International Development and Security Cooperation (IDSC)

International Development and Security Cooperation (IDSC) is a SEC registered and a nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing global development towards a more secure world converging holistic, strategic, and progressive discourses on transnational development and regional security issues. IDSC was founded amid the coronavirus pandemic in May 2020 to help policymakers make decisions based on evidence-based research and for academics to find an alternative, balance, and independent platform through shared intelligent conversation with premiere analysts and scientists across the globe. IDSC's mission is to help advance Philippine national interest in international development and security cooperation with other countries through collaboration, education, research, and training aimed at becoming an eminent think tank in the Indo-Pacific region. IDSC capacitates on the knowledge economy as it enters the "new normal" of information dissemination, knowledge production, and remote working using innovative methods and providing excellent data among the brightest minds. IDSC fellows are guided by the core values of excellence, commitment, integrity, and professionalism, bringing a tradition of high-quality analysis and peer-reviewed research, while providing robust networks through its advisory and collaborative research projects, and online research and publications. It also organizes webinars, produces podcasts, and makes media appearances aimed at increasing awareness on policy issue-based development and security dialogues. It is committed to the public good for many people to understand our wide-ranging works, and not just among experts and decision-makers.