| This week, we are delighted to welcome two new members to APLN’s Governing Board. In the wake of the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, we revisit a special report from our Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations, analysing the multiple ideas of multipolarity espoused by key players in Asia.
As always, we highlight recent activities from our network, including analyses on China’s latest military parade and nuclear modernisation, the ROK-US Summit, Nepal’s political crisis, India-China relations, and more. |
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We are delighted to welcome two new members to APLN’s Governing Board:
- Prof. Ajin Choi, Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University.
- Amb. Robyug Park, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament.
We look forward to their engagement and guidance as they undertake the responsibilities of the Governing Board which include attending Board meetings, voting to ensure resolutions are legally binding, providing guidance on APLN’s work program, activities, and research, as well as upholding high standards of accountability, transparency, and operational effectiveness.
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Managing Multiple Multipolarities:
Evolving interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific
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Manpreet Sethi, Fang Liu, and Elaine Natalie argue that the global order is becoming irreversibly multipolar. No single power, neither the United States nor China, is able or willing to dominate every region, especially in the Asia-Pacific. The authors explain and compare the competing visions of multipolarity as articulated by China, India, and Indonesia to identify the challenges and opportunities for policymakers in the United States, China and in the region.
This report is published under APLN’s Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations, a project supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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APLN has over 170 members from 23 countries in the Asia-Pacific.
Each week we feature their latest contributions
to global and regional security debates.
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| Chung-in Moon, APLN Vice Chair, wrote for Hankyoreh on President Lee Jae Myung’s first summit with President Trump, arguing that while the summit was, all in all, positive for Korea, working out the nitty-gritty details of sensitive issues will require a principled and shrewd approach. |
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| Eunjung Lim, Professor at the Division of International Studies at Kongju National University, was featured on Arirang News, where she discussed the implications of South Korea’s presidency of the UN Security Council for the country’s international standing. |
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| Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow at the Nuclear Policy Programme and the China Centre of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explained what China’s military buildup means for global security and the future of arms control, why the buildup isn’t serving China’s goals, and how Beijing can help strengthen a rules-based nuclear order. |
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| Rakesh Sood, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Afghanistan and France, was interviewed by ANI, where he commented on Nepal’s ongoing political crisis and stressed the importance of India avoiding involvement in its internal political conflicts when shaping its approach to the tensions. |
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| Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary of India, wrote for Time and pointed out that India continues to view China through the lenses of power asymmetry, Pakistan ties, and regional competition, which is driving New Delhi closer to the United States and its Indo-Pacific strategy, even as Trump’s shifting policies introduce new uncertainty. |
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