The NTS-Asia Research Fellowship is a 3-month Research Fellowship Programme. The Research Fellowship Programme comes with a stipend of US$ 8,000 (all inclusive for the duration of the fellowship). For 2008-2009, 3 positions were available and are now closed. The positions were intended for outstanding active researchers working on a wide range of non-traditional security issues (NTS) in Asia. Successful candidates could choose to conduct their research at any of the NTS-Asia member institutes located in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia.

NTS-Asia Research Fellows are expected to produce at least one publication at the end of the fellowship period.
Check out our list of NTS - Asia Research Fellows :

2008 | 2007

Manisha Sobhrajani

Manisha Sobhrajani is an active development-sector worker in Indian Kashmir. In the last 3 years, she has visited the region several times for intensive field-work, interacted with local people, journalists, security personnel, politicians and others – with an emphasis on the gender-related aspects of the Kashmiri conflict. Ms Sobhrajani was awarded a year-long Fellowship (beginning May 2007) by Jagori, a women’s resource centre based in New Delhi, India, to research and document the formation of the only all women’s Village Defence Committee (VDC) in Kulali Village, Surankote, Jammu & Kashmir, India. She presented a paper titled "Kashmir Issue and The Various Models of Resolutions" at a conference at Westminster Palace, London, organised by the Justice Foundation Kashmir Centre in November 2007. Ms Sobhrajani was also awarded a 3-month Hansard Research Scholarship (January 13 – April 7, 2007) by the Hansard Society, London, UK, to study at the London School of Economics. The scholarship included pursuing a specific area of political academic interest whilst participating in an internship placement within the world of British politics. She is also associated with several organisations such as Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP), Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR), and Institute for Conflict Management (ICM), which have thus enhanced her research skills. Her topic of research as an NTS-Asia Research Fellow is “Analysis of Media Reportage on Gender-based Violence in Jammu and Kashmir”. Her institute of choice is WISCOMP

 

Xue Li

Xue Li is Assistant Professor (Research Fellow) at the Division of International Strategy, Institute of World Economics and Politics(IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). His research interests include Energy Strategy in China, Regionalism and East-Asian Integration and Constructivism and its Application. Dr Li’s recent publications include ‘An Analysis on the Hot-spots of Global Energy Politics: A Report on Global Politics and Security’ (Beijing, Social Sciences and Documents Press, December 2007); “The Role and Function of the National Oil Reserve Center” (International Herald Leader, December 18,2007); and “What does the High Oil Price Exactly Mean?” (World View, Issue 2, 2008). His topic of research as an NTS-Asia Research Fellow is Sino-ASEAN Energy Cooperation: Limitation, Potential and Prospects. His institute of choice is IWEP, CASS

 

John Jackson Ewing

Mr John Jackson Ewing is Teaching Fellow at Bond University, Australia. He has conducted several seminars and lectures including on topics pertaining to East-West Diplomatic Relations, Multi-track Diplomacy in Southeast Asia and Asian International Diplomacy. Prior to this appointment he was a Research Team Member for the Project on Sustainable Development in the Political Science Department, College of Charleston (2002 -2003). Mr Ewing has also received a Masters of International Relations from Bond University, during which time he was on the Deans List of Academic Excellence and received the Overall Excellence in Diplomacy award in 2006. He completed his Masters’ thesis in 2006, which was entitled “China’s Energy Policies: Analyzing Beijing’s Current and Future Fossil Fuel Procurement and Consumption Strategies”. He is currently pursuing is PhD in Bond University and working on “Resource Intervention: Environmentally-based Strategies for Conflict Resolution”. Mr Ewing’s experience in the global negotiations on climate change were greatly boosted by my participation in the 13th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC in Bali, Indonesia during December of 2007. As a member of an accredited NGO, he had access to a majority of the state level negotiations and gained a great deal of knowledge from attending informative side events and speaking to countless experts who were in attendance. Seeing these negotiations firsthand, and making personal contacts with some of the leading minds in the field, has significantly improved his understanding of the complex international efforts to combat climate change. Mr Ewing has also contributed several chapters in edited books, such as Cullen and Murray (2007). 1st Edition. The Globalization of World Politics: Case Studies from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific. Melbourne, Oxford University Press; and Cullen and Murray (2008). Revised Edition. The Globalization of World Politics: Case Studies from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific. Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Mr Ewing has chosen to work at ISDS Philippines during his fellowship term, where he will be examining the “Security implications of Climate change – case study of the Philippines.”

 

Mohammad Jalal Uddin Sikder

Mr Sikder is a Senior Research Associate at the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) at the University of Dhaka. He has been conferred a Masters of Arts in Development Studies from the University of Leeds in 2005 and Masters of Social Science from the University of Dhaka in 2002. A young scholar (29 years of age), Mr Sikder has written extensively on migrant issues in Bangladesh. Amongst his publications, he has co-authored two books :

• Livelihood of Internal Migrant: Case Studies of Domestic Workers and Rickshaw Pullers of Dhaka City
  (University Press Ltd, Dhaka , June 2007)
• Informal Border Trade and Movement of People at the Bangladesh - India Border
  (University Press Ltd, Dhaka , June 2007)

For his NTS Research, Mr Sikder will be working on the Movements of People and Threats of HIV/AIDS Virus at the Bangladesh-India Border. He has chosen RMMRU as his research institute during the 3 month fellowship.

 

Wang Jiang Li

Ms. Wang is currently a Phd candidate at Zhejiang University , China, and is Assistant to the Director of the Center for Non-Traditional Security and Peace Development (NTS-PD). Ms Wang received her Masters (with honours) from Zhejiang University after which she has been a Lecturer of International Relations at the College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University for the past 8 years. Ms Wang’s publications include several articles and co-author of books such as :

• An Outline of Non-Traditional Security and Multilateral Cooperation
  (2006)
• International Organisation and International Relations
  (Zhejiang University Press, 2004)

Ms Wang’s NTS research will deal with values and institutional arrangements in the study of NTS. She has chosen the Institute of World Economics and Politics, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences during the 3-month fellowship.

Wang Jiang Li's research paper - "Security Community" in the Context of Nontraditional Security

 

Rizal Sukma

Dr. Rizal Sukma is currently Deputy Executive Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta , Indonesia.
He is also

• the Chairman of International Relations Division, Central Executive Board of Muhammadiyah (second largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia with approximately 25 million members);
• member of the board at Syafii Maarif Institute for Culture and Humanity;
• a visiting lecturer at Department of International Relations at Muhammadiyah University - Malang; and
• a member of the National Committee on Strategic Defense Review, Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence.

He received his PhD degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom in 1997. Dr Sukma is the author of numerous papers and reports, and has published in several journals and other internationally circulated publications. Dr Sukma has proposed to do a research paper on the Securitisation of Human Trafficking in Indonesia. He has chosen the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies as the institute during his fellowship term.

Dr Sukma's NTS Research paper - The Securitization of Trafficking in Indonesia