Al Cook
@adbcook.bsky.social
Welshman. HADR Research Programme Coordinator & Senior Fellow, NTS Centre | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) | Nanyang Technological University | 🇸🇬 | Non-Traditional Security, Humanitarianism, Disasters, Myanmar, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific
Martin Searle”s article “Humanitarianism and the fourth industrial revolution: saving which lives?” Is free access for a limited time in special issue “Humanitarian Policy and Action in Asia: Analysing Challenges, Exploring Opportunities” Check it out!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Humanitarianism and the fourth industrial revolution: saving which lives?
The crossing of physical, biological and cyber domains that characterizes the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) threatens the independence of humanitarian organizations. This challenge increases t...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Martin Searle”s article “Humanitarianism and the fourth industrial revolution: saving which lives?” Is free access for a limited time in special issue “Humanitarian Policy and Action in Asia: Analysing Challenges, Exploring Opportunities” Check it out!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
South-South humanitarianism: a collaborative network of Chinese non-governmental organizations responding to the 2015 Nepal earthquake
The literature on the internationalization of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) under-appreciates the experience of those originating in the Global South. This article addresses this gap in the...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Assistant / Associate Professor in International Political Economy (Tenure-Track / Tenured) [RSIS] ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Assistant / Associate Professor in International Political Economy (Tenure-Track / Tenured) [RSIS]
Assistant / Associate Professor in International Political Economy (Tenure-Track / Tenured) The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Assistant / Associate Professor in International Political Economy (Tenure-Track / Tenured) [RSIS] ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies, Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
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Assistant / Associate Professor in Asian Studies / International Relations (Tenure-Track / Tenured) [RSIS]
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is seeking to appoint an Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-Track/Tenured) in Asian Studies ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies, Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
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Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze
📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies, Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
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Assistant / Associate Professor in Asian Studies / International Relations (Tenure-Track / Tenured) [RSIS]
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is seeking to appoint an Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-Track/Tenured) in Asian Studies ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
📢 @RSIS_NTU @NTUsg is hiring tenure-track positions in Strategic Studies, Asian Studies, IR, and IPE. Deadline: 31 Jan 2026. Please RT & share with anyone on the market!
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2 PhD scholarships in politics, University College Dublin: www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
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December 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
2 PhD scholarships in politics, University College Dublin: www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Max Planck post-docs on political economy and economic sociology. Deadline: 15DEC25 career.mpifg.de/jobposting/3...
Postdoctoral Program 2026
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November 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Max Planck post-docs on political economy and economic sociology. Deadline: 15DEC25 career.mpifg.de/jobposting/3...
Brown University post-doc opportunity at Watson School of Public and International Affairs. Deadline: 15JAN2026: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69514/b...
Brown University - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs and Department of History 2026-2028 | H-Net
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Brown University post-doc opportunity at Watson School of Public and International Affairs. Deadline: 15JAN2026: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69514/b...
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Short piece by Tobias Ide on how horribly wrong AI bots are when asked to analyze research, in this case around climate security.
I found when dealing with environmental security, it keeps referring back to ideas from the 1990s, most long since discredited
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/08/hall...
I found when dealing with environmental security, it keeps referring back to ideas from the 1990s, most long since discredited
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/08/hall...
Hallucinating Climate Security: A Cautionary Tale about Generative AI
Recent studies indicate that over 90% of all students – and an increasing number of policy makers – are using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to process large amounts of data and [...]
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August 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Short piece by Tobias Ide on how horribly wrong AI bots are when asked to analyze research, in this case around climate security.
I found when dealing with environmental security, it keeps referring back to ideas from the 1990s, most long since discredited
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/08/hall...
I found when dealing with environmental security, it keeps referring back to ideas from the 1990s, most long since discredited
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/08/hall...
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JUST RELEASED! The July issue of NBR's quarterly journal ASIA POLICY features content on #nontraditionalsecurity, #SoutheastAsia, #UStariffs, #ChinaMiddleEast engagement #NorthKoreaRussia relations, #Taiwan's #DefenseIndustry, the #IndianOcean, and more! www.nbr.org/publication/...
July 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
JUST RELEASED! The July issue of NBR's quarterly journal ASIA POLICY features content on #nontraditionalsecurity, #SoutheastAsia, #UStariffs, #ChinaMiddleEast engagement #NorthKoreaRussia relations, #Taiwan's #DefenseIndustry, the #IndianOcean, and more! www.nbr.org/publication/...
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Great catching up with @adbcook.bsky.social over spicy Indonesian food!
