After taking part in open and small group discussions, APCSS participants question the panel members on a subjects covered during the Senior Executive Course.

Executive Course Class 99-3

The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies conducted its ninth 12-week Executive Course in the College of Security Studies from 13 September-2 December 1999 with the largest class to date (53 participants from 26 countries).

Attending were representatives from Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Fiji, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam and the United States.

The fellows spent 12 weeks studying current regional security issues with a focus on assessing future potential conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region and discussing how they might be prevented.

With course tenets of mutual respect, transparency and nonattribution, the Executive Course gives fellows a forum to interact with their regional counterparts that would normally be unavailable.

Center Moves to New Home

The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies changed locations in June 2000. The new location at Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii, is a short distance from its former location. It combines a more traditional campus setting, while nearly doubling the operational square footage.

The move allows the College of Security Classes–previously limited by space to approximately 55 fellows–to expand to 75-100 fellows per course. The new facility also houses an electronic library, an intensive English-language laboratory, a state of the art computer laboratory, and will have a video teleconferencing capability.

A dedication ceremony for the new home of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies was held in August 2000.