Ms. Hawwa Abdul Raheem Expert Lecturer, Ministry of Defense and National Security Maldives ASC 17-2 Your Content Goes Here Project timeline: 10/25/2017- 2/14/2023 Violent extremism emerged as a pressing issue in the security environment in the Maldives around 2017, increasingly undermining societal harmony through the spread of divisive religious ideologies. A new approach by extremist actors was enacted to target women as facilitators, recruiters, and moral supporters of men fighting on the front lines. The threat of extremism is a concern for the Maldives, given its strong reliance on tourism to support [...]

Ms. Ruri Prabaswari Doctoral Student, Indonesia National Cyber and Crypto Agency Indonesia CSC 22-2 Your Content Goes Here Project timeline: 6/17/2021- 1/1/2022 Indonesia experienced several massive cyberattacks in 2022, and the potential for cybersecurity to worsen rose with the outbreak of Covid-19. Ms. Ruri Prabaswari knew that national regulations regarding cyber crisis management and a national cyber crisis team were needed to anticipate and overcome this situation. She formulated a plan that would protect her nation’s critical infrastructure sectors. The goal of her project was to develop the concept of a national [...]

Ms. Amparo Pamela Fabe Professor, National Police College Philippines CSC 22-3 Your Content Goes Here Project timeline: 6/17/2021- 1/1/2022 Ms. Amparo Pamela Fabe, a professor at the National Police College of the Philippines, designed a program that integrates climate change issues into the national security discussion in the Philippines. The National Security Strategy Plan of the Philippine government from 2017 to 2022 did not directly focus on the issue of climate change and its impact on national security despite the Philippines being affected by natural disasters, such as 20 typhoons and 2,000 [...]