A group of 22 faculty and military fellows from Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Naval Postgraduate School and the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies participate in an orientation at U.S. Pacific Command headquarters, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 13-14, 2017, organized and sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Observing the Pacific War Memorial and on the “Walkway of Honor,” a path with engraved bricks paying tribute to veterans and active duty personnel and others. The memorial includes a statue depicting Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Visiting the Marines Corps Base Hawaii, a federal training facility in Honolulu, the group participates in hands-on combat simulation exercises in a virtual-reality convoy setting. Here, a base operations officer explains the dynamics of the Ulupa’u firing range.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Group photo with hosts at the Marines Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
At the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), a U.S. Department of Defense institute that addresses regional and global security issues in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
A plenary session with faculty at APCSS allowed for in-depth dialogue on regional security challenges including the South China Sea, Korean Peninsula and Taiwan.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
U.S.-Asia Security Initiative Director and Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow Karl Eikenberry (Center) leads a discussion among faculty and fellows.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Kharis Templeman, program manager of the Taiwan Democracy Project at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, talks about security challenges facing Taiwan and its implications for U.S. policy.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) Director Gi-Wook Shin, professor of sociology, discusses with faculty and fellows the current situation on the Korean Peninsula.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Shorenstein APARC China Program Director Jean C. Oi, professor of political science, leads a discussion on the political and economic challenges facing contemporary China.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Faculty and fellows from APCSS and Stanford engage in Q&A with one another in between formal briefings.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
After the plenary session, three concurrent breakout sessions were held to facilitate small group interaction and exchange.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Siegfried Hecker, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and Herb Lin, senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), listen in to Mike Tomz, Stanford professor of political science.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
David M. Kennedy, Stanford professor emeriti of history, participates in the exchange.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Scott Sagan, Stanford professor of political science, contributes to the discussion.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
FSI Senior Fellow Stephen Krasner participates in the discussion during a breakout session.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Jean C. Oi, director of Shorenstein APARC’s China Program, weighs in.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Colonel Patrick Winstead (Center), 2016-17 senior military fellow at Shorenstein APARC, listens in to points being raised by Stanford professor Scott Sagan (Left).Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Colonel James Minnich, U.S. Army (Center), associate dean for operations at APCSS, talks with Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin (Right). Siegfried Hecker, senior fellow at FSI, and Mike Tomz, Stanford professor of political science, are seen in the background.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Scott Sagan, senior fellow at CISAC, and Paul Wise, Stanford professor of Child Health and Society, walk with faculty and fellows of APCSS.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Lieutenant Commander J.D. Gainey, U.S. Navy, greets the delegation for a visit to U.S.S. Hopper, an Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer, based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Onboard the U.S.S. Hopper, the group spoke with officers and enlisted sailors assigned to the ship.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
U.S.-Asia Security Institute Director Karl Eikenberry raises a point during the tour of the ship.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
Listening to a briefing from Lieutenant Commander J.D. Gainey on the second day of the orientation at U.S. Pacific Command headquarters.Photo credit: Courtesy of USPACOM / APCSS / U.S.-Asia Security Initiative
