Dr Alistair D. B. Cook is Coordinator of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. His research interests focus geographically on the Asia-Pacific and Myanmar in particular and thematically on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), foreign policy and regional cooperation. He has taught undergraduate, graduate and professional development courses at Purdue University, University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Nanyang Technological University, Australian National University, Singapore Civil Defence Academy and SAFTI.

• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
• Peace and Conflict
• Asia Pacific Regionalism
• Foreign Policy and Internal Conflicts in the Asia Pacific
• Myanmar
• Cambodia

• President, International Studies Association – Asia-Pacific Region (2018 – 2021)
• Treasurer, International Studies Association – Asia-Pacific Region (2014 – 2018)
• Visiting Fellow, East Asian Institute (2012 – 2013)

Books

• Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action

  31 December, 2013

Working Papers

• Operationalising Regimes and Recognising Actors: Responding to Crises in Southeast Asia (MacArthur ASI WP No. 3)

  28 April, 2010

Policy Reports

• Disaster Governance in the Asia-Pacific: Future Pathways for South and Southeast Asia

  16 August, 2021

• Disasters in COVID-19: Implications for Nexus Governance

  01 July, 2021

• Pathways for ASEAN Contributions to Sustainable Peace and Security in Rakhine State, Myanmar

  06 May, 2020

• Recalibrating Disaster Governance in ASEAN After the 2018 Central Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami

  06 December, 2019

• Disaster Governance in the Southwest Pacific: Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Pathways for ASEAN

  29 November, 2019

• Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Disaster Management in Bangladesh: the 2017 Rohingya Exodus

  02 July, 2018

• Integrating A Disaster Response Architecture In Timor-Leste: Opportunities And Challenges

  22 March, 2018

• Disaster Response Regional Architectures: Assessing Future Possibilities

  27 September, 2017

• Humanitarian Technology Survey

  09 June, 2017

• World Humanitarian Summit: Implications for the Asia-Pacific

  27 March, 2017

• International Response to 2015 Nepal Earthquake Lessons and Observations

  04 October, 2016

• The 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Implications for Future International Relief Efforts

  22 June, 2016

• Health Governance and Dengue in Southeast Asia

  10 June, 2015

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

  17 October, 2014

• NTS Policy Brief (No. 12) | Differentiated Policies: Indonesia's International Leadership and Internal Challenges

  20 June, 2011

Commentaries

• Myanmar Instability: Emerging Reactions in East Asia

  19 May, 2021

• Myanmar: Time for New Regional Diplomacy

  18 February, 2021

• HADR in Southeast Asia: Unpacking the Military’s Humanitarian Role

  23 October, 2020

• Global Health Security - COVID-19 & Humanitarian Response: Leave No-One Behind

  20 March, 2020

• Humanitarian Action: Southeast Asia’s Local Turn

  06 December, 2019

• PNG Seeks to Re-Engage Southeast Asia: Role of Disaster Preparedness

  18 July, 2019

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

  10 August, 2017

• CO17058 | Myanmar’s National League for Democracy: From Opposition to Office One Year On

  29 March, 2017

• CO16129 | World Humanitarian Summit: Meeting Expectations or Falling Short?

  27 May, 2016

• CO15100 | Nepal Earthquake: Enhancing International Humanitarian Cooperation

  27 April, 2015

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

  04 November, 2014

• CO14076 | Networked Resilience: Moving the Asia-Pacific Forward

  22 April, 2014

• CO14062 | New Avenues for Regional Cooperation: Tackling Human Trafficking in Asia

  03 April, 2014

• CO10154 | Aung San Suu Kyi: Critic or Bridge Builder?

  19 November, 2010

• CO10119 | Myanmar Elections 2010: Civilianising the Military Government?

  22 September, 2010

• CO09127 | The Obama Doctrine and Southeast Asia

  19 December, 2009

• CO09102 | The US and Myanmar: Moving into a New Phase

  20 October, 2009

• CO09079 | Aung San Suu Kyi’s Verdict: Implications for ASEAN

  12 August, 2009

Commemorative / Event Reports

• World Humanitarian Day: Voices from the Field

  21 November, 2017

Bulletins and Newsletters

• NTS Alert (Apr 2012)

  20 April, 2012

• NTS Alert (Apr 2012)

  20 April, 2012

• NTS Perspectives (Issue No. 8 - Feb 2012) | Roadmap for the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) in Asia: Personalities, Institutions and Processes

