NTS-Asia

NTS-Asia

  • About
    • About Non-Traditional security
    • Message from Secretary General
    • The NTS-Asia Consortium
      • NTS-Asia Objectives And Research Areas
      • History & evolution
      • Inaugural Meeting of the Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies
      • NTS-Asia Secretariat
    • Non-Traditional Security Themes & Research Areas
  • NTS-Asia Members
  • Activities
    • Member’s Past Events
    • Calendar of Events
  • Resources
    • List of Publications
    • List of External Publications
    • NTS-Asia Newsletter
    • NTS-Pedia
    • Videos
    • NTS Analysis
  • Meet the Experts

Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS)

Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Sir Lanka.

Climate Security Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

GPPAC Multistakeholder Forum at RCSS Highlights Climate-Disaster Vulnerability and Need for Community-Centred Solutions in Sri Lanka

8 June, 20268 July, 2026 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 61 Views

A multistakeholder forum on ‘Empowering Estate and Rural Communities for Climate and Disaster Resilience and Social Equity’ convened at the

Read more
Member Events Poverty and economic security Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

RCSS Researcher Chamika Wijesuriya says Cyclone Ditwah revealed the consequences of unresolved land, labour rights and administrative marginalisation of the Malaiyaha Tamil community

5 June, 20268 July, 2026 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 65 Views

Chamika Wijesuriya, Research/ Programme Officer, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)  has observed that while “Cyclone Ditwah did not create

Read more
Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

ED/RCSS Amb. Aryasinha says Middle East crisis a critical wake-up call for structural reforms in Sri Lanka and to address foreign policy anomalies

25 April, 202612 May, 2026 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 355 Views

Amb. (Retd.) Ravinatha Aryasinha, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) has observed that the ongoing Middle East crisis

Read more
Conflict and community security Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

Professor Neil DeVotta Dissects ‘US-China rivalry’ at RCSS Strategic Dialogue

9 December, 20257 January, 2026 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 540 Views

Professor Neil DeVotta has said the recently announced US National Security Strategy 2025 downplays the hitherto supposed threat from China, needlessly disparages

Read more
Climate Security Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

‘ ’

8 December, 20257 January, 2026 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 513 Views

Ambassador (Retd.) Esala Weerakoon has observed that “it is time for us to consider a ‘South Asian Climate Compact’—a renewed,

Read more
Health Security Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

RCSS Webinar of June 2021: “The Public Healthcare System and the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia”

16 June, 202126 July, 2021 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 1894 Views

RCSS successfully concluded the monthly webinar on “The Public healthcare System and the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia”, which was

Read more
Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

RCSS Executive Director Explores Avenues For Cooperation With The Ambassador Of Japan To Sri Lanka

28 April, 202126 July, 2021 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 1813 Views

RCSS Executive Director, Prof. Gamini Keerawella was invited by His Excellency the Ambassador from Japan to Sri Lanka, Mr. Akira

Read more
Energy Security Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

Track II Dialogue on “Planning for the Worst: Nuclear Effect and Disaster Management in South Asia”

25 February, 201822 March, 2018 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 3044 Views

The Stimson Centre, Washington, D.C. and the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) co-hosted Track II Dialogue themed “Planning for

Read more
Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

Workshop on ‘Radicalization in the Levant, North Africa and South Asia’

14 February, 20175 July, 2017 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 2457 Views

Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 14 to 16, 2017 – The Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) in partnership with Near

Read more
Member Events Regional Centre for Strategic Studies(RCSS) 

Seminar on “Implications of Climate Change in South Asia: The Experience of Sri Lanka”

19 January, 20175 July, 2017 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 2513 Views

Organised by Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Hong Kong, a seminar

Read more

Latest Publications

Renewable Energy Transition: An Imperative for Southeast Asia

Commentaries
by Danielle Lynn Goh
9 July, 2026

From Environmental Risk to Human Security: Climate Change and Public Health

Commentaries
by Jannatul Toba Jhumu
9 July, 2026

Building Energy Resilience and Integrity: Southeast Asia’s Way Forward in a Fractured Global Order

Policy Reports
by Pey Peili, Adam Hansen
30 June, 2026

External Publications

Climate Risks to Peace and Security in Southeast Asia

Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, Adam Hansen, Jeselyn and Mely Caballero-Anthony
30 April, 2026

Southeast Asia stands at the intersection of accelerating climate risks and complex peace and security challenges.

From oil shock to nuclear surge in Asia

15 April, 2026

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has delivered a sharp energy shock to Asia, exposing the region’s deep vulnerability...

Emerging Biosecurity Landscape in Southeast Asia

Mely Caballero-Anthony, Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano, Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros and Jeselyn
25 March, 2026

In Southeast Asia, porous borders are closely associated with transnational security challenges, including environmental degradation, irregular migration, and smuggling and...

Copyright © 2026 NTS-Asia. All rights reserved.