylor (U.S.) whowas visitingIndonesia on abusiness venture.

Mr. Benjamin Needles(U.S.), CSRT05-2,returned to DKI APCSSas a guest speaker inthe CSRT17-1 course.He provided apresentation on“Intelligence and CT:

Issues in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.”https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni-group/mr-benjamin-needles

Ambassador Tau’aika Uta’atu (Tonga),SEC05-3, hosted Tongan studentsstudying in China. Colonel PatrickReardon (U.S.), EC01-3, joined thegroup at the ambassador’s residence.

Susilo Adi Purwantoro (Indonesia),SSTR06-2, attended a DefenseResource Management Institute courseat the Naval Postgraduate School inMonterey California.

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Bala NandaSharma (Nepal), SSD10-1, returned toDKI APCSS as a guest speaker in theCSRT17-1 course. He gave apresentation on “Integrating the MaoistCombatants into Our Army.”

Chuluunbat Sharkhuu (Mongolia),ASC12-1, was elected as the Presidentof the Mongolian Institute forProtection and Security Studies, a non-governmental organization.

Colonel Ray Acorda (Philippines),CSRT12-1, was posted in New Delhi asthe Philippine Defense Attaché.

Inspector ShankarJayeprokash(Mauritius),ASC12-2,launched an

electronic neighborhood watch scheme inUnion Park, Mauritius.

Captain Nalindra Jayasinghe(Sri Lanka), ASC14-3, completed hisMaster’s degree in Maritime Affairs,at the World Maritime University,Malmo, Sweden. He was appointedTraining Captain to the Sri Lankan

Naval and Maritime Academy.

Sharma

Cinco

Reardon

News Stories from Alumni:

Rulijanto and Taylor

Needles

Jta’atu and Reardon

Purwantoro

Acorda

Sharkhuu

Jayasinghe

Jayeprokash

Jayeprokash

Alexander Zakharov (Russia), EC00-3,completed his assignment as ConsulGeneral to Houston, Texas, and he hasreturned to Moscow to work in NorthAmerican Affairs.

Air First Marshal Suparman Djapri(Indonesia), EC05-1, retired from theIndonesian military.

Crisanthe De Silva (Sri Lanka), EC07-2, was promoted to general andappointed Chief of Army.

Major James Westgate (U.S.), CCM08-1, completed a three-year tour inColombia, and returned to Dallas, Texasfor another Army Corps of Engineersassignment.

Major General Muhammad Jaffar(Pakistan), EC08-2, retired frommilitary service.

Commander Chris Van Avery (U.S.),APOC09-3, retired from the U.S. Navy.

Commander Lance Taylor (U.S.),APOC09-3, transferred to the USS CarlVinson aircraft carrier as the SeniorIntelligence Officer.

Md Saiful Islam (Bangladesh),ASC10-2, was promoted as JointSecretary, Ministry of Defense,and is working as Director,Civil Aviation Authority.

Promotions and Position Changes:

IslamWestgate

Ananda Khanal(Nepal), CSRT15-1, returned to DKIAPCSS as a guestspeaker in theCSRT17-1course. He gavea presentationon “Cybersecurity Strategyfor Terrorism.” He inspired the class with the positiveresults he achieved with his Fellows project.https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni-group/mr-khanal

Daniel Agob (France), CSRT16-1, as amember of the International Committeeof the Red Cross, was invited to Beirutto address the security aspects of themanagement of the refugees ordisplaced persons.

Colonel Jerry Hall (U.S.), ASC16-2,completed his Fellows Project,designing and publishing his ownMatrix Game on China’s One Belt, OneRoad initiative. You may view ordownload and play the game at the

following link:https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/one-belt-one-road-matrix-game/

Tenzin Namgyel (Bhutan), ASC17-1,published several articles on the impactof drought and extreme weather events.

https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/water-shortage-slow-death-of-rural-communities

Agob

Hall

Namgyel

Zakharov

De SilvaTaylor

Van Avery

Jaffar

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Khanal

Chiran Jung Thapa (Nepal), ASC11-2,is working at Oxfam as a RegionalSecurity Advisor for Asia.

