NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY STUDIES
Non-traditional Security Studies addresses the mounting non-traditional issues and challenges in the South Asian region arising from non-military sources, such as Climate Change, Irregular Migration, Terrorism, Resource Wars, Disaster Management, Drug Trafficking, Transnational Crime etc. Factors as such are the security challenges that aren’t considered mainstream and are emerging as dynamics in conflict therefore affecting the national and international security becoming a part of non-traditional security issues that has emerged as the greatest challenges of 21st century.
ARTICLES
Human trafficking: An Unplucked Thorn in Indo-Nepal Ties
Trends showcase that after every natural disaster, migration to India from Nepal has increased and the Jajarkot tremor is bound to give rise to the number of human trafficking across the border.
Afghanistan’s Economic Outlook under the Taliban
Since the Taliban came to power, the health services have been pathetic and Afghan people have struggled to find economic opportunities to sustain their life where women's rights and the rights of minorities have been threatened.
Expanding Horizon of IR Discourse: An Exposition on Queer IR Theory
The representation of individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community is essential not only in deconstructing normative dichotomies within IR, but also to give further representation to these individuals in understanding social dynamics within both domestic and international realms.
Black Lives Matter Movement and the ‘Problem of Problems’ of the 21st Century
The video of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer caused a flood of emotions that has pushed people all around the globe to take to the streets and the internet to make their demand for racial justice.
Synergetic Thinking for the Absence of Multilateralism in South Asia
It should be a priority for South Asian nations to bridge the growing asymmetries by working on long-term synergies from informal networks such as the South Asia Foresight Network, dedicated to finding synergetic thinking beyond the present ‘zero sum’ thinking.
Sailing through the Indo-Pacific: Analyzing India’s Prospects and Challenges in the Region
There is a possibility for more initiatives in areas such as climate change, biodiversity, global marine commons, sea connectivity and trade, rules-based order, and values of democracy for governance.
AI in Determining the Future of Environmental Sustainability
To prevent illegal poaching, which has come to be recognised as a serious issue concerning the loss of biodiversity, the Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security (PAWS) was developed which used machine learning to predict potential poaching hotspots.
Ukraine- Russia Conflict: A Red Flag to Global Energy Security
Mentioning South Asian economies, the World Bank Vice President for South Asia, commented, “High oil and food prices caused by the war in Ukraine will have a strong negative impact on people's real incomes”.