  29 February, 2012

• NTS Alert (Oct 2011 - Issue 2)

  28 October, 2011

• NTS Perspectives (Issue No. 2 - Aug 2010) | Investing in Papua: The Dual Challenges of Governance and Development

  31 August, 2010

• NTS Insight (Jun 2010 - Issue 1) | Regional Champions - Examining the Comparative Advantages of AICHR and ACWC

  30 June, 2010

• The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

  29 October, 2009

• NTS Alert (Oct 2009 - Issue 1)

  15 October, 2009

• NTS Alert (Sep 2009 - Issue 1)

  11 September, 2009

• NTS Alert (Aug 2009 - Issue 1)

  14 August, 2009

Annual Reviews

• RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies Year In Review 2011

  31 December, 2011

• RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies Year In Review 2010

  31 December, 2010

NTS Insight

• Humanitarian Assistance in the Asia-Pacific during COVID-19

  31 August, 2020

• NTS Insight (Feb 2014) | The Rise of Iskandar Malaysia: Implications for Singapore's Marine and Coastal Environment

  06 February, 2014

• NTS Insight (Feb 2014) | The Rise of Iskandar Malaysia: Implications for Singapore's Marine and Coastal Environment

  06 February, 2014

• NTS Insight (Apr 2012) | The Domestic Workers Convention 2011: Implications for Migrant Domestic Workers in Southeast Asia

  30 April, 2012

• NTS Insight (Apr 2012) | The Domestic Workers Convention 2011: Implications for Migrant Domestic Workers in Southeast Asia

  30 April, 2012

• NTS Insight (May 2011) | Legal Protection for Southeast Asian Migrant Domestic Workers: Why It Matters

  11 May, 2011

• NTS Insight (May 2011) | Legal Protection for Southeast Asian Migrant Domestic Workers: Why It Matters

  11 May, 2011

• NTS Insight (Mar 2011) | Applying the Ethnic Rebellion Model and Risk Assessment Model to Conflict in Myanmar

  11 March, 2011

• NTS Insight (Mar 2011) | Applying the Ethnic Rebellion Model and Risk Assessment Model to Conflict in Myanmar

  11 March, 2011

• NTS Insight (Oct 2009 - Issue 1) | The AICHR Framework for Action

  30 October, 2009

Journal Articles

• “Humanitarian Diplomacy in ASEAN” in Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 2021
• “Future Directions in Disaster Governance: Insights from the 2018 Central Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami Response” (with Angelo Paolo Luna Trias) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2021
• “Re-imagining the global humanitarian system: Emerging dynamics in the Asia-Pacific” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Christopher Chen) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 56, 2021
• “Knowledge management and humanitarian organisations in the Asia-Pacific: Practices, challenges, and future pathways” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Christopher Chen) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 53, 2020
• “Disaster governance and prospects of inter-regional partnership in the Asia-Pacific” (with Christopher Chen) in The Pacific Review, DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2020.1841823, 2020
• “Conceptualising humanitarian civil-military partnerships in the Asia-Pacific: (Re-)ordering cooperation” (with Sangeetha Yogendran) in Australian Journal of International Affairs, 73, 6, 2019
• “Towards ‘Shared’ and ‘Complex’ Disaster Governance in Bangladesh: The 2017 Rohingya Exodus” (with Yen Ne Foo) in Towards ‘shared’ and ‘complex’ disaster governance in Bangladesh: The 2017 Rohingya Exodus, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 39, , 2019.
• “Achieving the ASEAN 2025 Vision on Disaster Management: Lessons from a Worthy Journey” (with Lina Gong) in Achieving the ASEAN 2025 Vision on Disaster Management: Lessons from a Worthy Journey, ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (2019), No. 1, 2019. pp.173 – 184.
• “Integrating Disaster Governance in Timor-Leste: Opportunities and Challenges” (with Tamara Nair, Vishalini Suresh, and Yen Ne Foo) in Integrating disaster governance in Timor-Leste: Opportunities and challenges, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 35 (2019), , 2019.
• Alistair D.B. Cook, Maxim Shrestha, Zin Bo Htet, 2018, ‘An Assessment of International Emergency Disaster Response to the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes,’ International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.05.014
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2017, ‘Negotiating access to populations of concern in South-East Asia,’ The Pacific Review, pp. 1 – 19.
  