July 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Great catching up with @adbcook.bsky.social over spicy Indonesian food!
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Beyond thrilled to have my new article on ‘radical contestion’ published in @risjnl.bsky.social!
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Please feel free to share further 😊
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Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Please feel free to share further 😊
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Beyond thrilled to have my new article on ‘radical contestion’ published in @risjnl.bsky.social!
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Please feel free to share further 😊
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Please feel free to share further 😊
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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Hang on, Bartholomew Roberts was Welsh too. You're telling me a Welsh pirate went out on the high seas only to get captured by another Welsh pirate?
Ni ellir dianc rhag Hon etc.
Ni ellir dianc rhag Hon etc.
May 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Hang on, Bartholomew Roberts was Welsh too. You're telling me a Welsh pirate went out on the high seas only to get captured by another Welsh pirate?
Ni ellir dianc rhag Hon etc.
Ni ellir dianc rhag Hon etc.
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Myanmar/Thailand: new Shan Human Rights Foundation report details new signs of rare earth mining in southern Mong Hsat only 25 kms from Thai border per latest sat imagery.
Satellite imagery indicates rare earth mining in southern Mong Hsat only 25 kms from Thai border - Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation May 15, 2025 Satellite imagery indicates rare earth mining in southern Mong Hsat only 25 kms from Thai border Satellite images indicate that rare earth minin...
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May 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Myanmar/Thailand: new Shan Human Rights Foundation report details new signs of rare earth mining in southern Mong Hsat only 25 kms from Thai border per latest sat imagery.
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As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
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The UK child citizenship fee is one of the highest in Europe: £1,214.
Many kids who have British citizenship rights are missing out because their families cannot afford the fee.
I’ve tabled an amendment that would stop children being priced out of citizenship in the country they call home.
Many kids who have British citizenship rights are missing out because their families cannot afford the fee.
I’ve tabled an amendment that would stop children being priced out of citizenship in the country they call home.
May 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The UK child citizenship fee is one of the highest in Europe: £1,214.
Many kids who have British citizenship rights are missing out because their families cannot afford the fee.
I’ve tabled an amendment that would stop children being priced out of citizenship in the country they call home.
Many kids who have British citizenship rights are missing out because their families cannot afford the fee.
I’ve tabled an amendment that would stop children being priced out of citizenship in the country they call home.
S. Nanthini and I have published an RSIS Policy Report analysing Southeast Asian humanitarian responses to the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria in February 2023, and the potential for One ASEAN One Response outside the region.
rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...
rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...
Southeast Asian Responses to the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes
Executive Summary This policy report analyses the humanitarian responses of Southeast Asian countries to the 7.8 magnitude earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria in February 2023. It traces the emergi...
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May 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
S. Nanthini and I have published an RSIS Policy Report analysing Southeast Asian humanitarian responses to the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria in February 2023, and the potential for One ASEAN One Response outside the region.
rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...
rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...
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This article probably won’t excite readers as much as stories about drone warfare, Ukrainian battlefields or Chinese naval task groups. However, civil-military relations are more important than any of these subjects. My latest at @lowyinstitute.bsky.social
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
A distinctly Australian approach to civil-military relations
Examining a neglected but crucial aspect of Australia’s national security debate.
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April 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This article probably won’t excite readers as much as stories about drone warfare, Ukrainian battlefields or Chinese naval task groups. However, civil-military relations are more important than any of these subjects. My latest at @lowyinstitute.bsky.social
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Here is my piece for @foreignpolicy.com on Myanmar’s earthquake and its political aftershocks
“Myanmar needs more than charity: It needs solidarity and sustained pressure for the freedom that its people have died for.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...
“Myanmar needs more than charity: It needs solidarity and sustained pressure for the freedom that its people have died for.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...
Myanmar’s Earthquake Exposes Political Fault Lines
The junta has exploited past crises to reinforce its power—and it can do it again.
foreignpolicy.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Here is my piece for @foreignpolicy.com on Myanmar’s earthquake and its political aftershocks
“Myanmar needs more than charity: It needs solidarity and sustained pressure for the freedom that its people have died for.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...
“Myanmar needs more than charity: It needs solidarity and sustained pressure for the freedom that its people have died for.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/m...
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Wait until they found out how many economist plagiarized "We leverage a novel instrumental variable that is plausibly exogenous."
Possibly the dumbest of the many dumb plagiarism claims
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March 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wait until they found out how many economist plagiarized "We leverage a novel instrumental variable that is plausibly exogenous."