Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

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formation = September 4, 1995
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location = Honolulu
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leader_title = Director
leader_name = Lt. Gen. (Ret) Ed Smith
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website = [http://www.apcss.org www.apcss.org ]

The [http://www.apcss.org Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies] (APCSS) is a [http://wwwdefenselink.mil Department of Defense] regional study, conference, and research center established in Honolulu on September 4, 1995. The Center supports the [http://www.pacom.mil U. S. Pacific Command] (PACOM) and complements PACOM’s theater security cooperation strategy of maintaining positive security relationships with nations in the Asia-Pacific region. With its non-warfighting, academic focus, the APCSS builds on the strong bilateral relationships between the PACOM, and [http://www.apcss.org/core/Alumni/associations/countries/countries.html 45 Asia-Pacific region governments] and their armed forces, by focusing on the broader multilateral approach to addressing regional security issues and concerns.

The Center’s mission is “to educate and develop leaders to advance strategic communications and security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region.” The APCSS provides a focal point where national officials, decision makers, and policy makers can gather to exchange ideas, explore pressing issues, and achieve a greater understanding of the challenges that shape the security environment of the Asia-Pacific region. A primary focus is the increasingly complex interrelationships of the military, economic, political, and diplomatic policies relevant to regional security issues.

The Center has a strong focus on Executive Education via both resident and regional events. These academic events include resident courses and outreach events such as mini-courses, conferences and research projects. They are intertwined to produce a dynamic, integrated program of study, conferences and research to support the Center’s mission.Senior military and government decision-makers in security-related positions from throughout the region participate in APCSS courses. These courses include our six-week Executive Course: Advanced Security Cooperation; a one-week Senior Executive Course: Transnational Security Cooperation; a one-week Asia-Pacific Orientation Course; three-week Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism courses; and four-week Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction courses.

The 122 staff and faculty of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies comprise 88 civilians and 34 active duty military, which are drawn from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The multi-cultural diversity of the Center’s student body is replicated by its international staff and faculty.

The Asia-Pacific Center's vision is international recognition as a premier study, research, and conference center, actively contributing to stability and security in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Executive EducationThe one-week "Senior Executive Course: Transnational Security Cooperation" is an intensive program for current leaders. It is designed for military officers at the two- and three-star level, and civilian equivalents from the Asia- Pacific region. The curriculum emphasizes the impact of change in the region and evolving security roles, capabilities, and opportunities.

The six-week "Executive Course: Advanced Security Cooperation Course" focus is 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.

The four-week "Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Course" provides focused knowledge and skills practiced at the operational and strategic level, all designed to enhance Fellow’s ability to work together to counter ideological support for and combat terrorism cooperatively for the long term. The course facilitates relationships among current and future counter-terrorism practitioners. It also helps engender trust necessary for increased information sharing, and identify ways to reduce cultural obstacles to cooperation in the international struggle against terrorism.

The four-week "Comprehensive Crisis Management" (CCM) course (formerly known as the Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction or SSTR course) focuses on three broad topic areas: (1) pre-conflict/complex emergency condition-setting, (2) post-conflict/complex emergency transitions, and (3) post-conflict/complex emergency reconstruction. In addition, the course also addresses basic definitions and types of stability operations, coalition building and interagency coordination, interventions and occupations, post-conflict/complex emergency reconstruction steps, transition planning, and strategic communications.

The "Asia-Pacific Orientation Course" covers trends and current issues shaping the regional security environment. The course focuses on U.S. policy and provides an introduction to regional cultures, politics, protocols and challenges. The curriculum broadly examines: Security Foundations; Regional Security Perspectives; Country Specific Issues; Transnational Issues; Governance, and Development and Security Cooperation Issues. This rigorous program of lectures and interactive sessions better equips graduating course Fellows with policy perspectives and tools important for duties at U.S. PACOM and its components.

Outreach: Resident & Regional

Alumni Relations - APCSS continues to engage more than 3,100 graduates as part of an Alumni Program. Fellows serve as future guest speakers and assist in outreach efforts in their countries. They also have access to the APCSS Alumni Network to share information and research regional and global security issues.Conferences - APCSS’ tightly focused conference program attempts to anticipate the most challenging regional and transnational security issues and cooperation tasks ahead. These serve as a forum for key regional interagency, multinational security policy drafters and decision makers to develop cooperative approaches to these problems.

Focused Outreach Events – APCSS staff and faculty routinely travel throughout the Asia-Pacific region to conduct mini-courses, conferences and research that address specific needs identified by host nation and U.S. Embassy officials

Research - APCSS faculty members conduct research that strengthens communities of influence via partnered research on future security issues. In addition, APCSS coordinates and reports on a series of annual consultations with counterpart organizations in regional countries. Reports, papers, articles and books, are available on our website at www.apcss.org

Visit Program - More than 1,000 visitors come to APCSS each year including senior leaders from the U.S. and other countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Visitors participate in roundtable discussions and serve as guest speakers.

References

[http://www.apcss.org/graphics/graphic_library.htm APCSS Library]

[http://www.apcss.org/graphics/graphics_faq.htm APCSS FAQ]

[https://apcsc.apan-info.net- Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Portal]

[https://apcsslink.org- APCSS Alumni Network (APCSS"Link")]