IPSC Professional & Executive Education
Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security
One flagship program. Four cohorts a year.
Now integrating the Geopolitical Risk Fundamentals
and Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Risk Analysis curriculum
into a single expanded program —
connecting current IPSC research and strategic intelligence
to the capability professionals need
to assess change, analyse risk and advise decision-makers.
Established Indo-Pacific Education Network
Built in the Indo-Pacific. Taught from the Indo-Pacific.
For more than three and a half years, more than 500 participants from 29 countries have taken part in IPSC education and professional-development programs, with regional cohort delivery across Asia-Pacific, Europe/UK and North America.
A serious professional audience
Participants have included US Army personnel, West Point graduates, naval officers from the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka, diplomats, government officials, risk and investment managers, policy professionals, analysts, advisers, and postgraduate researchers completing Master’s and PhD degrees.
Regional expertise, taught from within the region
IPSC programs are taught by practitioners, researchers and advisers from across the Indo-Pacific. Professional speakers are also drawn from the wider IPSC network, including alumni, Non-Resident Fellows, Senior Fellows and members of the IPSC Global Advisory Board.
A network that continues beyond the program
Former participants have gone on to contribute to IPSC Research Centers and research programs, join the wider professional network, and in a number of cases become Non-Resident Fellows and Senior Fellows. Alumni also return to later programs as speakers and practitioners.
Your Facilitators
Faculty & Program Leaders
IPSC programs are led by practitioners and researchers with deep regional expertise — professionals who have worked at the intersection of policy, strategy and the Indo-Pacific.
Professor Carlyle A. Thayer is Emeritus Professor of Politics at UNSW Canberra and Director of Thayer Consultancy. One of the leading specialists on Southeast Asian security and politics, his work focuses on regional strategic dynamics, defence cooperation, and the influence of major powers on Southeast Asia’s evolving security architecture.
Strategic Competition
Retired Indian Navy Captain, maritime doctrine expert, lawfare researcher, former Executive Director at National Maritime Foundation. Indo-Pacific strategy specialist.
Security Architecture
Uma Sudhindra is a seasoned strategist and national security practitioner with over 30 years’ experience across defence, policy, and human capital development. Her work spans data sovereignty, strategic narratives, and capability-building, with advisory roles across leading academic and security institutions.
China Strategic Insights
Rear Admiral Roye is the former Gujarat Naval Area Commander, Indian Navy, and currently Senior Advisor with Alvarez & Marsal, bringing deep expertise in maritime security, nuclear strategy, and ESG governance to the program.
Maritime Security
Dr Divya Anand is Associate Dean (UG Program) and Assistant Professor at IILM, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. She previously served as Assistant Professor at Amity University, Noida. She holds an M.Phil. and PhD from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her expertise includes South Asian affairs, Indian foreign policy, security, terrorism and counterterrorism, and Indo-Pacific strategic developments. She has published in respected national and international journals.
China Strategic Insights
Natalie is a defence and deterrence specialist focused on Indo-Pacific security. She is a Senior Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Studies Center and a Senior Analyst at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, with expertise in military capability and U.S. extended nuclear deterrence. She co-hosts Deterrence Down Under and holds a Master of Strategic Studies and an MBA from the Australian National University, and a Master of Engineering Management and Bachelor of Science (Applied Chemistry) from UTS.
Geopolitical Analysis
Works at the intersection of international trade, economic diplomacy, and security, connecting Germany and the EU with partners across Asia amid global geopolitical and economic shifts. As Country Manager Asia at the Stuttgart Region Chamber of Commerce, Verena advises companies on market entry, expansion, and strategy in Asia, with a focus on India, Japan, Korea, and China.
Economic Statecraft
A Republic of Korea Army officer (Retd), Captain James JB Park brings operational and strategic expertise in alliance coordination and Indo-Pacific security. He is a 2024 Non-Resident James A. Kelly Korea Studies Fellow. His analysis has been published in The Diplomat and Asia Times. He is a Young Leader at Pacific Forum and a NextGen member of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He holds a BA in Politics from New York University and is pursuing an MA at Columbia University. Profile image withheld in line with institutional requirements.
