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Dr Margareth Sembiring

Research Fellow
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BEng, Mechanical Engineering (NUS); MSi (Han) (Indonesian Defense University); MA (King’s College London); PhD (RSIS,NTU)
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Nontraditional Security in a Changing Global Order
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Dr Margareth Sembiring

Research Fellow
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BEng, Mechanical Engineering (NUS); MSi (Han) (Indonesian Defense University); MA (King’s College London); PhD (RSIS,NTU)
: [email protected]
: +65 6592 7521
: NTS Centre

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Biography

Margareth Sembiring, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on environmental and climate change governance, with a strong interest in low-carbon energy transition.

Dr Sembiring holds a PhD in International Relations from Nanyang Technological University, a master’s degree in International Peace and Security from King’s College London as a recipient of the prestigious Chevening Scholarship, a master’s degree in Defence and Security Management from the Indonesian Defence University where she graduated top of her cohort, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Her works have been featured in several edited volumes and prominent platforms, including the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the East Asia Forum, the Straits Times, and the Jakarta Post. Most recently, she published “Critical Geopolitics of Global Environmental Norms: Exploring Indonesia’s Response to Climate Mitigation Agenda” in Geopolitics journal.

In addition to her research, Dr Sembiring manages the Secretariat of the NTS-Asia Consortium, a network of 31 think tanks and research organisations working on non-traditional security issues across the Asia-Pacific region.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Climate Change and Environment
  • Environment

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RSIS Publications

    Monographs

    • Resilience in the Face of Disruptions

      19 February, 2019

    Policy Reports

    • Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: Advancing Stronger People-to-People Cooperation on Plastic

      09 April, 2024

    • The Sustainability of Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

      17 October, 2014

    RSIS Commentary Series

    • COP29: Reason for Hope Despite the New Climate Financing Deal

      03 December, 2024

    • Petrostate Climate Diplomacy at COP28

      12 December, 2023

    • Low-carbon Energy Transition: Lessons from the Philippines

      18 April, 2023

    • COP27: Financing Pledges and Managing Expectations

      28 November, 2022

    • Indonesia’s 2060 Net-Zero Ambition: The Challenges Ahead

      12 October, 2022

    • Planetary Health: Managing Competing Tensions

      24 May, 2022

    • Planetary Health: A More Resilient World Post-COVID-19?

      05 November, 2021

    • 'Code Red for Humanity': What Next for Mankind?

      06 September, 2021

    • Decarbonisation on a Finite Planet

      25 November, 2020

    • Urgently Needed: Ecological View in Decision-making

      08 September, 2020

    • COVID-19 Crisis: Timely Reminder for Climate Change

      17 April, 2020

    • Migrant Domestic Workers: Their COVID-19 Burdens

      31 March, 2020

    • Climate Change: Re-assessing Current Approaches

      02 December, 2019

    • COP24 and the Silesia Declaration: Impact on Palm Oil

      28 December, 2018

    • 1.5°C Too Soon: More Must Be Done

      05 November, 2018

    • CO17149 | Build Back Greener: Climate Change & Humanitarian Response

      10 August, 2017

    • CO17116 | Climate Change Adaptation: Case of South China Sea

      12 June, 2017

    • CO16307 | Trump’s Impending U-turn on Climate Change: Worry for Southeast Asia?

      20 December, 2016

    • CO16211 | Combating Haze: Holding One’s Breath A Year On

      19 August, 2016

    • CO16176 | Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Mitigation or Vulnerability?

      13 July, 2016

    • CO16174 | International Disasters in Asia Pacific: Indonesia’s Civil-Military Responses

      12 July, 2016

    • CO16111 | Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Gender: The Southeast Asia Experience

      13 May, 2016

    • CO15191 | Here Comes the Haze, Yet Again: Are New Measures Working?

      08 September, 2015

    • CO14237 | Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia: Priorities and Commitments Needed

      28 November, 2014

    • CO14216 | Can ASEAN Develop a Robust Nuclear Energy Regime?

      04 November, 2014

    • CO13227 | Energy Security: Would Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan Nuclearise Southeast Asia?

      16 December, 2013

    • CO13200 | The Mindanao Peace Process: Can Indonesia Advance It?

      28 October, 2013

    • CO13128 | Fuel Price Hike and Indonesia’s Energy Insecurity

      11 July, 2013

    Commemorative / Event Reports

    • Consultative Roundtable on the Humanitarian Dimension and Protection Aspects of Trafficking in Persons

      01 February, 2015

    • ASEAN-Canada Forum 2014: Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Growth

      22 November, 2014

    • Workshop on Community Resilience and Human Security: From Complex Humanitarian Emergencies to Sustainable Peace and Development

      02 October, 2014

    Bulletins and Newsletters

    • NTS Bulletin (Oct 2013)

      10 October, 2013

    NTS Insight

    • Southeast Asia’s Renewable Energy Ambition: The Case of Vietnam

      04 February, 2025

    • Food Insecurity Beyond Borders: Untangling the Complex Impacts of Ukraine War on Global Food Security

      16 August, 2022

    • Planetary Health: Reflections from Asia

      20 June, 2022

    • Planetary Health and Triple Planetary Crisis: Relevance for Multilateral Cooperation on Biodiversity Protection and Conservation in Southeast Asia

      14 September, 2021

    • Decarbonisation on a Finite Planet: A Preliminary Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts

      02 November, 2020

    • Green Recovery in Post-COVID-19 Southeast Asia?

