Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies

Gaza needs aid now as famine sets in

by Alistair D. B. Cook, published in The Straits Time.

Dealing with this catastrophe requires strengthening airdrops as an interim solution, and reinforcing diplomatic efforts to open up aid channels.

Humanitarian Diplomacy: A Tool to Rebuild Trust in the Humanitarian Sector

by S. Nanthini

One of the greatest challenges in delivering humanitarian aid to affected communities remains the denial of or limits to access, a result of decreasing trust as well as increasing politicisation.

UN Summit of the Future: Prospects and Challenges

by Alistair D. B. Cook

The UN Summit of the Future will be convened in New York from 22 to 23 September this year. ALISTAIR D. B. COOK reviews similar past summits to assess what prospects and challenges might lie in store later this year.

Keith Paolo C. Landicho, Associate Research Fellow from the HADR Programme at the NTS Centre, was recently invited to participate in the 2nd Training for ASCEND Competency Assessors from 18th – 23rd February 2024 in Penang, Malaysia.

The NTS Centre held a closed-door roundtable discussion with Dr Catherine Bragg, Visiting Senior Fellow, RSIS, and Senior Fellow, Monk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, 28th February 2024.

Julius Trajano, Research Fellow at NTS Centre, delivered a presentation on national and regional concerns in Southeast Asia related to biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at the Pacific Forum Workshop on Managing the Future Weapons of Mass Destruction Environment of Southeast Asia.

Saving Lives at Sea in Southeast Asia – Is a Course Correction Possible?

by Alistair D. B. Cook

Over the past decade, refugees and migrants have sought to move beyond their borders in search of refuge abroad, with many taking dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea or out of the Bay of Bengal to reach sanctuary. Two prominent groups include those fleeing war and persecution in parts of the Middle East and Africa by sailing across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, and predominantly Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar through the Bay of Bengal into neighbouring countries.

RSIS Research Fellow Jose M.L. Montesclaros was invited to participate in the "2nd Online Forum of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Research and Development Platform for Poverty Action" on 20 Feb 2024.

International Humanitarianism in East Asia

Alistair D. B. Cook, Lina Gong, and Oscar Gómez, International Humanitarianism in East Asia in S. Roth, B. Purkayastha and T. Denskus (eds) , Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp. 411 – 425

Planetary Health Proposal Development Meeting and Workshop 2024