Titlebook: Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific; Engaging the Debate Alistair D. B. Cook,Lina Gong Book 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Aut

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Chinese Humanitarian Leadership in the UN and Multilateral System, community as a whole has undertaken a variety of measures to tackle the problems arising from natural disasters, armed conflict or other emergent situations. In recent years, China is quite proactive in multi-lateral humanitarian operations within the United Nations framework; however, new obstacle

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,Japan’s New Security Perspective on Humanitarian Assistance, a position of Japan changing? The answer is Yes and No. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administrations after its coming back to power in 2012 emphasize strategic usage of foreign aids aiming ‘peace, stability and prosperity of the world including Japan.’ The security environment in North East Asia

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Australia and the South Pacific Islands in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief,ion that Australia should play a leading role in this region. While Australian involvement is consistent with the humanitarian objectives represented by the United Nations’ Humanitarian Reform process and the Agenda for Humanity, Australia would be active in South Pacific HADR anyway. At a region-wi

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,Regional Humanitarian Platforms—The Case of ASEAN,landscape in Southeast Asia, namely ASEAN centrality, sectoral approaches and a diversifying multi-stakeholder environment. The challenge for the region remains how these communities of actors engage with one another for more effective action. Over the next five years as the region moves towards rea

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,Military Humanitarianism in the Asia–Pacific,mmunity faces the dual challenges of government capacity and the legitimacy of non-governmental organisations. One way of addressing the humanitarian capacity challenge is to recognise the added value and comparative advantages that those outside the traditional humanitarian sector can provide. This

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,Indonesia’s Humanitarian Engagements: Perspectives, Limitations and Prospects,ical hurdles at home. This paper highlights that in performing these roles, the Indonesian government ties its humanitarian actions to its national interest and foreign policy goals. This tendency is demonstrated in the country’s humanitarian foci, which are largely linked to its ambitions to demons

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,The Role of Civil Society in Disaster Response—The Philippine Experience,DRRM) in the Philippines. Disaster response is usually viewed as dominated by state actors and international organizations. In the Philippines, the DRRM frameworks and plans put a lot of responsibility on different national and local government agencies but the legal environment also allows for part