John A. Gasner Chief, Alumni Division STAY CONNECTED D ANIEL K. INOUYE ASIA-P ACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES Phone (808) 971-8981 Fax (808) 971-8920 Educating, Connecting and Empowering In partnership with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), DKI APCSS conducted a multilateral workshop in Singapore entitled “Enhancing Maritime Safety in the Asia-Pacific Region.” Academic leads designed the workshop to facilitate information sharing on how nations implement existing international rules and standards for navigational safety. The 44 participants in the workshop represented 10 nations within the region. Thank you so much for all of your inputs to our Alumni email newsletter. Aloha... Captain Ko Ko Kyaw (Myanmar), ASC14-3, returned to DKI APCSS to accept his award as the 2016 DKI APCSS International Alumnus of the Year. He also briefed the ASC17-1 course Fellows about the project he completed, namely establishing the United Nations Peacekeeping program for Myanmar. DKI APCSS Director, Major General James Hartsell TSC15-1, presented the award to Captain Kyaw. from beautiful Hawaii! April 2017
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John A. GasnerChief,Alumni Division
STAY CONNECTED
DANIEL K. INOUYEASIA-PACIFIC CENTERFOR SECURITY STUDIESPhone (808) 971-8981Fax (808) 971-8920
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In partnership withthe S. RajaratnamSchool ofInternationalStudies (RSIS),DKI APCSSconducted amultilateralworkshop inSingaporeentitled“Enhancing Maritime Safety in the
Asia-Pacific Region.” Academic leads designed theworkshop to facilitate information sharing on how nations implement existinginternational rules and standards for navigational safety. The 44 participantsin the workshop represented 10 nations within the region.
Thank you so much for all ofyour inputs to our Alumni emailnewsletter.
Aloha...
Captain Ko Ko Kyaw (Myanmar), ASC14-3, returned to DKI APCSS toaccept his award as the 2016 DKI APCSS International Alumnus of the Year.He also briefed theASC17-1 courseFellows about theproject he completed,namely establishing theUnited NationsPeacekeeping programfor Myanmar. DKIAPCSS Director, MajorGeneral James HartsellTSC15-1, presented theaward to Captain Kyaw.
frombeautiful Hawaii!
April 2017
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DKI APCSS DevelopmentAdvisor, Dr. Lori Forman,APOC11-2, traveled to Japanas part of an advance team toprepare for a DKI APCSSworkshop in Tokyo during September 2017. Duringher visit, she also met with several Japanese DKIAPCSS alumni including Colonel Takeo Kiyonaga(ASC14-3), Yusuke Arai (TSC09-1), LieutenantGeneral Jun Nagashima (TSC15-1), and TakeshiOgino (CA12-4).
DKI APCSS Professor, Dr. Chris Snedden, CA17-1,traveled to India where he met with the Chief of Air
Force, Air ChiefMarshall BirenderSingh Dhanoa(EC00-1), SmitaSharma (ASC16-2),and ASC15-2classmates NitinGokhale, Aruna BahlSen and Suresh Radakrishnan.
The DKI APCSS Associate Dean forOperations, Colonel James Minnich,APOC16-3, provided a lecture on theDenuclearization of North Korea.Please review the Podcast at this link.https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/dki-
apcss-podcasts/denuclearization-of-north-korea-col-james-minnich
You now have the option tosubscribe to an RSS feedfor these Podcasts whichwill allow you to access anupdated summary of the
latest audio and video lectures.http://apcss.org/alumni/podcast/apcsslink_podcasts.xml
Minnich
Radakrishnan
Yusuke Arai
Gokhale
Sen
Colonel Takeo Kiyonaga
Air Chief Marshall Birender Singh Dhanoa Smita Sharma
Takeshi Ogino
Lieutenant General Jun Nagashima
Congratulations to the following DKI APCSS alumni who have completed Fellows Projects,contributing to good governance and/or advanced security. They have earned alumni achievement awards:
Adriana VennyArayani(Indonesia),ASC16-2
Additional DeputyInspector GeneralFeroz Al MozahidKhan (Bangladesh),ASC15-1
Captain SudjaiChaprasart(Thailand)CCM16-1
Lieutenant ColonelDao Quang Le(Vietnam),CSRT15-1
Dr. Sunita Panta(Nepal), CCM15-1
Major Luan Keka(Kosovo),CSRT15-1
Mr. Nirmal RajKafle (Nepal),ASC15-1
Mr. Md QuamrulHasan(Bangladesh),CCM12-1
Mr. SagarAcharya (Nepal)ASC16-1
Mr. ToyanathAdhikari (Nepal),ASC16-1
Mr. VilayphongSisomvang (Laos),CCM15-1
Mr. VirasacSomphong (Laos),CCM16-1
Ms. Junko Yada(Japan), ASC15-2
Ms. Selviana Purba(Indonesia),ASC15-2
JIATFWestOceaniaGroup
Keka
Adhikari
Sisomvang
JIATF West Oceania Group
Arayani
Khan Kafle Somphong
Chaprasart
Dao
Panta
Hasan
Acharya Purba
Yada
Ms. Vasha Oyu (Mongolia), EC99-1,is in Geneva, Switzerland attending anexecutive course on European securityat the Geneva Center for SecurityPolicy.
