Aloha... from beautiful Hawaii! May John A. Gasner DANIEL K. INOUYE ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER

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1 May 2018 Aloha... from beautiful Hawaii! Thank you so much for all your inputs to our Alumni newsletter. Thai Alumni Award Following the Maritime Shared Awareness IV workshop in Thailand, U.S. Ambassador Glyn Davies, SEC06-3, hosted a DKI APCSS alumni event at his Bangkok residence. During the alumni event, sponsored by the DKI APCSS Foundation, Director Pete Gumataotao, TSC18-1, presented the Thai alumni, represented by General (Ret.) Thanakorn Thongsuk, ASC12-1 with the 2017 DKI APCSS Alumni Association of the Year award. Over 60 Thai alumni participated in the event. John A. Gasner Chief, Alumni Division DANIEL K. INOUYE ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES Phone (808) Fax (808) STAY CONNECTED

2 Tonga Alumni Event In Tonga, prior to a National Symposium on Women, Peace and Security, the Tonga DKI APCSS Alumni Association, led by Brigadier General Honorable Lord Fielakepa EC01-2 and CCM12-1, Chief of His Majesty s Armed Forces, hosted an alumni event. Dr. Saira Yamin represented DKI APCSS at the symposium and the alumni event. Alumni Awards and Recognition: Latheef Saleem Rasheed Khaleel Waheed Amir David Hale, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan and U.S. Brigadier General Paul Bauman honored several of our alumni in Pakistan with DKI APCSS Alumni Achievement awards for their outstanding contributions to peace and security. Pictured from left to right in the photo are Ambassador David Hale, Colonel (Ret.) Abrar Ismael (Pakistan), CCM08-2; Mrs. Saira Ali Ahmed (Pakistan), ASC17-1; Ms. Asma Shakir (Pakistan), CCM17-1; Mr. Anwar Ito (Philippines), ASC16-2; and Brigadier General Paul Bauman. Congratulations to a cohort of six alumni from Maldives who completed work on a project they began at a DKI APCSS security sector development workshop in Brigadier General Abdul Raheem Abdul Latheef, ASC15-1, led the team in their work to create and publish the Maldives National Strategy on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. Other alumni members of SSD16-1 included Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Saleem, Hamdhoon Rasheed, CSRT14-1, Hassan Khaleel, Abdulla Waheed and Major Hassan Amir. Pakistan Awards

3 Alumni Awards and Recognition: Malik Dr. Mohan Malik provided the latest PODCAST with his presentation on China s Maritime Silk Road. Please review his lecture at the following link: News Stories from Alumni: Shah Pradhumna Shah (Nepal), EC99-2, published an article in the My Republica, entitled Nepal-India Ties: Think New. Please review the article at the following link: After nearly 20 years since graduating from DKI APCSS, alumni of EC99-3 reunited in Kuala Lumpur at the 32 nd Asia-Pacific Roundtable. Pictured from left to right in the photo are Colonel (Ret.) Ramli Hj Nik, Victor Sumsky (Russia) and Professor Rommel Banlaoi (Philippines). Nik, Sumsky and Banlaoi

4 News Stories from Alumni: Major General (Ret) A N M Muniruzzaman (Bangladesh), SEC06-2, led a delegation to attend the 5 th Yunnan Bangladesh Cooperation Dialogue in Kunming, China. The Muniruzzaman dialogue focused on opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh and China. You may review more details at the following website. Sisak Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Thomas Sisak (U.S.), APOC10-2, earned a PhD in Strategic Studies. Colonel Mohemmad Amin (Afghanistan), TSC12-2 and ASC13-1, visited the Vienna International Center to participate in the second technical meeting on radiation detection instruments for nuclear security. Modsin Md Modsin (Bangladesh), CCM17-1, co-authored an article with Brigadier General Azazul Chowdhury. The article is entitled, Advancing Civil-Military Coordination in Bangladesh. During the 2018 ISDR-Asia Partnering Forum in Mongolia, four CCM18-1 classmates met and shared DKI APCSS memories. Pictured from left to right in the photo are the alumni: Mr. Waqar Uddin, (Pakistan), Ms. Bazarragchaa Duudgai (Mongolia), Ms. Arachchillage Anoja Seneviratne (Sri Lanka), and Mr. Gan-Erdene gan-ulzil (Mongolia). Brigadier Amin Ranjan Lamahewage (Sri Lanka), CCM13-1, is attending the National Defense Course in Pakistan. Lamahewage Major Joseph Akiki (Lebanon), CSRT13-1, is attending the Defense Career Academy staff course in Nepal. Uddin, Duudgai, Seneviratne and gan-ulzil Akiki Colonel Nadim Ghafary (Lebanon), ASC14-2, is attending a Countering Violent Extremism seminar at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida. Ghafary