Geopolitical Risk
Professor Pradeep Nair is Director of Research and Professor of New Media Studies at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India. A Senior Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project at Uppsala University, he is an expert member of the Global Nitrogen Governance Working Group under the International Nitrogen Network (NSF-funded). His work focuses on coastal sustainability, climate change, and ecosystem restoration through mitigation, adaptation, and nature-based solutions. He is affiliated with UNEP and the UNFCCC as a climate expert, and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Geographical Society (London).
Climate Governance
Dr Arbenita Sopaj is a Non-Resident Fellow at IPSC and an affiliated scholar at the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs, Kobe. She serves on the board of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan and with the Academic Council of the United Nations (Tokyo). Her work examines U.S.–Japan strategy, East Asia security, and Balkan diplomacy.
U.S.–Japan Strategic RelationsThe IPSC Flagship Program
Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security
Now incorporating the Geopolitical Risk Fundamentals and Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Risk Analysis curriculum in a single expanded program, delivered four times a year.
Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security
Understand the forces shaping security, deterrence and strategic competition across the Indo-Pacific. Examine regional order, military power, alliances, maritime competition, economic and technology security, coercion, escalation and crisis statecraft — now with the geopolitical-risk analytical method integrated throughout the program.
- ✦ Understand the Indo-Pacific strategic order, principal actors and regional security architecture
- ✦ Analyse deterrence, alliances, military power, maritime coercion and grey-zone competition
- ✦ Apply escalation frameworks, warning indicators and structured risk assessment drawn from the integrated geopolitical-risk curriculum
- ✦ Assess economic, technology and infrastructure security and produce a concise strategic assessment
Best for government, defence, diplomatic, research, media, business and international-affairs professionals seeking a structured understanding of the contemporary Indo-Pacific security environment. No previous security-studies qualification is required.
20 Sep 2026 US$255 Save US$40
21 Sep 2026 US$295 October cohort only
Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security
The same expanded flagship program, delivered with full lead time. Secure your place at the Early Commitment rate and join the first cohort of 2027 with the complete integrated curriculum across regional security and geopolitical-risk analysis.
- ✦ Understand the Indo-Pacific strategic order, principal actors and regional security architecture
- ✦ Analyse deterrence, alliances, military power, maritime coercion and grey-zone competition
- ✦ Apply escalation frameworks, warning indicators and structured risk assessment drawn from the integrated geopolitical-risk curriculum
- ✦ Assess economic, technology and infrastructure security and produce a concise strategic assessment
A limited number of partial scholarships are awarded each cohort. Scholarship applications for January close 1 November 2026; unsuccessful applicants may enrol at the standard registration tiers.
15 Nov 2026 US$595 Save US$200
18 Dec 2026 US$695 Save US$100
19 Dec 2026 US$795 Standard tuition
Specialist & Research Pathways
These pathways sit alongside the flagship program. They are not prerequisite stages within it.
Need specialist practice rather than the flagship program? Strategic Practice develops specific legal, regulatory, economic-security and supply-chain capability. Emerging Scholars provides a separate research-development pathway — and a route into the flagship program by scholarship.
Certificate in Indo-Pacific Strategic Practice
Develop specialist professional capability in sanctions and trade, export controls, foreign-investment risk and critical supply chains through a modular professional pathway.
- ✦ Sanctions, trade and export-control practice
- ✦ Foreign investment, outbound risk and technology-transfer controls
- ✦ Supply-chain exposure and critical-minerals analysis
Emerging Scholars of the Indo-Pacific
Develop supervised research, analytical writing and policy-facing experience through a structured pathway for students, recent graduates and early-career researchers.
- ✦ Structured research experience and IPSC mentorship
- ✦ Policy-focused analytical and writing development
- ✦ Publication opportunities subject to editorial review and IPSC standards
- ✦ Standout participants are eligible for a full scholarship to the Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security
This is a research-development pathway, not a stage within the flagship program.
Compare the Pathways
Which IPSC program is right for you?
