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    Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony

    Professor of International Relations
    Associate Dean (International Engagement); Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies; President’s Chair in International Relations and Security Studies
    Education
    BA Hons; MA (UP); PhD (HKU)
    : [email protected]
    : +65 6790 5886
    : NTS Centre / RSIS

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    Disaster Management in Southeast Asia: 20 Years of Progress and Challenges
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    Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony

    Professor of International Relations
    Associate Dean (International Engagement); Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies; President’s Chair in International Relations and Security Studies
    Education
    BA Hons; MA (UP); PhD (HKU)
    : [email protected]
    : +65 6790 5886
    : NTS Centre / RSIS

    View the NTU Academic Profile here

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    Biography

    Mely Caballero-Anthony is Professor of International Relations and holds the President’s Chair for International Relations and Security Studies.  She is also Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

    Prof. Anthony’s research interests include regionalism and multilateralism in Asia-Pacific, human security and non-traditional security, nuclear security, conflict prevention and global governance. She has published extensively on a broad range of security issues in Asia-Pacific in peer-reviewed journals and international academic press. Her latest books, both single-authored and co-edited, include: Negotiating Governance on Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia and Beyond (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018), An Introduction to Non-Traditional Security Studies, (London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016), Asia on the Move (Japan: JCIE, 2015), and Human Security and Climate Change (London: Routledge, 2014).

    Prof. Anthony has led a number of global and regional research projects on international security and global governance.  In 2017, she co-chaired the Global Reflection Group on the ‘Monopoly of the Use of Force- 2.0’ that brought together 21 scholars from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas that examined the nature of security provision in times of uncertainty.  She was also the principal investigator of the MacArthur Asia Security Initiative (ASI) project of Internal Security Challenges in Asia and Cross-Border Implications and was Co-Chair of the Second Murdoch Commission on Food Security, Trade and Partnership in Asia.

    Prof Anthony has served as the Secretary-General of the Consortium on Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia since 2008. From 2015-2017, she was Vice President at-large of the Governing Council of the International Studies Association (ISA) and is currently member of the ISA’s Global South Task Force.  She had held visiting fellowship at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University in 2015. From 2013-2017, Prof Anthony was a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (ABDM) and served at its Chairperson in 2016 and currently member of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network on Nuclear Non-Proliferation (APLN). She was also Director of External Relations at the ASEAN Secretariat from 2011-2012.

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    Areas of Expertise

    • Regionalism and Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific
    • Non-Traditional Security
    • Human Security, Comparative Politics and International Relations in Southeast Asia
    • Conflict Prevention and Management, Human Rights, Democracy
    • Human Security
    • Migration and Protection of Civilian
    • Responsibility to Protect

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    Professional Activities

    • Member, Asia Pacific Leadership Network on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (APLN), (2019-present)
    • Adviser to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Human Security Research Institute’s project on Human Security (2019 – present)
    • Member of the International Experts Group on Climate Security (2018-2019), initiated by SIPRI to advice Sweden and Germany during their Presidency of the UN Security Council.
    • Member, United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament and Security (2013-2017); appointed as Chair of Advisory Board in 2016.
    • Member, Board of Trustees, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), (2013-2017)
    • Co-Chair, Second Murdoch Commission, Food Security in Asia (2014-2016)
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    RSIS Publications

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    External Publications

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    Talks

    • Speaker, Webinar on “Navigating Covid-19 in Southeast Asia” by Brookings Webinar Series, 11 December 2020
    • Speaker, Webinar on “2020 Disaster Management Evaluation and Future Challenges: Disaster Management in ASEAN 2021” by CSIS Indonesia, 26 November 2020
    • Speaker, Webinar on “Network of ASEAN-Russian Think Tans Online Roundtable” by CSIS Indonesia, 19 November 2020
    • Speaker, Webinar on “ARF Nuclear Fisk Reduction Virtual Workshop”, 18 November 2020.
    • Speaker, Webinar on “2020 Seoul Peace Dialogue” by Seoul Peace Dialogue Korea, 17 November 2020
    • Participant, Webinar on “Ninth Annual CoC Conference”  by The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 10 November 2020
    • Panel Speaker, Webinar on “ Meeting the Existential Threats of the Pandemic, Nuclear War, and Climate Change: Is Present Global and Regional Governance Fit for Purpose?” by APLN, 5-7 November 2020
    • Panel Discussion, ISEAS Webinar on “The 35th ASEAN Roundtable, the Covid-19 Crisis: Impact on ASEAN and the Way Forward” by ASEAN Studies Centre, 21 October 2020
    • Speaker, Webinar on “Online Internal Workshop for the APPAP WG on COVID-19 Case Studies” by APPAP, 9 & 10 October 2020.
    • Presenter, Webinar on “5th Katipunan Conference Webinar 2020” by  The Strategic Studies Program (SSP) of the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), 6 October 2020
    • Speaker, Lecture for Home Team Senior Command and Staff Course on “Emerging Non-Traditional Security Challenges”, RSIS, 30 September 2020
    • Speaker, Webinar, “Conduct Lecture for LKY Senior Fellows on “Non-Traditional Security Issues and Challenges” by Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 22 September 2020 
    • Panel Discussion, Webinar on “No Change for Cooperative Security? The “Strategic New Normal” in ASIA by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), 17 September 2020
    • Panel Speaker, Webinar on “Non-traditional security in Asia: Issues and Challenges” by Jeju Forum, 11 September 2020
    • Participant, Webinar on “Council of Councils Meeting” by The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 8 September 2020
    • Panel Discussion, Webinar on “ASEAN Faces the Further” by USIP ASEAN, 3 September 2020
    • Panel Speaker, Webinar on “2nd RSIS – SWP (Stiftung Wissenschaft un Politik) DIALOGUE” by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2 September 2020
    • Panel Speaker, GRIPS-CSIS-RSIS Joint Webinar on “COVID-19 in Asia: Navigating Geopolitical Risks amid Unprecedented Disruptions”, by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 18 August 2020
    • Panel Speaker, Webinar on “Priorities and Expectations for ASEAN in 2021: Possible Deliverables for Brunei Darussalam’s ASEAN Chairmanship” by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brunei, 17 August 2020
    • Panel Speaker, Webinar on “ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, COVID-19 and the Future of ASEAN Centrality, Multilateralism after COVID-19″ by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 4 August
    • Panel Speaker, Webinar on “COVID-19 and global health governance:  Implications for the Indo-Pacific” by Centre for Strategic Studies, 21 May 2020
    • Panel Speaker, CIL e-Conference on “Covid-19 and Challenges to the International Legal Order.” by the Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore, 20 May 2020
    • Paper Presenter,  International Conference on “Nuclear Security on Sustaining and Strengthening Efforts (ICONS 2020)” byIAEA, Vienna, Austria, 10-12 February 2020
    • Panel Speaker, Nuclear Energy Experts Group (NEEG) Meeting by Pacific Forum and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 5-7 February 2020
    • Commentary, Pacific Community Initiative: First Regional Working Group Meeting Agenda”, by Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, Singapore, 10-11 January 2020
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    Last updated on 03/01/2023