  
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2016, “Positions of Responsibility: The Search for Solutions to Irregular Migration in Southeast Asia” (Washington, D.C: Middle East Institute, 5 May).
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2015, “Cybercrime and Human Trafficking: A Non-Traditional Security Threat?” Women's Human Rights: 13, pp.74 – 89 [in Korean].
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "National Security and the Eastern Promise of Myanmar in Transition." In FPRC Journal 15.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Post-Myitsone Relations Between China and Myanmar - More Continuity than Change?," In East Asian Policy 5:3 (2013)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Unpacking the Scarborough Shoal Dispute." In East Asian Policy 4:3 (2012)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Myanmar's China Policy: Agendas, Strategies and Challenges." In China Report 48:3 (2012)
• Alistair D. B. Cook and Lina Gong, "The Cambodian Legacy and the Responsibility to Protect in Asia," In Peace Review 23:4 (2011)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, Manpavan Joth Kaur and Lina Gong, "Applying the Ethnic Rebellion Model and Risk Assessment Model to Conflict in Myanmar." In Southeast Asian Studies: A Quarterly Journal of Translation (2011)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Positions of Responsibility: A Comparison of ASEAN and EU approaches towards Myanmar." In International Politics 47:3 (2010)

Edited Books / Special Issues

• Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: A Decade of Perspectives (with Tamara Nair), Eds. Singapore: World Scientific, 2021
• Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific: Engaging the Debate in Policy and Practice (with Lina Gong), Eds. Singapore: Springer, 2021
• Civilian Protection in the Twenty-First Century: Governance and Responsibility in a Fragmented World (with Cecilia Jacob), Eds. : Oxford University Press, 2017
• Jiyoung Song and Alistair D. B. Cook, eds., Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (London: Routledge, 2014)
• Caballero-Anthony, Mely and Alistair D.B. Cook (eds.). Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, ed., Culture, Religion and Identity in Southeast Asia, (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars)

Chapters in Edited Books

• “Displaced Populations and Regional Governance 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, pp. 223-240
• “Malaysia – A State of Sanctuary?” (with Lilianne Fan) in Sophie Lemiere (Ed.), Minorities Matter: Malaysian Politics and People Vol.3. Singapore: Malaysia/ISEAS, 2019, pp. 93 – 108
• “Governance and Human Insecurity in Myanmar.” in Brendan Howe (Ed.), National Security, Statecentricity, and Governance in East Asia. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 61 – 80
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2018, ‘Siloes, Synergies and Prospects for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Southeast Asia’ in Alan Chong (Ed.) International Security in the Asia-Pacific: Transcending ASEAN towards Transitional Polycentrism, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 357-375.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2017, “Southeast Asia Perspective on UN Peacekeeping: Indonesia and Malaysia” in Boris Kondoch and Brendan Howe (eds) Peacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific, Brill |Nijhoff: Leiden.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2017, “Non-Traditional Security and World Politics” in Mark Beeson and Nick Bisley (eds) Issues in 21st Century World Politics, Palgrave: London.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2016, ‘How Relevant Are Internal and Nontraditional Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific?’ in Joanne Wallis and Andrew Carr (eds) Asia-Pacific Security: An Introduction, Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press, pp.183 – 199.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, 2016, ‘Civilian Protection, Resilience, and Insecurity in Myanmar,’ in Cecilia Jacob and Alistair D. B. Cook (eds) Civilian Protection in the Twenty-First Century: Governance and Responsibility in a Fragmented World, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 127 – 146.
• Cook, Alistair DB, 2015, "South China Sea Disputes in the Xi Era," in Zheng Yongnian and Lance L. P. Gore (eds.) China Entering the Xi Jinping Era, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 303 - 316.
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Human Insecurity and Displacement along Myanmar's Borders." In Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia, eds. Jiyoung Song and Alistair D. B. Cook (London: Routledge, 2014)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Conclusion." In Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia, eds. Jiyoung Song and Alistair D. B. Cook (London: Routledge, 2014)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Civilian Protection and the Politics of Humanitarian Action in Kachin State." In Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, eds. Tim Lindsey and Melissa Crouch (Oxford: Hart, 2014)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "A Land between Two Rising Powers: The Evolution of Myanmar's Relations with China and India." In Rise of China and India: Implications for the Asia-Pacific, eds. Amitabh Mattoo and Mallika Joseph (New Delhi: Manohar, 2014)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Globalisation and East and Southeast Asia." In East and Southeast Asia: International Relations and Security Perspectives, ed. Andrew T. H. Tan (Abingdon: Routledge, 2013)
• Mely Caballero-Anthony and Alistair D. B. Cook, "NTS Framework." In Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action (Singapore: ISEAS, 2013)
• Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D. B. Cook, Belinda Chng and Julie Balen, "Health." In Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action (Singapore: ISEAS, 2013)
• Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D. B. Cook, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, Lina Gong and Manpavan Kaur, "Internal Conflict." In Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action (Singapore: ISEAS, 2013)
• Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D. B. Cook, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo and Pryanka Bhalla, "Forced Migration." In Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action (Singapore: ISEAS, 2013)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Role of External Actors in Development-induced Displacement in Myanmar." In Ending the Displacement Cycle: Finding Durable Solutions through Return and Resettlement, ed. Nadeeka Withana (Colombo: Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, 2011)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Understanding the Role of Culture, Identity and Religion in Southeast Asia." In Culture, Identity and Religion in Southeast Asia, ed. Alistair D. B. Cook (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2007)
• Alistair D. B. Cook and Christopher W. Freise, "Forced Migration and Terrorism: Southeast Asian Human Security Challenges." In Culture, Religion and Identity in Southeast Asia, ed. Alistair D. B. Cook

