September Brigadier General Gilbert Toropo, Lieutenant General Mohammed Mahfuzur Rahman and Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto

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1 September 2017 Aloha... from beautiful Hawaii! Thank you for your inputs to the Alumni newsletter. Aloha and have a great month. Several DKI APCSS alumni participated in the Chiefs of Defense conference hosted by the U.S. Pacific Command in Canada. The distinguished alumni included Brigadier General Gilbert Toropo (Papua New Guinea), EC03-3, Lieutenant General Mohammed Mahfuzur Rahman (Bangladesh) and Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto (Fiji), EC02-3. John A. Gasner Chief, Alumni Division Brigadier General Gilbert Toropo, Lieutenant General Mohammed Mahfuzur Rahman and Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto DANIEL K. INOUYE ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES Phone (808) Fax (808) STAY CONNECTED The Thailand DKI APCSS Alumni Association hosted its first alumni meeting under the guidance of its new leadership. The Thai alumni plan to join for periodic discussions of relevant security issues affecting the country and the region. These events also support greater networking and interagency cooperation.

2 DKI APCSS hosted several significant events in Honolulu this past month, including the National Security Coordination in Southeast Asia workshop and the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus Experts Working Group. We welcomed over a dozen alumni back to the Center as participants in these events. In addition to these proceedings, we also kicked-off the Advanced Security Cooperation Course 17-2, where over 100 officials, including five alumni from across the region, joined us for our five-week flagship course.

3 In partnership with U.S. Forces Korea, we hosted our firstever, international Mobile Asia-Pacific Orientation Course in Seoul, Korea. Nearly 100 Fellows from four countries participated in the course. Following the commencement ceremony, we hosted an alumni event to honor the Korea DKI APCSS Alumni Association as the Alumni Association of the Year for 2016, and to connect our Korean alumni with the newest graduates of the mobile course. Colonel James Minnich presents Ambassador (Ret.) Jaebum Kim with the alumni association award We hosted a maritime capacity-building workshop in Japan that focused on synergistic, maritime capacity-building opportunities among four significant maritime powers: Japan, India, Australia and the United States. Following the workshop, we hosted an alumni event for all alumni in the Tokyo area.

4 In Myanmar, DKI APCSS Professors Miemie Byrd and Saira Yamin established the foundations for a successful security-sector development workshop by coordinating with the officials from civilian and military organizations that are scheduled to send representatives to the event. Professors Byrd and Yamin also delivered presentations at the International Relations Department entitled Teaching Methods for Critical Thinking and Conflict Resolution Frameworks for Peace Processes respectively. They also enjoyed meeting with many DKI APCSS alumni. knowledge, skills and capacity regarding human rights, women s rights and child rights. Snedden For your listening or viewing preference, Dr. Chris Snedden and Lt Col Scott McDonald provided the latest Podcast lectures on Russia and China respectively. Please review the lectures at the following links. Alumni Recognition: McDonald Myint Myint Moe (Myanmar), ASC14-3, completed her Fellows Project, elevating the role of women and civil sector organizations in security by institutionalizing leadership training Moe in the government. She was responsible for training over 1,300 personnel, improving their Lieutenant Colonel Saif Ullah (Bangladesh), CSRT15-1, completed his Fellows Project, getting his proposal submitted and approved to implement a counter-terrorism training module into Ullah the existing Army formation-level training program. Saksovuthy Say (Cambodia), CSRT15-1, completed his Fellows Project to enhance efforts in countering terrorist financing in Cambodia. He coordinated with the Financial Say Intelligence Unit to issue a regulation that freezes the financial assets connected to terrorism. Sarangoo Dambajav (Mongolia), ASC15-1, completed her Fellows Project, writing a paper to reduce air pollution in Mongolia. This was an urgent and important topic for the Dambajav people living in the Mongolian capitol who suffer from the negative impact of using coal to heat, cook and survive during the seven-month cold season.

