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College
of Security Studies
Fellows in the College come
from throughout the region and consist of senior military and government
civilian equivalents in security-related positions.
Courses:
Faculty:
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Senior
Executive Course: Transnational
Security Cooperation (SEC)
Description:
An intensive
program for current leaders on the upward track for positions of significant
national (and possibly international) responsibility. Designed for senior
security practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region now serving in positions
that require experience and rank at the one- to four-star military and
civilian-equivalent level (intent is to replicate a forum consisting of
practitioners who influence security cooperation). Curriculum emphasizes the
impact of change in the region, as well as capacities - - leader and
institutional - - to manage change. The course integrates a challenging program
of guest speakers, along with interactive seminar workshop dialogues and
action-planning.For additional information about the
Senior Executive Course: Transnational
Security Cooperation (SEC),
click on the following hyperlinks:
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Executive Course: Advanced Security
Cooperation (EC)
Description:
An
intensive program which focuses on building relationships among mid-career
security-practitioner leaders and decision-makers within the region. Course is
composed of three elements: a Core Curriculum, an Advanced Studies Program of
electives and a Professional Enhancement Program that includes skills courses,
guest speakers and possibly field trips. Fellows examine present and future
regional security issues, assess regional and transnational threats impacting
the Asia-Pacific region, examine the roles of all involved in security and
security-cooperation programs, and practice multi-lateral, multi-national
collaboration toward needed security approaches and solutions. The curriculum
focuses on the non-warfighting aspects of regional and global security, now and
ahead, and is divided into three modules: (1) Security Foundations &
Perspectives, (2) Transnational Security Issues & Challenges, and (3) Ways,
Means and Ends to Security Cooperation (Governance to Leader Roles and Actions
needed). Throughout the course security is emphasized as a multi-dimensional
and linked mix of political, diplomatic, economic, environmental, informational,
technological, social and military agendas and factors. Study and discussion
emphasize cultural, as well as national- and regional-level strategies and
policies.
For additional
information about the Executive Course: Advanced Security Cooperation (EC), click on the following
hyperlinks:
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Comprehensive Security
Responses to Terrorism Course
Description:
This
course provides CT security practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as
other designated countries around the world, the operational and strategic-level
skills necessary to enhance their ability to understand and combat terrorism and
transnational threats. Through faculty lectures, guest speaker presentations,
real-world case studies, seminar discussions and tailored CT exercise scenarios,
CSRT fellows explore the nature of today’s terrorist threats, better appreciate
the challenges associated with countering ideological support for terrorism,
achieve a more common understanding of global and regional terrorism challenges,
analyze tools and capabilities for combating terrorism and transnational threat
in order to promote appropriate strategies. The CSRT course is designed to
build relationships between and among the United States and current and future
counterterrorism practitioners of participating countries in order to develop
trust, confidence and specific methods necessary for increased information
sharing, reduction of obstacles to cooperation in the international
collaborative effort against those who use terror to achieve goals. The
curriculum focuses on the non-warfighting aspects of security and is divided
into three parts: (1) Common Perspectives and Definitions, (2) Tools,
Resources, Strategies and Measures of Effectiveness, and (3) Strategy
Formulation and Application.
For additional information about the CSRT Course, click on the following
hyperlinks:
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Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM): Preventing, Preparing, and Responding
(former
Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Course )
Purpose:
The CCM
course exists to educate and socialize regional security practitioners into a
“Community of Expertise” that values collaborative regional efforts at
comprehensive crisis management and is equipped with the knowledge and tools
needed to support those efforts. Additionally, the course seeks to build
regional security capability thru the development of individual leader skills in
critical thinking, communication and collaboration which can be applied not only
to CCM situations but to any collaborative effort. The course is based on the
broad notion that regional security is significantly enhanced by collaborative
efforts at preventing, preparing for or responding to any crisis—natural or
man-made—that threatens stability within nations within the context of national
sovereignty. By helping others help themselves, the entire region benefits.
Description:
This course is a comprehensive examination of
current thinking about how to deal with both man-made and natural crises.
Crises are comprehensive in nature; they involve, in interdependent ways, all
elements of security (political, social, economic, military, etc.) and multiple,
interactive players (domestic, international and non-governmental.) The
degree to which we can build resilience into our societies will greatly
influence the long-term impact of any crisis. While crises are often
thought of as time-bound, having a beginning and an end, in fact they have deep
roots in the past and long shadows into the future. A major skill involved
in crisis management is the smooth interplay between routine activities
(normally focused on building a better, more efficient society) and the
extraordinary requirements of life saving and damage mitigation throughout the
life-cycle of a crisis situation. Accordingly, course content focuses on three
broad topical areas: (1) crisis assessments and condition-setting, (2)
transitions across the prevent-prepare-respond cycle and (3) during- and
post-crisis reconstruction. In addition to this conceptual framework, the CCM
course also addresses CCM-task coalition building and operations, inter-agency
coordination, stability trends analysis, preventative activities as well as
international interventions, post-emergency reconstruction, transition shaping,
and strategic communications. The course curriculum is generally divided into
three major blocks: (1) Framing the CCM Problem, (2) Elements of Stability and,
(3) Making Collaborative CCM Operations Work. Course learning objectives are
achieved by preface topical lectures, followed by “learning by doing”
small-group activities. Seminars are activity-based. Course includes three
learning objective reinforcing exercises:
- Complex Problem Analysis
- Integration of Lines of
Effort: East Timor Case
- Post-shock event
reconstruction: planning for a multinational, whole of government, civil
society effort that synergistically develops all five major lines of effort
towards restoring stability in the affected nation.
All course attendees attain membership in an
expanded network of contacts among security practitioners that includes their
fellow class-mates and APCSS faculty as well as the APCSS alumni network and a
regional CCM “community of expertise” via a dedicated web portal.
More information about
CCM
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Asia-Pacific Orientation
Course (APOC)
Course Description
Description:
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 - Security Foundations, Day Two - Regional
Perspectives, Day Three - Country Specific Issues, Day Four- Regional
Cooperation on Interstate Challenges, and Day Five - Regional Responses to
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.
APOC
Bioform
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Senior Executive Asia-Pacific
Orientation Course (SEAPOC)
Description:
SEAPOC
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 - Regional
Issues; and Day Three -Transnational Challenges. Attention is given to both
historical and emerging issues. The course includes a rigorous program of
lectures and interactive sessions, and three senior-leader seminar sessions.
For additional
information about the Senior Executive Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (SEAPOC), click on the following
hyperlinks:
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For more information,
contact the APCSS registrar,
at (808) 971-8925.
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