Our Aim

As a network of research institutes and think tanks in Asia. NTS-Asia aims to do the following :

  1. Develop further the process of networking among scholars and analysts working on NTS issues in the region
  2. To build long-term and sustainable regional capacity for research on NTS issues, and
  3. Mainstream and advance the field of non-traditional security studies in Asia.

Activities > Dissemination Seminars

Non-Traditional Security Challenges in Asia
5 - 8 March 2007, USA
3 Seminars held in IPA New York, CSIS Washington DC and IEAS Berkeley University, San Francisco.

Workshop on Non-Traditional Security in Asia
14 - 15 September 2006, Institute of International Relations (IIR), Hanoi
Prof. Amitav Acharya, Dr. Mely Caballero-Anthony and Dr. Ralf Emmers conducted a one-day workshop on Non-Traditional Security in Hanoi, Vietnam on 14 September 2006. The workshop was organised jointly by the Asia Foundation (Vietnam) and the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Vietnam.

Dynamics of Securitisation in Asia
31 March - 1 April 2005, Manila
Hosted by ISDS Philippines
 
3 October 2005, Bangkok
Jointly organized by Faculties of Political Science and International Relations of Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University
 
Objectives

  • share the findings on the different studies on NTS to a wider audience beyond the academic community
  • help the wider community understand how and why certain NTS issues need to be securitized or desecuritised in order for various actors, both state and non-state, to respond to these challenges adequately

The Tsunami Aftermath: Challenges to Human Security
25 January 2005, Singapore
Held at the Biopolis Conference Centre
 
Speakers included

  • Michael Elmquist, Chief UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Indonesia
  • Ambassador Kalyananda Godage, from Sri Lanka
  • Kadir Mohamed, representative of the Singapore Civil Defence Force
  • Prof Amitav Acharya, Assoc Prof Leonard Sebastian and Dr Bernard Loo of RSIS

Workshop on Illegal Migration and Non-Traditional Security: Processes of Securitisation and Desecuritsation in Asia
10- 11 October 2004, Beijing
Jointly organized by Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong and the Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, CASS Beijing
 
Objectives

  • examine the dynamics of securitization of the complex issues related to migration
  • analyse the policy responses by states and non-state actors in addressin the insecurities, threats and challenges posed by migration. The workshop brought together all the paper writers of the project as well as officers from the Ford Foundation office in China, represented by Dr Andrew Watson. Representative from the Asia Foundation, China also attended the workshop

2nd Workshop on Dynamics of Securitisation in Asia
3 - 4 September 2004, Singapore
 
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Inaugural Workshop on Dynamics of Securitisation in Asia
9 - 10 September 2003, Singapore