Speaker

Alistair D.B. Cook is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security(NTS) Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. In 2012-2013, he was a visiting research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore. His research interests are in non-traditional security and human security in the Asia-Pacific including peace and conflict studies, environmental security and climate change, foreign policy and regional cooperation, and domestic politics in Myanmar. He has recently co-edited Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (Routledge, 2014), Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action (ISEAS, 2013) and has published in a variety of journals. He is also a resident analyst on Myanmar and regional security issues for Channel NewsAsia. This year he was elected treasurer of the International Studies Association – Asia-Pacific section (2014-2016). He graduated with a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia; Masters from Purdue University, USA; and M.A. (Hons) from St.Andrews University, Scotland. He has taught at Purdue University, University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Nanyang Technological University and Australian National University.