Welcome to the Centre for NTS Studies
What is Non-Traditional Security?
Mission
The mission of the Centre for NTS Studies is to conduct research and produces policy-relevant analyses aimed at furthering awareness and building capacity to address NTS issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
To fulfil this Mission, the Centre for NTS Studies aims to:
- Advance the understanding of NTS issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific by highlighting gaps in knowledge and policy, and identifying best practices among state and non-state actors in responding to these challenges.
- Provide a platform for scholars and policy-makers within and outside Asia to discuss and analyse NTS issues in the region.
- Network with institutions and organisations worldwide to exchange information, insights and experiences in the area of NTS.
- Engage policy-makers on the importance of NTS in guiding political responses to NTS emergencies and develop strategies to mitigate the risks to state and human security.
- Contribute to building the institutional capacity of governments, and regional and international organisations to respond to NTS challenges.
Official Launch
6th May 2008 at the Traders Hotel, Singapore
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University will officially launch its Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies on 6th May 2008 at the Traders Hotel, Singapore.
Since 1999, the RSIS has successfully conducted and managed a programme on Non-Traditional Security (NTS). The programme aims at increasing awareness of a range of non-traditional security challenges that threaten the well-being and security of states and societies in Asia, and the need to develop regional institutional capabilities to respond to these challenges. Its key projects have combined conceptual innovation, empirical research, and policy-relevant analysis and findings.
With the growing interest on NTS issues in the region, the RSIS established the Consortium on Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia) in January 2007, which brings together 14 research institutes and think-tanks from Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. The Consortium, which is led by RSIS, aims to further develop the process of networking and consolidate existing research on NTS-related issues, as well as to mainstream and push ahead the field of Non-Traditional Security in Asia.
The upgrading of the RSIS-NTS programme to a Centre, therefore, marks yet another milestone for the study of NTS in RSIS. The Centre for NTS Studies will launch three major programmes of critical concern to the region: Pandemics, Climate Change, and Energy and Security. These research programmes will involve developing research findings into actionable policy recommendations and proposing policy initiatives to address the range of NTS problems facing the Asia-Pacific region.
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of ASEAN, will deliver the keynote address at the Centre’s launch. Also invited to grace the occasion is Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, who will deliver the opening remarks and officially launch the Centre. The official launch will be followed by an Inaugural Lecture to be delivered by Prof Alan Dupont, Director of the Centre for International Strategic Studies, University of Sydney.
Welcome Address by Amb. Barry Desker, Dean, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Keynote Address by Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary - General, ASEAN
Events Schedule
Announcement: Fellowship & Job Opportunities at the Centre
2009
Pandemics Preparedness Conference
12 - 13 January 2009
Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
Biosecurity Seminar
14 January 2009, 2.30pm-4.00pm, Seminar Room 2 and 3, Level B4, RSIS, NTU
Migration and Human Security Conference
March 2009, TBA
October 2007 - December 2008
Seminar on “Cyber Security in East Asia”
Dr Nicholas Thomas, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong
4 December 2008, 3.00pm-4.30pm, Conference Room 1, Level B4, RSIS, NTU
NTS-Asia (2nd Annual) Convention (link to Consortium's page)
10 - 11 Nov 2008, Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, CASS, Beijing, China
Seminar on “Global Energy Security Challenges Facing The New US President”
Mr. Jesse Fairall, Security Analyst, Corporate Affairs Security, Shell Oil Company
28 October 2008, 10.30am-12.00pm, Conference Room 1, Level B4, RSIS, NTU
Seminar on “Pandemic Preparedness in Southeast Asia”
Dr. Takeshi Kasai, Senior Advisor, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organisation (WHO)
20 October 2008, 10.30am-12.30pm, Seminar Room 1 and 2, Level B4, RSIS, NTU
Seminar on “Social and Environmental Insecurities in Mumbai: Developing a Sociological Perspective on Vulnerability”
Dr. D Parthasarathy, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Sustainable Cities Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
17 October 2008, 2-3.30pm, Conference Room 1, Level B4, RSIS, NTU
Seminar on “Economics of Reconstruction: Lessons from the Post-Tsunami Experience of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand”
Prof. Sisira Jayasuriya, Professor of Economics, La Trobe University, Melbourne
8 September 2008, 3-4.30pm, Conference Room 1, Level B4, RSIS, NTU
Regional Workshop on Energy and Non-Traditional Security
28 - 29 August 2008, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore
Seminar on " Energy Security and Climate Change: Nuclear Energy as a Solution?"
by Mr. Konstantin Foskolos,
Head a.i., Laboratory for Nuclear Materials, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland; and
Dr. Dennis Berry,
Director Emeritus and Consultant, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
15 July 2008, RSIS Conference Room, RSIS, NTU
Seminar on "Public Health Surge Capacity Building in China: From SARS to HFMD" by Assoc. Prof. Yanzhong Huang, Director, Center for Global Health Studies, Seton Hall University
10 July 2008, Seminar Rm 2 & 3, , RSIS, NTU
Seminar on "Climate Change and Non-Traditional Security: Beyond Climate Wars?"
by Dr Lorraine Elliott, Senior Fellow, Australian National University
16 May 2008, Seminar Rm 2 & 3, RSIS, NTU
Launch of the RSIS Centre for NTS Studies
6 May 2008, Traders Hotel, Singapore
Seminar on "Mobilizing Resources for Marine Turtle Conservation in Asia: A Cross-Country Perspective"
by Dr. Herminia A. Francisco, Director, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), Internation Development Research Centre
9 April 2008, 2pm- 3.30pm, B4 Conference Room, RSIS NTU
Climate Change and Security Conference
11-12 October 2007, Traders Hotel, Singapore