Compare by capability, professional outcome, delivery model, entry point and tuition.
| Program | Capability | You leave able to… | Structure | Entry | Tuition Schedule | Next intake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indo-Pacific Security · October 2026 Founding Cohort | Understand regional security · analyse risk | Interpret military, diplomatic, maritime, economic and strategic developments across the Indo-Pacific and assess the risk they create | 6 weeks · live online | Open enrolment | Early US$255 · Founding Cohort US$295 | Starts 15 October · early registration closes 20 September |
| Indo-Pacific Security · January 2027 Cohort | Understand regional security · analyse risk | The same expanded flagship program, with the complete integrated curriculum across regional security and geopolitical-risk analysis | 6 weeks · live online | Open enrolment · limited partial scholarships | Early US$595 · Priority US$695 · Final US$795 · Alumni US$545 | Starts 14 January 2027 · Early Commitment closes 15 November |
| Indo-Pacific Strategic Practice | Specialist capability | Apply specialist sanctions, controls, investment and supply-chain tools | 4 specialist modules · live + asynchronous | Individual or institutional | US$1,420 full pathway | Next cohort TBA |
| Emerging Scholars of the Indo-Pacific | Research development | Conduct structured, policy-relevant Indo-Pacific research with supervision | 12–24 weeks | Application required | Free application | Applications open |
The IPSC Difference
Professional education built from a live regional research environment
IPSC does not separate research, strategic intelligence and professional education. Current regional developments and IPSC analytical work enter the learning environment as evidence, scenarios and decision problems.
Current research
Work with contemporary Indo-Pacific developments alongside historical context rather than relying solely on retrospective cases.
One expanded flagship
Regional-security understanding and structured geopolitical-risk analysis now delivered within a single integrated program, run four times a year.
Work-product learning
Assessments, briefs and strategic-assessment products built into the program.
Regional cohort streams
Delivery across Asia-Pacific, Europe/UK and North American cohort streams to support an international professional audience.
Institutional Education
Build capability across a firm, government agency or professional team
IPSC can support closed cohorts, sponsored places and institutional delivery. The flagship program and specialist modules can be aligned to organisational roles, exposure profiles, regional responsibilities and professional-development objectives.
- Closed or sponsored cohorts
- Role-relevant scenarios and applied exercises
- Flagship regional-security and geopolitical-risk pathways
- Regional scheduling for distributed teams
- Formal proposal, invoicing and enrolment documentation
Choosing a Program
Common questions
I want a broad understanding of Indo-Pacific security. Where should I start?
The Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security is designed for this purpose. It examines regional order, military power, deterrence, alliances, maritime competition, economic security and the strategic effects of regional change — with structured geopolitical-risk analysis integrated throughout.
What happened to Geopolitical Risk Fundamentals and Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Risk Analysis?
Their curriculum has been integrated into the expanded Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security, which is now delivered four times a year. Existing registrants have been contacted directly with transfer arrangements.
I already work as an analyst. Is the flagship program still right for me?
Yes. The expanded program incorporates the advanced geopolitical-risk analysis curriculum — escalation frameworks, warning indicators, structured assessment and analytical products — alongside the regional-security foundation.
Why is the October 2026 cohort priced differently from January 2027?
October 2026 is the Founding Cohort of the expanded program and carries one-time founding tuition. Standard tuition applies from the January 2027 cohort.
Are scholarships available?
A limited number of partial scholarships are awarded each cohort by application. Applications for the January 2027 cohort close 1 November 2026. Standout Emerging Scholars participants are additionally eligible for a full scholarship to the flagship program.
When do cohorts run?
The flagship program runs four times a year: October, January, April and July. Each cohort is 6 weeks, delivered live online.
Where does Strategic Practice fit?
Strategic Practice is a specialist pathway rather than a stage within the flagship program. It develops specific capability in sanctions, export controls, foreign-investment risk and supply-chain issues.
Can my organisation sponsor participants or commission a cohort?
Yes. IPSC can coordinate sponsored places, invoicing and selected closed or adapted institutional delivery. Contact IPSC about institutional education.
I am unsure whether the program is appropriate for me. What should I do?
Register your program interest and indicate your professional objective. Register program interest.
The IPSC Flagship Program
Join the Founding Cohort in October, or secure January at the Early Commitment rate.
Understand Indo-Pacific security, analyse the risk it creates and advise decision-makers with confidence — in one expanded program, delivered four times a year.
Certificate in Indo-Pacific Security · Founding Cohort commences 15 October 2026 · January 2027 cohort commences 14 January · April and July 2027 cohort dates to be announced.