Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Strategic Voices

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Strategic Voices brings together three scholars—Professors James Minnich, Shyam Tekwani, and Lami Kim—for candid, faculty-driven debate on today’s most pressing security issues. Each biweekly episode spotlights a key article or report shaping Indo-Pacific strategy. The hosts unpack its strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots before connecting the discussion to broader themes such as deterrence, multipolarity, and the gray zone. Episodes close with Wins & Woes, where the hosts spotlight what deserves recognition and call out what demands concern. Three perspectives, one lively debate — grounded...

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Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

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Strategic Voices Episode 5 - Gen Z After Revolt - Is South Asia Turning a Corner? 04.04.2026 1:01:57

Across parts of South Asia, youth-led movements are exposing growing pressures on political legitimacy by challenging entrenched elites and demanding more responsive, competent governance. In Strategic Voices Episode 5, Dr. James M. Minnich, Professor Shyam Tekwani, and Professor Andrea Malji assess whether recent upheavals in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal mark the beginning of durable politica...

Strategic Voices Episode 4 - Critical Minerals - Who Sets the Prices? 25.03.2026 1:01:05

Critical minerals underpin modern economies and defense systems, but real power lies not in who owns the resources—it lies in who controls processing, pricing, and access across global supply chains. In Episode 4 of Strategic Voices, Professors James Minnich and Andrea Malji examine how market concentration, industrial policy, and Indo-Pacific dynamics are reshaping control over these essential ma...

Strategic Voices Episode 3 - Disruption, Division, Competition - What Shapes Security in the Indo-Pacific? 14.03.2026 1:01:08

The Indo-Pacific is being reshaped by overlapping shocks, emerging structural divisions in access to critical systems, and intensifying competition among major and middle powers navigating a rapidly changing strategic environment. In Episode 3 of Strategic Voices, Professors James Minnich, Shyam Tekwani, and Andrea Malji examine how disruption, division, and competition are redefining regional sta...

Strategic Voices Episode 2 - South Korea's Nuclear-Powered Submarine Plans - Capability, Signal, or Both 19.02.2026 1:03:18

Strategic Voices examines whether South Korea’s interest in nuclear-powered submarines strengthens deterrence or exposes the limits of alliance and nonproliferation governance. The episode argues that absent disciplined integration with U.S. partnership frameworks and realistic industrial timelines, SSNs risk amplifying uncertainty and arms-race dynamics rather than delivering the strategic stabil...

Strategic Voices Episode 1 - India's Grand Vision - Can Strategy Match Ambition 20.12.2025 1:02:13

India’s long-standing commitment to strategic autonomy is being tested in a world where partners increasingly value predictability and presence over ambiguity. In Episode 1 of Strategic Voices, Professors James Minnich, Shyam Tekwani, and Lami Kim examine whether India’s autonomy still delivers influence—or whether it is increasingly read as aloofness, with tangible downstream costs.