1st Edition

Climate Security in the Indo-Pacific Variations, Contestations and Convergence of Security Practices

Edited By Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D.B. Cook Copyright 2025
116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the intersection of climate change and security in the Indo-Pacific, from the South China Sea disputes to national and regional security practices in India, Japan and Southeast Asia, highlighting the vulnerability of countries facing extreme weather, sea-level rise, and geopolitical tensions. The Indo-Pacific is the world’s most exposed region to natural hazards, and climate... Read more

Introduction: Understanding climate security in the Indo-Pacific

Mely Caballero-Anthony and Alistair D. B. Cook

 

1. Climate security in Southeast Asia: navigating concepts, approaches and practices

Mely Caballero-Anthony

 

2. Climate change in the Asia-Pacific security architecture – the case of ASEAN

Alistair D. B. Cook

 

3. Cascading risks in a social-ecological system: the South China Sea disputes

Maria Ortuoste

 

4. Shifting discourses of climate security in India: domestic and international dimensions

Dhanasree Jayaram

 

5. Climate security and Japan’s new national security strategy: a policy analysis

Hideshi Tokuchi

 

Biography

Mely Caballero-Anthony is Professor of international relations, holds the President’s Chair for International Relations and Security Studies, heads the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, and is Associate Dean for external engagement at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

 

Alistair D. B. Cook is Coordinator of the HADR Programme and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.