      02 October, 2020

    • Domestic Coal: A Hindrance to Renewable Energy Development?

      20 April, 2020

    • Global Waste Trade Chaos: Rising Environmentalism or Cost-Benefit Analysis?

      01 July, 2019

    • Simultaneous Disasters in Southeast Asia: Is Risk Outpacing Resilience?

      10 October, 2018

    • The Case for a Dedicated Regional Mechanism for Climate Change:A Comparative Assessment

      17 July, 2018

    • Examining Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia: The Case of Lower Mekong River Basin

      23 April, 2018

    • Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: Challenges and Prospects Part 2

      20 February, 2018

    • Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: Challenges and Prospects Part I

      11 December, 2017

    • Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and Development in ASEAN: A Baseline Assessment

      06 January, 2017

    • NTS Insight (Mar 2014) | Examining Economic Development, Environmental Policy and Transboundary Pollution: The Case of Iskandar Malaysia and Air Quality

      03 March, 2014

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External Publications

Journal Articles

  • “Nontraditional Security in a Changing Global Order” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros, Danielle Lynn Goh, Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, Jeselyn, S. Nanthini, Lim Junli, Alistair D. B. Cook, and Keith Paolo Catibog Landicho) in Asia Policy, Vol. 20, No.3, 2025
  • “Critical Geopolitics of Global Environmental Norms: Exploring Indonesia’s Response to Climate Mitigation Agenda” in Geopolitics, 2025, pp. 1-24

Chapters in Edited Books

  • “Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea” (with Lina Gong, Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, and Rini Astuti) in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020, Chap 4
  • “Climate Change and Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia” in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020,
  • “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response” (with Christopher Chen, and Foo Yen Ne) in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020,
  • “Evaluating the Distributional Impacts of Disasters and Climate Change, and the Development of Adaptation Roadmaps: Rethinking ASEAN Strategy, Policies and Actions” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros) in V. Anbumozhi, J. Gross and Stefan Wesiak (Eds.), Towards a Resilient ASEAN (Volume 2): Advancing Disaster Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation: Roadmap and Options for Implementation. Jakarta, Indonesia: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2019, pp.39-71
  • Margareth Sembiring. "Chapter 3.3: “Energy Security and Connectivity in Asia and Europe”, in ASEF Outlook Report 2016/2017, CONNECTIVITY: Facts and Perspectives, Volume II: Connecting Asia and Europe edited by Sunkyoung Lee, 2016. (Singapore: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF))

Policy Reports

  • Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: Regional Collaborative Arrangements in Marine Ecology in the Indo-Pacific Baseline Study (with Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, and Lina Gong), Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: Regional Collaborative Arrangements in Marine Ecology in the Indo-Pacific Baseline Study, Canberra: National Security College, ANU and Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 1 July 2022
  • The Same Old Normal for Climate Action in Post-pandemic Southeast Asia, Policy Brief Series, Vol. 1. No. 6, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 17 November 2020

Op-Eds

  • “Ukraine War Threatens Global Food Security” (with Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros), The Jakarta Post, 22 September 2022
  • “COP26: Much Achieved, Huge Opportunities Missed”, Council on Foreign Relations, 18 November 2021
  • “For Southeast Asian Nations, Summit a Good Start but Holistic Approach Needed”, Council of Councils, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 30 April 2021
  • “The Same Old Normal for Climate Action in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia”, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 26 September 2020
  • “Climate Change and Environment: Beyond Decarbonising and Greening”, NTS-Asia Newsletter 47th Edition, 28 August 2020
  • “Smart Cities: Digital Savviness to Resilient Living”, The Jakarta Post, 13 July 2018
  • “Preparing for Climate Change Effect on SE Asia Epidemics”, The Jakarta Post, 10 August 2017
  • “Climate Change Adaptation: Beyond Greening Humanitarian Response” (with Alistair D. B. Cook), Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) Climate Change Adaptation Platform, Faculty of Law, the National University of Singapore, 18 July 2017
  • “Vietnam’s Vision for a Renewable Energy Future”, East Asia Forum, 12 August 2016
  • “Forest Fires: Breakthroughs Possible under ASEAN Agreement”, The Jakarta Post, 31 October 2015
  • “Timely for S’pore, Indonesia Govts to Prove that Haze Policies Work”, The Straits Times, 10 September 2015

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