Op-Eds

• “Moving Beyond the Politics of Recognition in Myanmar” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony), East Asia Forum, 14 August 2021
• “Should the UK Recognise a New Myanmar Diplomat Appointed by the Junta?” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony), Channel News Asia, 29 July 2021
• “Post-Covid disaster governance in Southeast Asia” (with Angelo P. L. Trias ), The Interpreter, 7 May 2021
• “Time for a Coordinated ASEAN–UN Response to Myanmar’s Coup”, East Asia Forum, 14 April 2021
• “Establishing humanitarian lanes during COVID-19” (with Christopher Chen), East Asia Forum, 30 June 2020
• “Conceptualising Humanitarian Civil-Military Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific: (Re-)ordering Cooperation” (with Sangeetha Yogendran), Australian Outlook, 17 February 2020
• “Is ASEAN defence diplomacy key to resolving the humanitarian situation in Myanmar?”, Is ASEAN defence diplomacy key to resolving the humanitarian situation in Myanmar? , East Asia Forum, 9 August 2018
• “HUMTECH: A Help or Hindrance in Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination?” (with Martin Searle), HUMTECH: A Help or Hindrance in Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination?, Liaison X (1), 15 June 2018
• Alistair D. B. Cook, review of "International Law, US Power: The United States' Quest for Legal Security." by Shirley V. Scott, In Australian Journal of International Affairs 67:3, June 2013,pp. 375-376
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Smart Power Potential Under Xi Jinping." In East Asia Forum (7 March 2013)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Humanitarian Crisis Looms in Kachin Conflict: Implications for Myanmar's Reform Process." In LSE IDEAS (25 February 2013)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Asia-Pacific Regionalism and the Conflict Constraint." In Asian Journal of Public Affairs 6:1 (2013)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "The Sino-American Tightrope: A Balancing Act for Myanmar." In The Straits Times (21 September 2012)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Flashpoints of National Reconciliation in Myanmar." In AFG Venture Group Dispatches (June 2012)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Money in Myanmar At Last." In Asia 360 (6 April 2012)
• Alistair D. B. Cook and Bridget Welsh, "Myanmar's Road to Democracy." In The Straits Times (17 January 2012)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, "Recalibrating Intervention in Southeast Asia." In Journal of Defence Management 2.
• Alistair D. B. Cook and Priyanka Bhalla, "Preventing Mass Atrocities in Southeast Asia." In The Jakarta Post (15 June 2010)
• Alistair D. B. Cook and Priyanka Bhalla, "Preventing Mass Atrocities in Southeast Asia." In Brunei Times (16 June 2010)
• Alistair D. B. Cook, review of "Migration, Regional Integration and Human Security: The Formation and Maintenance of Transnational Spaces", by Harald Kleinschmidt (ed.), In Melbourne Journal of Politics 32, pp.141-143
• Alistair D. B. Cook, review of "The Politics of Protection: Sites of Insecurity and Political Agency", by Jef Huysmans, Andrew Dobson, and Raia Prokhovnik, In Melbourne Journal of Politics 31, pp.137-139.

• AS6029 Governance and Security in Myanmar