1st Edition

Covid-19 and Atrocity Prevention in East Asia

Edited By Noel M. Morada, Mely Caballero-Anthony Copyright 2023
238 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume examines the multifaceted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on peoples and states in East Asia. The book brings together selected case studies in Southeast Asia and the wider East Asian region that analyse how states in the region have responded to the pandemic and its multi-dimensional threats to human security, including risks of atrocity crimes. In the context of protecting... Read more

1. Introduction: COVID-19, Responsibility to Protect and Pathways toward Human Security

Mely Caballero-Anthony and Noel M. Morada

2. Indonesia: COVID-19 and Risk of Atrocity

Lina Alexandra and Muhammad Habib Abiyan Dzakwan

3. Myanmar: COVID-19 and Militarisation Spiral into Atrocity Crimes

Dan Goode and Debbie Stothard

4. The Philippines: A Feminist Analysis of Atrocity Prevention and Pandemic Response

Maria Tanyag

5. Singapore: Migrant Workers, A Vulnerable Community during COVID-19

S. Nanthini

6. China: Risk and Vulnerability during COVID-19

Lin Peng

7. Japan: COVID-19 and the Vulnerable

Miki Honda

8. Korea: COVID-19, the Vulnerable and Protection

Jaehyon Lee

9. Conclusion: COVID-19 and Its Implications for Atrocity Prevention in East Asia

Noel M. Morada and Mely Caballero-Anthony

Biography

Mely Caballero-Anthony is Professor of International Relations and holds the President’s Chair of International Relations and Security Studies at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She is also Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), NTU.

Noel M. Morada is a Senior Fellow and Director (Regional Diplomacy and Capacity Buidling) at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland St. Lucia, Australia.