Andrii Bilenkyi(Ukraine), TSC11-1,extended his tour as DefenceAttaché at the Embassy inTehran for four more years.

Mr. Jeetendra Dev (Nepal), SSD11-1,was appointed Honorable Minister ofTourism, Culture and Civil Aviation.

Chuluunbat Sharkhuu (Mongolia),ASC12-1, was promoted to lieutenantcolonel at the Crossing Point Securityand Control Division.

Nicholas Papp (U.S.), CCM12-1,ASC12-2 and APOC13-1, wasreassigned to Dhaka, Bangladesh as theU.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer.

Dr. Vu Kien Trung (Vietnam),CCM13-1, is working as Director,Research Institute for Disaster andEnvironment.

Damien Donavan (Australia),APOC14-2 and ASC16-2, wasappointed Deputy Chief of Mission inUkraine.

Atul Joshi (India), CCM15-1, waspromoted as Deputy Inspector General.

Laxman Gurung (Nepal), ASC16-1,was promoted as InvestigationDirector.

Patrick Wilson (U.S.), APOC16-3,completed his assignment as DeputyMission Director of USAID/Indonesiaand was reassigned to USAID/Kenyaand East Africa.

Wilson

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Bilenkyi

Bilenkyi

Sharkhuu

Dev

Gurung

Joshi

Donavan

Trung

PappThapa

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Faculty Publications:

Dr. Mohan Malik wrote an article onIndia-Mongolia Relations.https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/dr-malik-on-india-mongolia-relations

Dr. Alex Vuving discussed China-Vietnam relations on CSIS’ ChinaPower Podcast.https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/dr-vuving-discusses-china-vietnam-relations-on-csis-chinapower-podcast

Dr. Saira Yamin was selected as aSenior Fellow at the Center for GlobalPolicy.https://globalnetplatform.org/node/41678

Professor Jessica Ear published a paperon “Women’s Role in DisasterManagement and Implications forNational Security.”

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

FOLLOW:

“Asia Policy 24”http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=347

“Diverging Paths? Singapore-China Relations and theEast Asian Maritime Domain”http://maritimeawarenessproject.org/2017/04/26/diverging-paths-singapore-china-relations-and-the-east-asian-maritime-domain/

“Rule of Law in China”http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=776

“Harnessing the Wind in China”http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=793

“Russia-China Relations: Assessing Common Groundand Strategic Fault Lines”http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=349

Ear

Yamin

Vuving

MalikCommander Jonathan Odom, DKI APCSSmilitary professor, provided the latest Podcastvideo and audio lecture entitled “The Role ofInternational Law in Countering Terrorism.” Youmay review the Podcast at the following link:https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/dki-apcss-podcasts/role-of-international-law-in-countering-terrorism-cdr-jonathan-odom

Odom

The Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Course17-1 will graduate 103 new alumni on Aug. 10, 2017.

The Asia-Pacific Orientation course APOC17-3 will occurAug. 21-25, 2017. We invite alumni of DKI APCSS to joinus for an alumni networking event/reception at the end of thecourse, 1700, August 25, on the beautiful DKI APCSS lanai.

DKI APCSS Courses:

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DKI APCSS will host a workshop in Hawaii, Aug.29-Sept. 1, 2017 focusing on National SecurityCoordination in Southeast Asia.

To view the latest workshop schedule, please usethe following link:https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni/workshops

Future Workshop Events:

11 August..................... Chad (Independence Day)14 August............... Pakistan (Independence Day)15 August....... Republic of Korea (Independence

and Liberation Day)15 August..................... India (Independence Day)17 August ............ Indonesia (Independence Day)30 August...............................Turkey (Victory Day)30 August.............Kazakhstan (Constitution Day)31 August .........................Malaysia (National 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 neighborhood inthe Asia-Pacific region:1 August ................................. Swiss (National Day)4 August ............ Cook Islands (Constitution Day)9 August......................... Singapore (National Day)

National Days in August: