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Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences The Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) has been a benchmark of success in tropical infectious disease research and development for 50 years. AFRIMS is a dual Royal Thai Army and US Army command staffed by a highly integrated group of over 300 US and Thai military and civilian professionals.
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The Asia Foundation The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports Asian initiatives to improve governance, law, and civil society; women's empowerment; economic reform and development; sustainable development and the environment; and international relations.
Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies The Asia-Pacific Center is a regional study, conference, and research center with a non-warfighting mission to enhance cooperation and build relationships through mutual understanding and study of comprehensive security issues among military and civilian representatives of the United States and other Asia-Pacific nations.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center is a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs and projects that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific.
Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance The Center for Excellence is a leading innovator in disaster management, humanitarian assistance and fostering stability and resiliency in vulnerable communities and societies worldwide. The Center provides strategic advice to military, civilian and international organizations planning for and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Established in 1962, CSIS provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society.
East-West Center The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options.
Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (Singapore) The Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was established on 30 July 1996 by Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence. On 1 January 2007, ten years after its establishment, IDSS was formally inaugurated to become the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). The RSIS mission is three-fold: (1) Provide a rigorous professional graduate education in international affairs with a strong practical and area emphasis, (2) Conduct policy-relevant research in national security, defence and strategic studies, diplomacy and international relations, and (3) Collaborate with like-minded schools of international affairs to form a global network of excellence.
The Japan Institute of International Affairs Founded in 1959, The Japan Institute of International Affairs is Japan's foremost center for producing and disseminating ideas on international relations. As an academically independent institution affiliated with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute is a source of authoritative interpretations of Japanese foreign policy. Building on its work of publication, international scholarly collaboration and policy recommendation, the Institute is a forum for informed public debate.
The Stanley Foundation The Stanley Foundation brings fresh voices and original ideas to debates on global and regional problems. The foundation seeks a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance. It is a nonpartisan, private operating foundation focusing primarily on peace and security issues and advocating principled multilateralism.
The Stimson Center The Stimson Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to enhancing international peace and security through a unique combination of rigorous analysis and outreach. The Center's work is focused on three priorities that are essential to global security: (1) strengthening institutions for international peace and security, (2) building regional security, and (3) reducing weapons of mass destruction and transnational threats.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. SIPRI is named as one of the world's leading think tanks in Foreign Policy magazine's "Think Tank Index".

Professional Military Academic Institutes

National Defense University (NDU)– Institute for National Strategic Studies NDU is an internationally recognized graduate-level university with five colleges and multiple centers of excellence focused on education, research, and outreach in national security matters. With campuses in Washington D.C., and Norfolk, VA, the University’s reach and influence extends to U.S. and international constituents with students from more than 60 countries worldwide attending annually.
United States Naval Post Graduate School – School for International Studies (SIGS) SIGS offers a variety of education opportunities to U.S. and international military officers and government officials wanting to advance the knowledge and skills necessary to meet today's complex and challenging security environments. The School of International Graduate Studies (SIGS) conducts research and offers various education opportunities in international security studies. Programs seek to identify and address current and emerging security challenges and strengthen multi-lateral and bilateral defense cooperation between the Unites States and other nations.
United States Army War College – Strategic Studies Institute The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College publishes national security and strategic research and analysis which serve to influence policy debate and bridge the gap between Military and Academia.
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Officers from around the world go to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, to work with world class faculty on real military and defense problems. At NPS, they gain both the intellectual know how and the practical skills for improving defense technologies, systems and programs. Throughout the institution's four schools, its comprehensive institutes and several interdisciplinary centers and research groups are a wide breadth of relevant disciplines tailored to the direct needs of national and global security.

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Pacific Partnership The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Partnership is the dedicated humanitarian and civic assistance mission conducted with and through partner nations, non-governmental organizations and other U.S. and international government agencies to execute a variety of humanitarian civic action missions in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. Pacific Partnership is designed to strengthen alliances, improve U.S. and partner capacity to deliver humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and improve security cooperation among partner nations.

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