SYNOPSIS In the face of the intensifying climate crisis, a more proactive approach to disaster management is needed for Southeast Asia to enhance its resilience to disasters. S. NANTHINI writes that...
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SYNOPSIS In the face of the intensifying climate crisis, a more proactive approach to disaster management is needed for Southeast Asia to enhance its resilience to disasters. S. NANTHINI writes that...
Myanmar + 2 more
We are pleased to bring you the seventh issue of Beyond Relief! In our Feature Article, Dr Lina Gong discusses the need to update policies and guidelines related to the military's role in disaster...
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Executive Summary The Indo-Pacific is the region most prone to natural hazards and sea-level rise compounded by the effects of climate change. Viewed as a direct security concern for the impact...
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Edited by Mely Caballero-Anthony and Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros Foreword Foresighted and pragmatic policymaking requires acknowledging the constancy of change, and the fleetingness and perhaps...
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By S. Nanthini and Lina Gong SYNOPSIS The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the search for a better way of managing human activities and their environmental impact thereby zeroing in on the specific...
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Lina Gong and S. Nanthini Executive Summary Collective action is key in responding to complex, large-scale disasters. The mix of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and heightening...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COVID-19 has impacted the way we work and function at all levels. The disaster management sector had to prepare for and manage disasters against the backdrop of COVID-19...
Author: Alistair DB Cook, RSIS The international community needs new ways of working together to respond to the violence deployed against protesters in Myanmar Since the military seized power on 1...
The Asia Pacific Partnership for Atrocity Prevention (APPAP) is an alliance of organisations working to promote human rights and support atrocity prevention in the region. The undersigned members of...
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This annual publication is the NTS Centre’s reflections on the events of the past year and contemplations on issues of non-traditional security in the region and beyond. The year 2020 has been marked...
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Executive Summary Disaster relief has been a channel for trust-building and reassurance between Southeast Asia and China since the 1990s. The signing of the ASEAN-China Memorandum of Understanding on...
Bangladesh + 8 more
By S. Nanthini and Tamara Nair In this time of compounding global crisis, the world needs to come together to not only fight the pandemic but to also preserve our commitments to certain shared...
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By S. Nanthini SYNOPSIS COVID-19 has led to stricter border control measures the world over. This has had a particularly harsh impact on irregular migrants. As COVID-19 heightens their vulnerability,...
By S. Nanthini SYNOPSIS In 2017 Myanmar established the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine State (UEHRD) to facilitate peacebuilding. Two years on,...
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by Alistair D. B. Cook, S. Nanthini Executive Summary With changing dynamics between the Rohingya and Rakhine populations and the Tatmadaw (the armed forces of Myanmar), Rakhine State in Myanmar has...
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Key NTS Events 2019 The Indonesian government decided to increase its disaster response budget to $15 trillion rupiah in 2019, following the series of disasters which devastated three regions in...
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By Jonatan A. Lassa and Margareth Sembiring This NTS Insight attempts to create a baseline assessment of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) policies in ten Southeast...
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An Overview of Non-Traditional Security Vishalini Chandara Sagar The study of Non-Traditional Security (NTS) emerged during the post-Cold War period due to significant shifts in the way we understand...
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By Sangeetha Yogendran Synopsis Myanmar’s call for an emergency ASEAN meeting to discuss the crisis over the Rohingya issue on 19 December 2016, presents ASEAN member states the opportunity to...
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The Conference on Inter-regional Comparisons of Humanitarian Action was held alongside the Re-launch of the NTS-Asia Consortium. The conference was organised by the Humanitarian Assistance and...