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
Happy to help where I can
May 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Happy to help where I can
I was treasurer and president for ISA Asia-Pacific Region (term limited) and participate in business meetings. Regions are an important component alongside sections and caucuses that are often overlooked.
May 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I was treasurer and president for ISA Asia-Pacific Region (term limited) and participate in business meetings. Regions are an important component alongside sections and caucuses that are often overlooked.
I see. I was referring to the ISA regions outside the USA.
May 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I see. I was referring to the ISA regions outside the USA.
So then the Annual Convention is essentially ISA USA during this time. The virtual component is a tough angle tried in the pandemic and for those of us in the Asia-Pacific timing and low participation were significant issues.
May 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So then the Annual Convention is essentially ISA USA during this time. The virtual component is a tough angle tried in the pandemic and for those of us in the Asia-Pacific timing and low participation were significant issues.
On the point of ISA conferences in non-US locations, this is fine if it is led by ISA regions. ISA central organising competing conferences to ISA regions is problematic. ISA regions could use additional resources from membership dues to support these efforts particularly when they can’t attend AC.
May 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
On the point of ISA conferences in non-US locations, this is fine if it is led by ISA regions. ISA central organising competing conferences to ISA regions is problematic. ISA regions could use additional resources from membership dues to support these efforts particularly when they can’t attend AC.
Fair. It’s all such a mess and sad that I imagine we’ll all ending up focusing on outside opportunities in our own regions or others. No winners.
May 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Fair. It’s all such a mess and sad that I imagine we’ll all ending up focusing on outside opportunities in our own regions or others. No winners.
Does Hilton not have locations in Canada for #ISA2027, #ISA2028, #ISA2029 to pivot to given that the immigration concern overrides the other considerations in exceptional circumstances?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
www.nature.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Does Hilton not have locations in Canada for #ISA2027, #ISA2028, #ISA2029 to pivot to given that the immigration concern overrides the other considerations in exceptional circumstances?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Imagine more of these. There will be fewer international participants so perhaps there is an online option for those outside USA, but domestic participants are in-person somehow allows for contract and inclusivity as a hybrid mix?
Imagine more of these. There will be fewer international participants so perhaps there is an online option for those outside USA, but domestic participants are in-person somehow allows for contract and inclusivity as a hybrid mix?
CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
www.caut.ca
April 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Imagine more of these. There will be fewer international participants so perhaps there is an online option for those outside USA, but domestic participants are in-person somehow allows for contract and inclusivity as a hybrid mix?
Imagine more of these. There will be fewer international participants so perhaps there is an online option for those outside USA, but domestic participants are in-person somehow allows for contract and inclusivity as a hybrid mix?
The RCG report is available here:
reliefweb.int/report/world...
reliefweb.int/report/world...
Regional Consultative Group on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination for Asia and the Pacific (10th Session, 3-5 December 2024): Summary report - World
Other in English on World and 6 other countries about Coordination and Disaster Management; published on 17 Jan 2025 by OCHA
reliefweb.int
January 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The RCG report is available here:
reliefweb.int/report/world...
reliefweb.int/report/world...
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Climate change in the Asia-Pacific security architecture – the case of ASEAN
Human-induced climate change will likely cause more intense and frequent cyclones and typhoons, as noted in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report Climate Change 2021: The Phys...
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December 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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