Major General (Ret) A. N. M.Muniruzzaman (Bangladesh), SEC06-2, was invited to provide a briefing at aconsultative meeting of the UN SecurityCouncil at the UN headquarters in New
York. He alsopublished acommentary withRSIS, entitled “TheDigital Age ofHADR: HarnessingTechnology for Relief Operations.”
http://www.bipss.org.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=900:the-digital-age-of-hadr-harnessing-technology-for-relief-operations-rsis-commentary&catid=9&Itemid=435
Muniruzzaman
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Oyu
MuniruzzamanNews Stories from Alumni:
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Major General Jeewaka R. Kulatunga(Sri Lanka), TSC12-1, visited DKIAPCSS while in Hawaii attending LandForce Talks.
D. Louis Mitchell (U.S.), CSRT12-1,traveled to Beirut where he led atraining program regarding interviewtechniques for the Internal SecurityForces and Judges.
Tanka Upreti (Nepal), ASC13-1,earned his Ph.D. in Journalism andMass Communication from TribhuvanUniversity.
Capt. Jason Condi (U.S.), ASC16-1 &APOC16-1, published his FellowsProject research paper on “MutualIndependence: Countering ExclusiveNationalism through the ASEAN Way.”http://apcss.org/alumni-perspectives-
mutual-independence/
Flavio Simoes (Timor-Leste),CSRT16-1, published an article in TheDiplomat entitled “The Key toSuccessful Elections in Timor-Leste:Professional Security Forces.”http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/the-
key-to-successful-elections-in-timor-leste-professional-security-forces/
Lily Thapa (Nepal), ASC16-2, and DKIAPCSS’ Dr. Deon Canyon collaboratedon a new paper entitled “TheAdvancement of Women in Post-Conflict Nepal.”
Ms. Asma Khawaja (Pakistan),CCM17-1, published an article in theJournal of Strategic Studies, Islamabad,entitled “Women in Security PolicyMaking: A Case Study of Pakistan.”http://issi.org.pk/wp-
content/uploads/2017/04/5-Asma_SS_Vol_37_No.1_2017.pdf
News Stories from Alumni:
Simoes
Khawaja
CondiKulatunga
Mitchell
Upreti
Mitchell
Thapa
Ms. Vasha Oyu (Mongolia), EC99-1,was appointed Minister Counsellor atthe Permanent Mission of Mongolia inGeneva.
Ambassador Chi Huu Pham(Vietnam), EC99-2, is now DirectorGeneral of the Americas Department.
Nizamuddin Ahmed (Bangladesh),EC01-3, was promoted to admiral andappointed Chief of Naval Staff,Bangladesh Navy.
Air Chief Marshal GaganBulathsinghala (Sri Lanka), EC05-1,was appointed Ambassador toAfghanistan.
Pham Bulathsinghala
Promotions and Position Changes:
Oyu Ahmed
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Cirilito Sobejana (Philippines),ASC10-2, was promoted to brigadiergeneral and selected to lead Joint TaskForce Sulu of the Western MindanaoCommand.
