by Alistair D. B. Cook
Over the past decade, refugees and migrants have sought to move beyond their borders in search of refuge abroad, with many taking dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea or out of the Bay of Bengal to reach sanctuary. Two prominent groups include those fleeing war and persecution in parts of the Middle East and Africa by sailing across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, and predominantly Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar through the Bay of Bengal into neighbouring countries.
Alistair D. B. Cook, Lina Gong, and Oscar Gómez, International Humanitarianism in East Asia in S. Roth, B. Purkayastha and T. Denskus (eds) , Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp. 411 – 425
by S. Nanthini
As disasters continue to increase and intensify owing to climate change, militaries are increasingly mobilised for domestic response – as has been the case in Australia since the 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires.
by Mely Caballero-Anthony, Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, Alistair D. B. Cook, S. Nanthini, Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros, Keith Paolo Catibog Landicho and Danielle Lynn Goh
Climate change is today one of the greatest risks to peace and security, but arguably remains at the margins of policy action amid the loss of trust in multilateral institutions. The impacts of climate change are already felt by local communities in regions on the frontline.