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September 2018
The five-week Advanced Security Cooperation (ASC) course focuses on building relationships among mid-career leaders and decision makers within the region. Its curriculum emphasizes the non-warfighting aspects of security and international relations, and challenges Fellows to develop regional and transnational perspectives. Security is examined as a comprehensive mix of political, economic, social, military, diplomatic, information and ecological dimensions. MASL: SAP0001
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The course provides an introduction to Asia-Pacific culture, politics, protocols and challenges, while addressing U.S. interests in the region. The curriculum is focused by day and examines: Day One) Regional Perspectives, Day Two) Treaty Alliance Partners & Security Challenges, Day Three) Key Regional Players & Security Challenges, Day Four) Regional Issues, and Day Five) Transnational Challenges. Attention is given to both historical and emerging issues. The course includes a rigorous program of lectures and interactive sessions, and three break-out seminar sessions.
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The one-week Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) course is an intensive program for current senior leaders. It is designed for military officers at the two- and three-star level and director/general civilian equivalents from the Indo- Pacific region. The curriculum emphasizes the impact of change in the region and evolving security roles, capabilities, and opportunities. MASL: SAP0003 Please note: Potential Fellows are not allowed to register themselves into any course without the official endorsement/nomination from country’s Security Cooperation Office (SCO)/Embassy or the DKI APCSS registrar.
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This workshop will explore how regional actors can best export latent private, civil, and public sector capability in disaster response. Bringing private, civil, and public sectors together in the international aid equation will uncover latent and under-exported capabilities, as well as increase the ability of these economies to respond rapidly and cooperatively. The aim is to demonstrate that cooperation between the private, civil, and public sectors is possible and beneficial.
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This three-day workshop will bring together expertise from the five Department of Defense Regional Centers to examine where the Centers can collaborate on future activities with or regarding China. The Workshop will then focus on China’s activities across various regions and domains in an effort to identify where and how China’s influence is growing, and how this growing influence affects U.S. national security interests
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Natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies regularly create threatening challenges for domestic and international responders in Asia-Pacific nations. Large and complex crises require critical systems thinking and effective coordination over the event life cycle. Many ministries and society sectors may be involved, and when capacities are overwhelmed, international actors require effective coordination.
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Shared Experiences, Lessons Learned and Best Practices
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TSC is an intensive, one-week program for current security sector leaders – both civilian and military — on the upward track for positions of significant national and international responsibility. The course will look at a comprehensive array of emergent and over-the-horizon issues such as: terrorism, environmental degradation, natural disasters, geopolitical competition, maritime disputes, cyber threats, civil-military dynamics, and regional governance. The course will also consider “harder” geo-strategic issues such as power shifts among nations as part of the context in which broader security concerns play out. Senior Fellows will interactively exercise strategic, cooperative responses to real-world transnational threat scenarios (e.g., a [...]
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