In this episode of ASEAN Insights, Prof Akiko Yamanaka; Special Advisor to ERIA’s President, Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding, Japan, discusses the Power of Preventative Diplomacy with Lydia Ruddy, ERIA’s Director of Communications and Special Advisor for US-ASEAN Affairs. Prof Yamanaka defines human security, explains how it closely relates to preventive diplomacy, and states her profound wish for countries to move forward on the spirit of upholding human security.