Keith Paolo C. Landicho, Associate Research Fellow from the HADR Programme at the NTS Centre, was recently invited to participate in the 2nd Training for ASCEND Competency Assessors from 18th – 23rd February 2024 in Penang, Malaysia.
The NTS Centre held a closed-door roundtable discussion with Dr Catherine Bragg, Visiting Senior Fellow, RSIS, and Senior Fellow, Monk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, 28th February 2024.
Julius Trajano, Research Fellow at NTS Centre, delivered a presentation on national and regional concerns in Southeast Asia related to biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at the Pacific Forum Workshop on Managing the Future Weapons of Mass Destruction Environment of Southeast Asia.
Saving Lives at Sea in Southeast Asia – Is a Course Correction Possible?

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.

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RSIS Research Fellow Jose M.L. Montesclaros was invited to participate in the "2nd Online Forum of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Research and Development Platform for Poverty Action" on 20 Feb 2024.
International Humanitarianism in East Asia

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

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A Climate Security Priority: Australia’s Need for Balanced Domestic Disaster Infrastructure

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.

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Planetary Health Proposal Development Meeting and Workshop 2024
Climate Change and Its Impact on Peace and Security in Southeast Asia

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.

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