Southeast Asian Cities: Grappling with Air Pollution
We explore how industrial and agricultural growth in the SEA region has led to worsened air pollution and its long-term significant health consequences.
Ted Silan
Email: tedsilan@humanoproject.org
High-Quality Seeds: Accessing Food Security for ASEAN
We examine the importance of high-quality seeds for food security in ASEAN, exploring the role of seeds in improving crop yields, the challenges and barriers to accessing quality seeds, and potential solutions and strategies for improvement.
ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace, and Security for 2025 Onwards
We look at why women and girls can play a crucial role in peacebuilding efforts in ASEAN. We also delve into how the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace, and Security frame is used by ASEAN member states to improve national-level protection and advocacy of women's rights.
Mekong Early Warning Systems: A Blend of Old and New
Why are the Mekong River's early warning systems crucial to overall livelihoods in the region? And, more importantly, why we must integrate traditional knowledge and advanced technology to tackle the impacts of floods and droughts on communities.
Climate Futures: Uncertainty Lingers for Trump’s Second Term
Will President Trump continue with a lackluster agenda on climate change? How could his dynamic with Elon Musk alter his views on sustainability? Who will lead the gap left behind by the US leaving the Paris Agreement ? We discuss the possible events that could unfold.
Is there room for AI in Sustainable Development?
We discuss why AI can be a catalyst in achieving SDGs, as well as its risks. Examples of how AI is currently being used and why we should use SDGs as the key indicator for AI implementation within the field of sustainable development.
Statelessness In deeper trouble with our inward-looking agenda
Statelessness brings to light the dire consequences of lacking a legal identity. Nationalism, which, while uniting citizens, can worsen statelessness by promoting discriminative policies against minorities who face denial of rights with exclusionary citizenship laws.
Interview
Featured Interview: Untouchability to Empowerment, Taxila's Mission of Social Change
Harsh Raj drove alone. In the district of Vaishali, he visited over 14 villages and 400 houses, carrying his vision of Taxila. Many of these villages are some of the poorest villages in India, yet there was hope that his learning centers could be the catalyst they needed to lift
The Challenge of International Humanitarian Law in Middle Eastern Armed Conflict
The IHL was founded to limit the destructive effects of armed conflict on all humanitarian bases. Islamic law has a huge influence in all aspects in the region including preventing violations of humanitarian provisions. But interpretations have deviated the similarities Islamic Laws has with IHL.
Greater Focus for Clean Energy Access to Populations in Remote Areas Needed for 2030 Target
SDG 7 aims to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy worldwide by 2030. However, achieving this goal is becoming more urgent as a significant portion of the global population still lacks access to clean energy, particularly in rural and remote areas.
The Boomerang Model: How Transnational Advocacy Networks respond to Rohingya Crisis
The boomerang model refers to the result of the unresponsiveness by states towards efforts by domestic activists, leading to a work-around by reaching out to civil society organization and activists internationally. We can observe such model in the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.