Korean Peninsula

2023: Upcoming Crisis for China's Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula
Yun Sun argues that a new nuclear weapons test by North Korea would deliver huge geopolitical consequences for China.

Is South Korea Considering Nuclear Weapons?
THE DIPLOMAT - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan argues that nuclear weapons are gaining greater importance in the national security thinking of many states in the Indo-Pacific.

With US, China Variables, Does N. Korea’s Calculus Really Point to 7th Nuclear Test?
HANKYOREH - APLN member Cheong Wook-Sik writes on predictions of a possible seventh North Korean nuclear test.

Incremental Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE - APLN Vice Chair Chung-in Moon was interviewed by Frank Aum on the situation in the Korean Peninsula.

North Korean Riddle: What Next after Nuclear Test?
THE KOREA TIMES - APLN member Kim Won-soo compares the situation in the Korean Peninsula to six horses pulling a loaded wagon and argues that Seoul must build a consensus on how to augment deterrence.

It’s Time for S. Korea to Think Seriously about Crisis Stability
HANKYOREH - APLN Vice Chair Moon Chung-in argues that crisis stability is as important as deterrence and as much attention should be paid to preventing wars as to winning them.

Proliferation Risks on the Korean Peninsula and Strategic Risk reduction in Northeast Asia
The US, Japan, and South Korea must abandon their ‘offer and wait’ policy with regard to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

4 Decades of Reckoning with North Korea’s Nuclear Threat – and Counting
Peter Hayes argues that going nuclear will not help South Korea deal with the threat posed by its northern neighbor.

Proliferation Risks on the Korean Peninsula and Strategic Risk reduction in Northeast Asia
The US, Japan, and South Korea must abandon their ‘offer and wait’ policy with regard to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

The DPRK Re-Thinks its Relations: Regional Implications of the New Nuclear Doctrine
Anastasia Barannikova was interviewed by Radio Free Asia on her APLN commentary on North Korea's new nuclear doctrine.