5 Promotions and Position Changes: Albert Mariner (United Nations), EC00-2, joined the Commonwealth Secretariat in London as Head of Asia, Europe, Caribbean and Pacific in the Governance and Peace Directorate. Graisri Gesorn (Thailand), ASC09-1, was promoted to vice admiral. Mariner Hasan Ali (Malaysia), EC02-3, was promoted to major general and appointed Commander of the 21 st Special Service Group. Gesorn Suthon Hmuanpithak (Thailand), CSRT09-1, was promoted to major general. Ali Boonbuathong Nakrob Boonbuathong (Thailand), EC02-3 and SSTR06-1, was promoted to lieutenant general. Senior Colonel Orgrob Amarushkul (Thailand), CSRT06-3 and CSRT09-2, is Deputy Secretary RTARF Headquarters. Hmuanpithak Auxilian Edgar Tomas Gary Auxilian (Philippines), ASC10-1, was assigned as Director, Economic Diplomacy Unit, Office of the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations. Manh Van Luong (Vietnam), ASC10-1, was promoted to colonel and appointed Defense Attaché to the Philippines. Amarushkul Air Chief Marshal Wiriya Meesiri (Thailand), EC08-1, retired from military service. Luong Robert Kosky (U.S.), CSRT10-1, retired after 30 years of service to the FBI. Meesiri Major General Barre Seguin (U.S.), CRC08-1, transferred to Afghanistan as Commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force- Afghanistan; Commander, NATO Air Seguin Command-Afghanistan; Director, AFCENT s Air Component Coordination Element for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and support of NATO s Operation Resolute Support; and Deputy Commander-Air for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Aarti Chataut (Nepal), CCM08-2 and CSRT15-1, was promoted as Director of Nepal Television. Kosky Pongsepaibool Sisak Colonel Dhiraphan Pongsepaibool (Thailand), ASC10-2, retired from military service. Dr. Thomas Sisak (U.S.), APOC10-2, is the US BICES Program s Senior Command Lead to US Indo-Pacific Command. Sumon Chongvoranond (Thailand), ASC11-1, was promoted to senior group captain. Chataut Chongvoranond

6 Anggi Wicaksono (Indonesia), ASC12-2, was promoted as Consul General, Indonesian Republic at Jedah. Colonel Sakdaatit Teeraseehatri (Thailand), CSRT15-1, is Director of Security Division, Office of Policy and Planning. Wicaksono Katsuki Takata (Japan), TSC13-1, was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Vice Chief, Japan Ground Self Defense Force. Teeraseehatri Major Daniel Rich (U.S.), APOC15-3, was selected to work in the Secretary of the Air Force s Public Affairs Office. Takata Captain Buntham Kongsaeng (Thailand), CCM14-1, retired from military service. Rich Group Captain Sudjai Chaprasart (Thailand), CCM16-1, is Chief of Coordination Section, ASEAN Center of Military Medicine. Kongsaeng Additional Inspector General of Police Pashupati Upadhyay (Nepal), CSRT14-1, retired from the police. Chaprasart Captain Tavipen Sutattakul (Thailand), CCM16-1, is Director, Support Division, Medical Operations Center. Upadhyay McCalment Navanugraha Katryn McCalment (U.S.), APOC14-2, was selected as Strategic Communications Planner for U.S. Army Cyber Command. Chonlathis Navanugraha (Thailand), ASC14-2, was promoted to rear admiral and assigned as Director, Policy and Plans Operations Department. Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera (Sri Lanka), ASC15-1, was appointed Area Commander, Southeastern Naval Area. Sutattakul Kabasi Khanal Tony Kabasi (Solomon Islands), CCM16-1, was promoted as Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and appointed Head of the Pacific and Regional Organization Division. Sarbendra Khanal (Nepal), ASC16-2, was promoted as Chief of Police. Gina Jamoralin (Philippines), TSC17-1, was appointed Philippine Consul General in Chicago, Illinois. Perera Captain Yuttana Sangma (Thailand), CSRT15-1, is Deputy, Civil Affairs Department, RTMC Headquarters. Jamoralin Swiss Jarernpol (Thailand), CCM18-1, was promoted to police lieutenant colonel. Sangma Jarernpol

