https://www.scmp.com/rss/510919/feed Sarang Shidore is the Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Coming on the heels of a brutal heatwave in Southeast Asia is Cyclone Mocha, among the biggest in the region’s history. The storm has left a trail of destruction across Myanmar’s coastal Rakhine state. But even as we mourn the humanitarian tragedy, we must come to grips with the fact that climate change is a security issue, with profound implications for war and peace. The way to deal with grave challenges such as climate security is to have an all-hands-on-deck approach regardless of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3220840/cyclone-mocha-disaster-myanmar-wake-call-asean-world-take-climate-security-seriously?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3220840/cyclone-mocha-disaster-myanmar-wake-call-asean-world-take-climate-security-seriously?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 May 2023 06:00:13 +0000 As China’s rise continues unabated, it is hardly a secret that the United States is reorienting its grand strategy to counter China in all domains, with the Aukus announcement as its latest manifestation. Washington’s goal is to prevent the emergence of China as a peer competitor and retain (or recover) US global dominance. The steadily militarising US-China rivalry threatens to roil South and Southeast Asia and could convert it into a set of “frontline states”. However, such a dystopian future... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3151202/why-south-and-southeast-asia-must-cooperate-prevent-new-cold-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3151202/why-south-and-southeast-asia-must-cooperate-prevent-new-cold-war?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Oct 2021 02:35:34 +0000