Asia-Pacific

Frank O’Donnell quoted in India Today on India’s sixth-generation fighter aircraft options
Frank O’Donnell was quoted in India Today on India’s sixth-generation fighter aircraft options, cautioning that GCAP and FCAS should not distract from proven platforms and domestic capability ...

APLN and Jeju Peace Institute sign MOU to strengthen cooperation
APLN and the Jeju Peace Institute have signed an MOU to establish a framework for cooperation on research, knowledge exchange, policy engagement, and future collaboration around the Jeju Forum.

Safer Together: Patterns of Security Co-operation in Asia
The June 2026 special issue of the Global Asia journal features nine short essays from APLN's project 'Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations'.

Jeju Forum 2026: Destined for Chaos and Disorder? Search for New Regional and ...
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and the East Asia Foundation are co-hosting a session on ‘Destined for Chaos and Disorder? Search for New Regional and International Order’ at the Jeju ...

Jeju Forum 2026: Between Collective Defense and Collective Security: Toward a New ...
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and the Jeju Peace Institute are co-hosting a session on 'Between Collective Defense and Collective Security: Toward a New Security Architecture in East ...

Military Exercises and Security Multialignment in Asia amid US-China Competition
Prashanth Parameswaran assesses the accelerating proliferation of military exercises in Asia, driven by intensifying US–China strategic competition.

Situating Malaysia’s Defence Partnerships: Prospects for the Next Decade
Hoo Chiew Ping and Ngeow Chow Bing evaluate the five most consequential defence partnerships that will impact Malaysia's strategic environment in the near future, amid shifting major power dynamics.

Beyond Collective Balancing: A Typology of Asian Minilaterals and US Strategic ...
Kelly Grieco observes that US expectations for Asian minilaterals are increasingly disconnected from regional realities.

Talking Nuclear Ep 2: Carlos Sorreta in conversation with Manpreet Sethi
Dr Manpreet Sethi speaks with Ambassador Carlos Sorreta about the erosion of global nuclear diplomacy and the growing impediments to international legal frameworks.

Group Statement: Supporting Nuclear Fail-safe
75 senior figures from across the globe call on all nuclear-armed states to strengthen safeguards against the accidental, mistaken, or unauthorised use of nuclear weapons.
