An Introduction to Non-Traditional Security Studies

Mely Caballero-Anthony is Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prof. Anthony’s research interests include regionalism and regional security in the Asia-Pacific, multilateral security cooperation, politics and international relations in ASEAN, conflict prevention and management, as well as human security. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on a broad range of security issues in the Asia-Pacific. Her latest publications, both single-authored and co-edited, include: Community Security: Human Security at 21, (Contemporary Politics, 2015) Understanding ASEAN Centrality’, (Pacific Review, 2014), ‘Human Security in ASEAN: 20 Years On’,  (Asian Journal of Peacebuilding,  2014), Non-Traditional Security in Asia:  Issues, Challenges and Framework for Action,(ISEAS, 2013).  She previously served as the Director of External Relations at the ASEAN Secretariat and currently serves in the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and Security.   She is also Secretary-General of the Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia) and is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Conflict Prevention

The concept of Non-Traditional Security (NTS) is becoming familiar but typically only as a footnote to examinations of such "real" security issues as geostrategic interactions involving arms, alliances, troops, and territorial disputes. This book is a refreshing antidote to the marginalization of NTS with an in-depth analysis of the concept itself plus empirical assessments and case studies of NTS in nine different substantive areas. The result is a rich and rewarding exposure of an area too readily kept in the shadows.

• PART A: ConceptsCHAPTER 1: Understanding Non-traditional Security - Mely Caballero-AnthonyCHAPTER 2: On Security - Mely Caballero-AnthonyCHAPTER 3: Actors and Stakeholders - Alistair D.B. CookPART B: IssuesCHAPTER 4: Conflict and Community Security - Mely Caballero-AnthonyCHAPTER 5: Poverty and Economic Security - Bob S. HadiwinataCHAPTER 6: Environmental Security - J. Jackson EwingCHAPTER 7: Food Security - Paul Teng and Jonatan LassaCHAPTER 8: Energy Security - Zha DaojiongCHAPTER 9: Water Security - Marcus DuBois KingCHAPTER 10: Health Security - Simon RushtonCHAPTER 11: Migration and Movements of People - Melissa CurleyCHAPTER 12: Transnational Crime - David Capie