7 The following links may provide you some useful information: APCSS Public Website FOLLOW: DKI APCSS News & Publications: The latest edition of the Countering Terrorism Exchange (CTX) magazine is available online for your review at this link. The Unthinkable with North Korea: A Tilt at the Fulcrum of World Power? Japan s Relations with Russia and China and the Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance. Nankivell, Abbott and Ryan Professor Kerry Lynn Nankivell wrote an article about her reflections on the recent Shangri-La Dialogue. Click here to read the article. The Future of Asia s Natural Gas Market: The Need for a Regional LNG Hub Dr. Justin Nankivell and Associate Professor Benjamin Ryan met with Armed Forces Delegate Mr. Kirby Abbott (ASC 17-2) and Senior Security and Political Advisor Mr. Azharia Abdul Aziz (CSRT 17-1) from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (ICRC) in Kalua Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday April 19, ICRC's Kuala Lumpur delegation maintains a dialogue with national and regional bodies on humanitarian issue and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). ICRC regularly has staff attending APCSS courses. Nankivell Noor Gumataotao Associate Professor Elina Noor wrote an OpEd on ASEAN and Cyber. Please click here to review. Director Pete Gumataotao expressed his thoughts about his initial focus issues at DKI APCSS. Please review his article at this link.

8 DKI APCSS Courses: On May 2, 2018, 107 Fellows from over 30 countries graduated from the Advanced Security Cooperation course ASC18-1. For more details, click here. ASC 18-1 On May 25, 2018, 25 senior executives completed the Transnational Security Cooperation course TSC18-1. Four alumni returned to participate in this course. TSC 18-1

9 DKI APCSS Workshops: In Thailand DKI APCSS hosted the fourth multilateral workshop in the Building Maritime Shared Awareness in Southeast Asia series to advance regional efforts to build a Recognized Maritime Picture (RMP) for Southeast Asia. Building on discussions begun in 2015, this iteration in the series developed recommendations for information sharing protocols and tools to support information sharing agreement between ASEAN member states. More than ten DKI APCSS alumni participated in the workshop. For more information on the workshop, click here. Alumni at Workshop

10 DKI APCSS Workshops: Tonga WPS Symposium Participants Dr. Saira Yamin joined the Nevada National Guard in Tonga from May 7-11 to support a National Symposium on Women, Peace and Security. The event, hosted by His Majesty s Armed Forces in Tonga, was a successful whole-of-government and society dialogue on the value of a National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security for the island nation. Dr. Yamin gave presentations on the Women, Peace and Security global agenda and the Asia-Pacific security environment from a gendered lens. The program concluded with recommendations for an action-plan to design, develop, and implement a NAP through enhanced civil-military cooperation, awareness raising initiatives, consultations with civil society, budgeting and review mechanisms. The Symposium proposed that the theme of their National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security will be Walking Together, Deciding Together and Acting Together. To view the latest workshop schedule, please use the following link: Alumni Visitors: Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Melby (U.S.), APOC14-1 returned to DKI APCSS with a group from the 509th Aerial Refueling Squadron to discuss the latest Indo-Pacific security issues. Melby 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 June: 1 June... Samoa Independence Day 4 June...Tonga Independence Day 12 June... Philippines Independence Day 12 June... Russia National Day 25 June... Mozambique National Day 26 June... Madagascar Independence Day