Weekly Newsletters
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Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons on the Korean Peninsula
Our project on nuclear risk in Northeast Asia continues with analysis from Eva Lisowski on possible uses of low-yield nuclear weapons, and translations of the project report.
Avoiding Nuclear War in the Taiwan Strait
We feature two special reports from our project assessing nuclear weapons use in Northeast Asia.
The Counterforce Dilemma in East Asia
Tuya Nyamosor assesses the achievements and limitations of NWFZs. We revisit previous analysis on NWFZs, and Ian Bowers discusses the counterforce dilemmas and risk of nuclear war in East Asia.
Can DPRK's Nuclear Progress Be Reversed?
The APLN team wishes you a very Happy New Lunar Year! We feature Anastasia Barannikova's report providing a detailed assessment of the DPRK’s nuclear history and motives for acquiring nuclear weapons.
Modelling Nuclear Weapons Use
We present our report on nuclear weapons use cases in Northeast Asia, Feroz Khan's video interview on confidence-building measures, and John Carlson's column on how to make the CTBT permanent.
Tackling the Resistance to No First Use
Dmitry Stefanovich analyses risk reduction and incident prevention mechanisms and Matt Korda assesses nuclear weapons that might be used in a Korean Peninsula conflict.
Does US missile defense work?
14 January 2022 Dear Network Members and Colleagues, This week, we continue our report series on nuclear use scenarios in the Asia-Pacific. The latest paper by ...
Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races
7 January 2022 - We kick off the new year with a response from APLN Chair to the P5 Statement, two new special reports on the Korean Peninsula and a commentary on the NPT.
Cooperative Threat Reduction Plus for the DPRK
22 December 2021 - Special newsletter highlighting APLN's 2021 CTR Plus project which tailors the lessons from the Nunn-Lugar CTR program to the DPRK’s unique circumstances.
Lessons from the Korean War & Nuclear Capable Missiles
17 December 2021 - This week, the APLN publishes special reports from Nick Hansen and James Matray, we also highlight the upcoming final event in our ROK-Japan nuclear domino project.