Andrii Bilenkyi (Ukraine), TSC11-1,is posted in Tehran as the DefenseAttaché Embassy of Ukraine.
Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase(Philippines), ASC12-1, published herlatest paper “Diplomatic Engagementand Negotiated Agreement betweenPhilippines and China: A Constructive-Realistic Approach in Post-Arbitration”
with DKI APCSS. http://apcss.org/alumni-perspectives-post-arbitration-diplomatic-engagement-and-negotiated-agreement-between-philippines-and-china/
Jeewaka R. Kulatunga (Sri Lanka),TSC12-1, was promoted to majorgeneral and appointed CommanderSecurity Force Headquarters,Mundimurippu Army Camp.
Edward Simarmata (Indonesia),ASC14-2, was promoted to ChiefJudge Lubuk Pakam District Court.
Additional Deputy PoliceCommissioner Abdul Mannan(Bangladesh), CSRT15-1, is currentlyworking in the Bangladesh CounterTerrorism Unit.
Ted Herbosa (Philippines), ORA15-2,was promoted as Executive VicePresident of the University of thePhilippines System.
Ne Moe Thet (Myanmar), CCM16-1,was promoted to brigadier general andhead of the Myanmar Maritime Police.
Ganegama Perera (Sri Lanka),CA17-1, was promoted to majorgeneral and appointed Commanderof the Gajaba Regiment.
Domingo-Almase
KulatungaPerera
Promotions and Position Changes:
“The Indo-Asia-Pacific’s Maritime Future: A PracticalAssessment of the State of Asian Seas” is a new jointpublication by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-PacificCenter for Security Studies and The Policy Institute atKing’s College London based on a three-day MaritimeSecurity workshop held in September 2016. Readmore....
Prof. Kerry Lynn Nankivell wrote acommentary on “Securing Canada’sPlace in the Indo-Pacific Century” forthe Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Link:
http://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/MLICommentaryIndoPacificCenturyF_Web.pdf
“Currents magazine is available online at thefollowing link:http://apcss.org/college/publications/currents/
DKI APCSS News & Publications
Sobejana
Bilenkyi
Simarmata
Mannan
Herbosa
Thet
Nankivell
“The Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliance”http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=345
The following links may provide you some usefulinformation: APCSS Public Website
FOLLOW:
The Advanced Security Cooperation course graduated109 new alumni on May 3, 2017.
The Transnational Security Cooperation course isscheduled for May 21-26, 2017.
For an updated course calendar please use thefollowing link: http://www.apcss.org/calendar/
DKI APCSS Courses:
The third in a series of Maritime Security Awareness workshops isscheduled for May 15-18 2017.
To view the latest workshop schedule, please use the following link:https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni/workshops
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Future Workshop Events:
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Mr. David Treacher (New Zealand), APOC16-1, andMr. Jake Hamstra (New Zealand), APOC15-2,escorted Air Vice-Marshall Kevin R. Short, NewZealand Vice Chief of Defence Force, through DKIAPCSS for an update on regional issues.https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni-group/new-zealand-consul-staff-returns
General Robert Brown (U.S.), EC06-1and TSC12-2, Commanding GeneralU.S. Army Pacific returned to DKIAPCSS as a guest speaker for theASC17-1 course.
https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni-group/general-robert-brown-guest-speaker
Hawaii Senator J. Kalani English (U.S.), CA10-5and CA12-4, visited DKI APCSS to provide his staff abetter understanding of the regional issues.https://globalnetplatform.org/apcss/apcss-alumni-group/hawaii-state-senatorj-kalani-english
Rear Admiral Truelove (Canada), TSC12-2, returnedto DKI APCSS as part of an Asia-Pacific orientationfor the international defense attaché program. Admiral
Truelove is currently serving as Canada’s defenseattaché to the U.S.
Brown
1 May........Independence and Constitution Day -Marshall Islands
3 May ..........................Constitution Day - Japan9 May..................................Victory Day - Russia10 May...................................Constitution Day -
Federated States of Micronesia20 May .............Restoration of Indepence Day -
Timore-Leste25 May......................Jordan Independence Day
On behalf of all the DKI 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:
Alumni Visitors to DKI APCSS
National Days in May:
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