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Across East Asia, intra-regional migration is more prevalent than
inter-regional movements, and the region's diverse histories,
geopolitics, economic development, ethnic communities, and natural
environments make it an excellent case study for examining the
relationship between irregular migration and human security.
Irregular migration can be broadly defined as people's mobility
that is unauthorised or forced, and this book expands on the
existing migration-security nexus by moving away from the
traditional state security lens, and instead, shifting the focus to
human security. With in-depth empirical country case studies from
the region, including China, Japan, North Korea, the Philippines,
Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore, the contributors
to this book develop a human security approach to the study of
irregular migration. In cases of irregular migration, such as
undocumented labour migrants, asylum seekers, internally displaced
people, trafficked persons, and smuggled people, human security is
the cause and/or effect of migration in both sending and receiving
countries. By adopting a human security lens, the chapters provide
striking insights into the motivations, vulnerabilities and
insecurities of migrants; the risks, dangers and illegality they
are exposed to during their journeys; as well as the potential or
imagined threats they pose to the new host countries. This
multidisciplinary book is based on extensive fieldwork and
interviews with migrants, aid workers, NGO activists and
immigration officers. As such, it will appeal to students and
scholars of Asian politics and security, as well as those with
interests in international relations, social policy, law, geography
and migration.
Across East Asia, intra-regional migration is more prevalent than
inter-regional movements, and the region's diverse histories,
geopolitics, economic development, ethnic communities, and natural
environments make it an excellent case study for examining the
relationship between irregular migration and human security.
Irregular migration can be broadly defined as people's mobility
that is unauthorised or forced, and this book expands on the
existing migration-security nexus by moving away from the
traditional state security lens, and instead, shifting the focus to
human security. With in-depth empirical country case studies from
the region, including China, Japan, North Korea, the Philippines,
Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore, the contributors
to this book develop a human security approach to the study of
irregular migration. In cases of irregular migration, such as
undocumented labour migrants, asylum seekers, internally displaced
people, trafficked persons, and smuggled people, human security is
the cause and/or effect of migration in both sending and receiving
countries. By adopting a human security lens, the chapters provide
striking insights into the motivations, vulnerabilities and
insecurities of migrants; the risks, dangers and illegality they
are exposed to during their journeys; as well as the potential or
imagined threats they pose to the new host countries. This
multidisciplinary book is based on extensive fieldwork and
interviews with migrants, aid workers, NGO activists and
immigration officers. As such, it will appeal to students and
scholars of Asian politics and security, as well as those with
interests in international relations, social policy, law, geography
and migration.
This collection offers insights of the international humanitarian
system, considering what constitutes humanitarianism in
Asia-Pacific, and how it shapes policy and practice in the region
and globally. It adds to the conversation on reforming the global
humanitarian system by providing the space to share perspectives on
humanitarian action from our place in the world. The authors answer
these questions by focusing on a range of issues from national to
sectoral perspectives to relations between 'traditional' and
'emerging' players, concluding that the dynamics of the
humanitarian system from the perspectives of the Asia-Pacific are
rooted in their localized experiences and built outwards. The first
significant trend is that understandings of humanitarianism in the
Asia-Pacific are primarily shaped by the experience of disasters at
home. Second, national governments play a dominant role in
humanitarian affairs in the region. Finally, the humanitarian
landscape in the Asia-Pacific constitutes a diverse yet
under-appreciated set of actors. This book is based on the RSIS
Conference on Asia and the Humanitarian World held in 2019 in
Singapore. It is relevant to students, scholars, practitioners and
policymakers with an interest in humanitarian assistance, disaster
management, strategic studies and international relations in
Asia-Pacific.
