Commentaries
![Two Constraints in front of South Korea and Three New Measures for a Peace Regime](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/south-korea-2132622_1280.jpg)
Two Constraints in front of South Korea and Three New Measures for a Peace Regime
What's holding the Korean Peninsula back from achieving true peace, and proposals on how to get us closer to that goal.
![Exploring the Sweet Spot of Nuclear Latency of North Korea](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/johannes-plenio-EK0l7RhAB8E-unsplash-edit.jpg)
Exploring the Sweet Spot of Nuclear Latency of North Korea
Essay contest winner Chul-min Kim argues that for North Korea to be effectively denuclearized, a 'sweet spot' of nuclear latency needs to be hit -- rather than abandoning all nuclear capabilities.
![Analysis of Current Stalemate in Negotiations](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/stalemate_by_ratow_d158myv.jpg)
Analysis of Current Stalemate in Negotiations
In this winning Korea Times essay Ji-hun Park argues that the Military Armistice Commission enshrined in the Korean Armistice Agreement may be able to break the deadlock in nuclear negotiations.
![North Korea and NPT: Who Will Blink First?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/North_Koreas_ballistic_missile.jpg)
North Korea and NPT: Who Will Blink First?
Ramesh Thakur evaluates the NPT and its ability to solve the DPRK nuclear challenge.
![The Iran Nuclear Deal: Can the Centre Hold?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Iran_Talks_Vienna_14_July_2015_19067069963.jpg)
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Can the Centre Hold?
With US sanctions being reimposed on Iran, the world faces a real prospect of nuclear anarchy returning to the Middle East.
![Nuclear Security: The Focus Must Not Flag](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nuclear-2082637.jpg)
Nuclear Security: The Focus Must Not Flag
There is yet a long road ahead of us toward nuclear security.
![Korean Peninsula Denuclearization Revisited: A European Perspective](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/iStock-530577366.jpg)
Korean Peninsula Denuclearization Revisited: A European Perspective
"Denuclearization," as the key component of any negotiation between the U.S. and North Korea, will inevitably take time.
![Trump is the Master of Making America Grate](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/aaaaaadonald_trump-cpac-2011-gage_skidmore-slider960x560px-opt.jpg)
Trump is the Master of Making America Grate
Trump’s decision this week to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal is a global tragedy likely to unsettle an already volatile Middle East and a world in some disarray.
![The Ban Treaty and the IAEA Additional Protocol](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Sixth_Ministerial_Meeting_on_the_Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty_CTBT_8030061604.jpg)
The Ban Treaty and the IAEA Additional Protocol
The Ban Treaty's problematical Additional Protocol (AP) sets a lower safeguards standard for non-nuclear-weapon states.
![The THAAD Deployment in South Korea: A Challenge and An Opportunity](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/The_first_of_two_Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense_THAAD_interceptors_is_launched_during_a_successful_intercept_test_-_US_Army.jpg)
The THAAD Deployment in South Korea: A Challenge and An Opportunity
The THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) -- one of the U.S.'s key components of its missile defense architecture -- has a history of skepticism directed towards it.