Welshman. HADR Research Programme Coordinator & Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) - Non-Traditional Security, Myanmar, ASEAN
Singapore
Joined March 2009
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🚨The global humanitarian system is under strain. How do we build resilience?
Join the 5th Humanitarian Futures Forum on 27 Oct 2026.
Keynote: The Hon. Janet Nosworthy (TRIBAD)
Panels:
🔹Civ-Mil Dynamics
🔹Harmful Info
🔹Dilemmas
Email interest: [email protected]
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Myanmar’s lost generation and the limits of international justice | Yuyun Wahyuningrum ift.tt/DycQA5w
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South China Sea: Competing sovereignty is sinking joint development | Emirza Adi Syailendra ift.tt/kDgqamp
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This looks like a pretty cool and rare vacancy: the @ICRC is looking for a historian careers.icrc.org/job/Geneva-…
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Drivers for the humanitarian reset | Alistair D.B. Cook ift.tt/ua1OTq3
Latest op-ed on direction of travel in ‘humanitarian reset’ @RSIS_NTU
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Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. apnews.com/article/juergen-h…
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My commentary for @ISEAS on the recent Myanmar election has been republished by @SCMPNews.
scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/a…
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At Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week in Geneva, seeing the breadth of innovation across the humanitarian community.
Partners coming together with ideas, technology and determination to help us reach our goal of saving #87MillionLives this year.
Qiang Zhang , Lina Gong et al.’s article “South-South humanitarianism: a collaborative network of Chinese non-governmental organizations responding to the 2015 Nepal earthquake” is free access for a limited time in our special issue. Check it out!
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Martin Searle”s article “Humanitarianism and the fourth industrial revolution: saving which lives?” Free access for a limited time in our special issue “Humanitarian Policy and Action in Asia: Analysing Challenges, Exploring Opportunities” Check it out!
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📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies (particularly keen on candidates working at the intersection of tech & strategy), Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
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Humanitarian aid, once guided by principles of neutrality and independence, is increasingly being used as a tool of national interest and transactional diplomacy.
Read more in IDSS Paper:
rsis.edu.sg/IP26005
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Direct, flexible funding for mutual aid groups will empower them to set their own agendas and respond adaptively to local needs.
Read more in IDSS Paper:
rsis.edu.sg/IP26007
#RSIS #IDSSPaper
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Postdoctoral Researchers #ECPRMemberJobs
📅 Two-year contract
🇩🇪 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
⌛ Monday 15 December
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Brown University post-doc opportunity at Watson School of Public and International Affairs. Deadline: 15JAN2026 networks.h-net.org/jobs/6951…
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Our latest special issue on "Humanitarian policy and action in Asia" is almost ready. Here's the introduction to the issue:
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Gaza’s hunger crisis spurs a diplomatic gamble
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