Global Trends 2026 and Beyond
BIPSS President, Major General A N M Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc (Retd.), was invited as a Guest Speaker at the National
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ASCC 2045: Low-wage Labour Migration and AI
The ASEAN Community Vision 2045 outlines the region’s aspirations to develop resilience, innovation and people-centredness amid a changing and more
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Episode 6: The Mekong River and Water Security
In Southeast Asia, the Mekong delta, known as the ‘ricebowl’ of the region, is under threat from climate change and competing interests of countries. Geopolitics is also increasingly shaping the region, as China and the US compete to extend their influence and strategic interests.
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Beyond Pandemic Preparedness: Positioning Biosecurity in ASEAN’s Community Vision 2045
Health Resilience and the Recognition of Biological Risks The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Strategic Plan, adopted at the 46th ASEAN Summit
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Asan Roundtable with a Delegation from the Dubai Public Policy Research Center
On June 22, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a closed-door roundtable with a delegation from the Dubai Public
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The Emerging Biosecurity Landscape in Southeast Asia
The NTS Centre convened a panel, “The Emerging Biosecurity Landscape in Southeast Asia,” on 12 June 2026 at the Global
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Episode 5: A New Cold War? Implications on International Relations and Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia
With geopolitical alignments in flux, and traditional alliances thrown into question, Professor Barry Buzan argues that we are in a ‘third cold war’ with vastly different characteristics as compared to previous historical approaches.
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GPPAC Multistakeholder Forum at RCSS Highlights Climate-Disaster Vulnerability and Need for Community-Centred Solutions in Sri Lanka
A multistakeholder forum on ‘Empowering Estate and Rural Communities for Climate and Disaster Resilience and Social Equity’ convened at the
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Networking Meetings with Biosecurity Experts in Seoul, South Korea, from 1 to 3 June 2026
Prof. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Head of the NTS Centre; Mr Julius Trajano, RSIS Research Fellow; and Ms Jeselyn, Research Analyst, conducted
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RCSS Researcher Chamika Wijesuriya says Cyclone Ditwah revealed the consequences of unresolved land, labour rights and administrative marginalisation of the Malaiyaha Tamil community
Chamika Wijesuriya, Research/ Programme Officer, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) has observed that while “Cyclone Ditwah did not create
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