Dr Alistair D. B. Cook is Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
In 2012–2013, he was a visiting research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore.
He graduated with a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia; Masters from Purdue University, USA; and M.A. (Hons) from St. Andrews University, Scotland.
He has taught at Purdue University, University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Nanyang Technological University and Australian National University.
His research interests are in non-traditional security and human security in the Asia-Pacific including peace and conflict studies, environmental security and climate change, foreign policy and regional cooperation, and domestic politics in Myanmar.
He has recently co-edited a book titled Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (Routledge, 2014) and has published in a variety of journals. He is also a resident analyst on Myanmar and regional security issues for Channel NewsAsia.