Event Reports
7th Annual Meeting
The APLN convened in Jeju against looming nuclear threats, heightened levels of regional uncertainty, and the draft publication of a UN convention to prohibit the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
New Members Strategy Meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Regional governments have to acknowledge WMD threats posed by North Korea as well as be concerned with the deteriorating human rights situation in the DPRK, argues the Hon. Michael Kirby.
KNPS-APLN Joint Seminar in Seoul
Nuclear experts debated and discussed the option of South Korea going nuclear against the backdrop of North Korean nuclear issues.
APLN Open Debate in Seoul
Should South Korea consider going for nuclear armament in response to North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons?
South Asia and China Regional Meeting 2017
APLN members from South Asia and China convened in New Delhi to review global nuclear threats and regional challenges posed by the nuclear deterrence triad between China, India and Pakistan.
Southeast Asia Regional Meeting 2016
Addressing the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (SEANWFZ) and steps to secure nuclear weapons states’ signatures of the SEANWFZ Protocol.
Rethinking Nuclear Disarmament in Asia-Pacific
70 years post-Hiroshima and with the Cold War over, the Asia-Pacific has evolved into the global epicentre of nuclear threats arising from a chain of perceived existential security threats.
Future of the NPT
Critics have asserted that the 2015 NPT Review Conference 'failed', but how damaging was that outcome?
Denuclearizing North Korea - Agenda for Action
Faced with continued DPRK defiance on nuclear weapons and missile provocations, the international community seems at a loss on what to do next.
Geopolitical Tensions and Nuclear Temptation in the Asia-Pacific
Major power rivalries have been intensifying a renewal of territorial claims in both East Asia and Europe; and in new arenas, managing terrorism in the cyber sphere and outer space.