Policy Briefs
![Changing Nuclear Thinking in Pakistan](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nuclear-Pakistan.jpg)
Changing Nuclear Thinking in Pakistan
Fifteen years since the nuclear tests of 1998, changed sentiments about the atomic bomb have taken hold among the policymakers and the public in Pakistan.
![Nuclear Arms Control: A Realistic Global Agenda](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/war-3078482_1280.jpg)
Nuclear Arms Control: A Realistic Global Agenda
Gareth Evans emphasizes the need to re-energize both the nuclear nonproliferation and the nuclear disarmament agenda in a manner that could be embraced by all relevant players.
![What Did India Gain Getting the Bomb?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/PM_Modi_visits_Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre.jpg)
What Did India Gain Getting the Bomb?
Ramesh Thakur explores how the utility of India's nuclear weapons is questionable on many grounds.
![Bringing the UN Disarmament Machinery Back to Life](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/un-4984799_1280.jpg)
Bringing the UN Disarmament Machinery Back to Life
John Page examines the deadlocked Conference on Disarmament (CD) and explores alternative disarmament agreements.
![Improving Nuclear Security Governance in the Asia-Pacific](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/USFK_-_United_States_Forces_Korea_image_archive_-_Barack_Obama.jpg)
Improving Nuclear Security Governance in the Asia-Pacific
John Carlson discusses the shortcomings of current international nuclear security arrangements and provides recommendations on what needs to be done.
![An Asia-Pacific Nuclear Energy Community](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cooling-towers-4196924_1280.jpg)
An Asia-Pacific Nuclear Energy Community
John Carlson asserts the need for an intergovernmental Asia-Pacific nuclear energy community to reduce proliferation risk from the growth of nuclear energy programs.
![Nuclear Weapons: Global Governance Failing to Meet the Challenge](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/war-3424436_1280.jpg)
Nuclear Weapons: Global Governance Failing to Meet the Challenge
Ramesh Thakur examines the current architecture of nuclear weapons global governance and suggests steps to prioritize moving forward.
![Why Nuclear Weapons Must Be Eliminated](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/26382368654_56eb20709c_k.jpg)
Why Nuclear Weapons Must Be Eliminated
Gareth Evans discusses the humanitarian, strategic, and financial arguments against nuclear weapons.
![Nuclear Weapons: The Opportunity Costs](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nuclearthreat-edit.jpg)
Nuclear Weapons: The Opportunity Costs
John Page and Ramesh Thakur argue that the economic cost of nuclear weapons far exceeds its claimed benefits.