On 31 December 2022, SINERGI: Journal of Strategic Studies and International Affairs published a new issue, centralising its focus on the intersection between security, politics of conflict, women's development and peace in developing regions. Nevertheless, how do we use space and time to make sense of the most significant concerns of threats to our security? How do we refine constructive ideas about safety and inspire others to think beyond the rigidity of rational choice and nearly no freedom to choose? Time and space transform our perceived secured reality and insinuate threat discursively, whether yesterday or today, international or local.s. For those interested, the articles mentioned above can be accessed through SINERGI's website: https://sinergiukm.my/jou/index.php/sei/issue/view/4