5 Alumni Recognition: Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Palalay (U.S.), ASC15-1, developed an Army Public Health Security Cooperation Support Plan, and demonstrated its effectiveness through the Army Public Palalay Health-Pacific Service Line and via multiple capacity-building, international health protection security cooperation engagements throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Doval Colonel Puneet Doval (India), CCM16-1, completed his Fellows Project, establishing a multi-agency crisis coordination center at the Army theater/state level. News Stories from Alumni: Captain George Brown (Chile), EC02-3 and TSC14-1, earned the U.S. Legion of Merit award from the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Tamara Troyakova (Russia), EC03-1, participated in a maritime and territory workshop in Malaysia. Vorontsov Alexander Vorontsov (Russia), EC05-1, participated in the Zermatt track-two roundtable in Switzerland. Troyakova Numa Tor Rithyrungk Colonel Ray Numa (Papua New Guinea), EC04-1, attended the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference in Seoul, Korea. Major General (Ret.) Rodolfo Tor (Philippines), EC04-3, is a Political Science professor at De La Salle University in Manila. Brigadier General Samrang Rithyrungk (Cambodia), EC04-3, attended the 9 th Japan-ASEAN Defense Vice-Ministerial Forum in Fukuoka, Japan. Brigadier General Badrul Hisham Muhammad (Malaysia), EC05-2, graduated from the Thai National Defence College. He was among the group of international students that delivered a presentation to the Prime Minister entitled Supporting Plan for Thailand s 20 Years National Strategy. Major General Muniruzzaman (Bangladesh), SEC06-2, hosted a Roundtable on Understanding Myanmar: Managing the Rohingya Refugee Crisis. The Bangladesh Muniruzzaman Institute of Peace and Security Studies published a special report on the current refugee crisis. In addition, for the International Affairs Forum hosted by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies,

6 Malaysia, he delivered a Keynote speech about South Asia: Mapping the Strategic Landscape. For more information, please use the following link. Mukhtar Upadhyay Suhaily Sidratahta Mukhtar (Indonesia), EC08-2, served as a guest speaker at Vietnam s international conference on 50 th ASEAN. His topic concerned the strategic role of ASEAN in fighting ISIS. Pashupati Upadhyay (Nepal), CSRT14-1, participated in the 2 nd Stockholm International Security Conference, presenting on Countering Violent Extremism and Urban Violence in Asia. Captain Captain Othman Suhaily (Brunei), TSC15-1, attended the International Maritime Security Symposium in Bali, Indonesia. Tsuchiyama Ray Tsuchiyama (U.S.), SEAPOC15-1, published an article in the Honolulu Civil Beat entitled, Hurricane Harvey s Reminder for Hawaii: FEMA Can t Do It All. Willoughby Thapa Charmaine Willoughby (Philippines), ASC15-2, is participating in a research fellowship at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Lily Thapa (Nepal), ASC16-2, traveled to Seoul, Korea to attend a peace conference. Thu Ha Le (Vietnam), CA17-6, attended the 38 th General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Association in Manila, Philippines. Le Promotions and Position Changes: Don Pramudwinai (Thailand), SEC99-1, was promoted as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Phasporn Sangasubana (Thailand), EC00-3, was appointed Ambassador to ASEAN. Pramudwinai Piriya Khempon (Thailand), EC99-3, was appointed Ambassador to China. Sangasubana Susanee Sahussarungsi (Thailand), EC01-1, was appointed Ambassador to Poland. Khempon Sahussarungsi

7 Pisanu Suvanajata (Thailand), EC05-1, was appointed Ambassador to England. Pitchayaphant Charnbhumidol (Thailand), TSC10-2, was appointed Ambassador to Indonesia. Suvanajata Rear Admiral Chusak Chupaitoon (Thailand), EC05-1, was appointed Director, Naval Security Studies Center. Charnbhumidol Brigadier General Kwon Tae Hwan (Korea), TSC12-2, is working for the Korean Veterans Association. Chupaitoon Sing Visespochanakit (Thailand), EC05-2, was appointed Deputy Secretary General, National Security Council. Hwan Commodore Y. N. Jayarathna (Sri Lanka), ASC13-1, was appointed Deputy Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard. Visespochanakit Chutintorn Gongsakdi (Thailand), EC05-2, was appointed Ambassador to India. Jayarathna Chiranjibi Bhandari (Nepal), CCM13-1, was selected as a member of the High Level Education Commission. Gongsakdi Damrong Kraikruan (Thailand), EC06-2, was appointed Ambassador to Malaysia. Bhandari Captain (Ret.) Marc Stegman (U.S.), APOC13-2, is working at U.S. Pacific Command supporting the Southeast Asia Maritime Security Initiative. Kraikruan Abida Islam (Bangladesh), EC07-2, was designated Bangladesh Ambassador to South Korea. Stegman Colin Magee (Canada), CA13-7, is the Deputy Military Advisor at the Canadian mission to the United Nations. Islam Major General Muhammad Jaffar (Pakistan), EC08-2, retired from military service. Magee2 Enkhzorgol Baatarkhuu (Mongolia), ASC14-2, is the Chief of Staff, South Sector, United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Jaffar Mr. Dais Lorrin (Micronesia), CCM09-1, retired from government service. Baatarkhuu Lieutenant Colonel Sivanh Xaysomephou (Laos), ASC15-1, is the Deputy Defense Attaché at the Laos Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Lorrin Xaysomephou