Non-Traditional Security in Asia examines the critical security
challenges faced by states and societies in Asia including health,
food, water, natural disasters, internal conflict, forced
migration, energy, transnational crime, and cyber security. Through
the development of a comprehensive analytical framework that
establishes the key ingredients to policy evaluation, the editors
draw on a wide variety of experts to collaborate in investigating
these crucial issues. This inclusive framework ensures that all
voices are heard including those oftentimes under-represented and
marginalized in society to ensure that academic and policy debates
are well informed about the often complex and nuanced nature of
these non-traditional security challenges. Through an investigation
into these specific non-traditional security threats,
Non-Traditional Security in Asia documents and evaluates many of
the most pressing challenges faced by Asia today. The authors
analyse the ways in which particular issues are addressed by the
many stakeholders involved in the policy-making process, both
within governments and across societies. The question of how these
challenges are addressed across and between the different levels of
global governance highlights the strengths and weakness that are
directly attributable to policy successes and failures. It is
through this layered and comprehensive approach, together with an
evaluation of the role of stakeholders, which binds together the
chapter contributions to this collection. The book undertakes an
issue-specific chapter study of how Asian states and societies
address these non-traditional security concerns from environmental
adaptation and mitigation measures to conflict resolution. For each
issue area, it identifies and explains the concerns of various
policy communities, identifying the motivations behind some of the
key decisions made to affect change or stabilize the status quo.
Essentially it questions not only what a security issue is but also
for whom the issue is important and the interaction this has with
policy outcomes. With a focus on regional and global institutions
as well as national and local ones, this collection illustrates the
variety of stakeholders involved in non-traditional security
concerns, and reflects on their relative importance in the
decision-making process. Through a systematic evaluation of these
non-traditional security issues by employing a comprehensive
analytical framework, critical appreciation of the dynamics of the
policy-making process surrounding issues of crucial national,
regional and international significance in Asia are made. As a
result of sharing these insights, the contributors provide the
tools as well as a selection of issue-specific stakeholders to
illuminate the key but complex characteristics of non-traditional
security in Asia.
There has been a significant consolidation of international norms
to advance human protection objectives in current global politics.
Yet, while civilian protection is at the heart of international
humanitarian law and the United Nations global security agenda,
armed conflicts today are increasingly fragmented. The current
global security environment creates significant ethical and
political complexities for the actors operating in this field to
protect civilians. This volume interrogates the diversity of
practices and the politics of civilian protection at the individual
and community as well as the state, non-state, and the
international community levels to conceptualize civilian protection
in this complex environment. The book comprises thematic chapters
on humanitarian intervention, protection of populations of concern
including refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), and
international diplomacy, which are enriched with six case studies
from Asia and Africa. Combining conceptual debate with empirical
evidence, the contributors describe the contexts in which
interventions occur and the practical ways in which protection
mechanisms have been implemented. This volume offers alternatives
that can be adopted to improve and build upon current practices of
civilian protection.
"I have read the draft of this book sent to me by the editor. After
reading this draft, I do think this book is valuable and timely. It
discusses the contemporary issues that have worried many people in
the present world: terrorism, human rights, Islamic radicalism and
the problem of identity in the Singaporean capitalism. These issues
are not discussed in the theoretical/abstract way (it also doesn't
meant that theories are not discussed at all), but in the context
of various concrete societies. The book deals with one of the above
issues in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Aceh and Sumenep in
Madura). Each issue is written by a different author that has
studied the issue thoroughly. So, the book is a collection of
research done by specialists of these issues. Two essays on
Southeast Asia (one on health and the other on human security) give
the general picture of this region, acting as a broad introduction
of the chapters that follow. Each chapter has been written
professionally and the readers will learn many things from each of
them. One has to read the chapter in order to really appreciate
them. Therefore I really recommend that this manuscript to be
published as a book in order to get a large audience. One
shortcoming though, this book deals with three countries
only(Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia), albeit these three are the
important countries in the region. Other important Southeast Asian
countries such as Thailand, the Philippines and Burma are not
discussed individually. With the omission of these countries, it
thus can be argued whether this book can represent the Southeast
Asian region? Also in dealing with Indonesia, the chapters talk on
sub-national level, namely on Aceh province and a peripheral city
Sumenep in the island of Madura, East Java, while Malaysia and
Singapore are dealt on the level of nation state. To conclude, even
with these shortcomings, this book is still valuable.Therefore I
would like to recommend it be published."-Arief Budiman, Foundation
Professor of Indonesian, Asia Institute, The University of
Melbourne, Australia
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