Global Nuclear Fail-Safe: Meeting Summaries and Related Documents
APLN advances the global conversation on unilateral measures for reducing nuclear risk, together with partners in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States.
Analysis
80 Years After Nuclear Use: Focusing On ‘Never Again’
Sujata Mehta warns that while the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki established a clear “never again” principle, current global crises and casual discussions of nuclear use risk eroding it.
Analysis
Nuclear Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: Sleepwalking Into Nuclear Hell?
Kim Won-soo recalls the 2002 North Korean nuclear crisis and draws key lessons from his experience as a senior diplomat, for the path ahead for renewed diplomacy and denuclearisation of the Korean ...
Analysis
80 years since Nuclear Use: Q&A with Tatsujiro Suzuki
Tatsujiro Suzuki shares his insights on how past lessons can guide future pathways toward a nuclear-weapon-free world.
Analysis
80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Threatening Decline of the Nuclear Taboo
As the global nuclear taboo weakens amid rising proliferation risks, Jiang Tianjiao highlights the need for all nuclear-armed states to adopt a no-first-use policy and to negotiate a global treaty ...
Analysis
Youth and the Generation of Global Hibakushas
Monalisa Hazarika argues that future generations have inherited the nuclear shadow, and calls for integrating survivor testimony, environmental justice, and anti-colonial perspectives into global ...
Analysis
80 Years Since Nuclear Use – Looking to the Past to See the Future
Reflecting on the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Gareth Evans warns that the world has avoided nuclear catastrophe so far only by luck, and urges renewed global efforts to reduce nuclear ...
Member Activities
South Korea Moves Away From Former Indo-Pacific Strategy
EAST ASIA FORUM - APLN Policy Fellow Dongkeun Lee wrote on South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy and its relationship with NATO under the Lee Jae Myung administration.
Trumpism and Global Disorder
THE KOREA TIMES - APLN member Kim Won-soo argued that South Korea should adopt a multifaceted strategy, combining strengthened alliance coordination with the US and proactive engagement in ...
Calibrating China Ties – Vietnam
CHINA IN THE WORLD - APLN member Huong Le Thu discussed the Vietnam-China relationship and how Vietnam seeks to assert its autonomy even as it looks to deepen economic cooperation.
Israel’s Airstrikes on Iran May Fuel Global Geopolitical Instability
MONEYCONTROL - APLN member C Uday Bhaskar argued that Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites risk severe regional escalation and have disrupted ongoing US-Iran nuclear diplomacy.