Op-ed/Commentary by Dr Alistair D.B. Cook, Senior Fellow, Coordinator of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS) and Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony, Professor, President’s Chair in International Relations and Security Studies and Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS) at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).