NTS Fellowship 2008
The past few years witnessed a new development in the global security posture in which non-traditional security factors are on the rise. Under the new circumstances, there has been a greater desire among countries for joint efforts to address these issues. In addressing non traditional security issues, it is essential to have the immediate interests in mind and also to treat both their symptoms and root causes, and make efforts to eliminate and establish a new international order that is fair and rational. Non-traditional security cooperation should be carried out in an all-round and gradual manner by political, economic, diplomatic, military, legal, scientific and technological and other means. In this backdrop, the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), in cooperation with foreign partners, announced the nine-month NTS Fellowships 2008. The NTS Fellowships were targeted towards emerging and mid-career research professionals (3-5 years) who have demonstrated leadership potentials. They were also required to demonstrate a sustained commitment to do analytical research on non-traditional security issues. The successful fellows have to spend time at the host institutions in home and abroad. The major areas of the NTS Fellowship covered the following issues.
- Globalization and conflict.
- Resource security.
- Human flows security.
- Mapping terrorism threats.
- Disaster and disease insecurity.
- Governance security.
- Security dimensions of global climate change.
- Rise of extremism and importance of strategic communications.