8 Ananda Raj Khanal (Nepal), CSRT15-1, was promoted as Senior Director. Thule Rai (Nepal), CCM17-1, was promoted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and appointed Chief of Narcotics Control Bureau. Khanal Mrs. Juanita Matanga (Solomon Islands), ASC15-2, was promoted as Deputy Commissioner of Police. Rai Sakra Vong (Cambodia), ASC17-1, is working as 3 rd Secretary of Cambodia s Permanent Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta. Matanga Vong The following links may provide you some useful information: APCSS Public Website FOLLOW: Asia Policy 24 Strategic Asia Policy Chinese Support for New Energy Vehicles as a Trade Battleground Evaluating Sanctions Enforcement and Policy Options on North Korea Diverging Paths? Singapore-China Relations and the East Asian Maritime Domain ing-paths-singapore-china-relations-and-the-eastasian-maritime-domain/ Faculty Publications: Following the series of ship mishaps in recent months, Commander Jonathan Odom published an opinion-editorial in The Straits Times (Singapore) entitled US Navy Collisions: What s Next? Odom Additionally, he presented A Rules- Based Approach to the South China Sea Situation at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force s Command and Staff College in Tokyo. Please read it online at Canyon Malik Health Security in Hawaii by 2050: The Physical Effects of Climate Change is the latest external publication by Dr. Deon Canyon. Please read it online at this link. China and India: The Roots of Hostility is an opinion piece written by Dr. Mohan Malik. Please read it online at this link. Ear Canyon Professors Jessica Ear and Deon Canyon edited DKI APCSS & RSIS Joint Publication on Disaster Response Regional Architectures: Assessing Future Possibilities. Please review it at this link.

9 DKI APCSS Courses: The Advanced Security Cooperation Course ASC17-2 will conclude on Oct 25, The one-week senior executive course on Transnational Security Cooperation is scheduled for Nov 12-17, We will also conduct a one-week Mobile Asia-Pacific Orientation Course in Washington D.C. Dec 4-7, DKI APCSS Workshop Events: From Oct 25-27, 2017, DKI APCSS will host a workshop in Hawaii entitled 50, Southeast Risk: What Should Be Done? A Prescriptive Workshop.

10 Alumni Visitors: Mr. Dais Lorrin Major General Chantha Tat Mr. Dais Lorrin (Micronesia), CCM09-1, visited DKI APCSS on his return trip to Micronesia. Major General Chantha Tat (Cambodia), EC05-2, visited APCSS. Liam Humphries (U.S.), EC01-3 and his spouse, Arunrung Phothong (Thailand), EC01-3, visited DKI APCSS as they were vacationing in Hawaii. They have been married to each other since a few years after meeting in the APCSS course the ultimate alumni engagement. Liam Humphries On behalf of all the APCSS Ohana, both here in Hawaii and throughout our region, we would like to extend our warmest wishes and congratulations on this special occasion for your country. We hope the future finds continued peace and security for all your families, your country and our shared neighborhood in the Asia-Pacific region: National Days in October: 1 October... National Day, People s Republic of China 1 October...Tuvalu Independence Day 1 October... Palau Independence Day 10 October... Fiji National Day 19 October... Niue National Constitution Day 29 October...Turkey Republic Day