NPT
Strengthening the NPT via Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone
Alvin Chew suggests that Iran should reinforce its commitment to the NPT by leading efforts to establish a Middle East nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ), which would demonstrate its peaceful intent ...
80 years since Nuclear Use: Q&A with Tatsujiro Suzuki
Tatsujiro Suzuki shares his insights on how past lessons can guide future pathways toward a nuclear-weapon-free world.
80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Threatening Decline of the Nuclear Taboo
As the global nuclear taboo weakens amid rising proliferation risks, Jiang Tianjiao highlights the need for all nuclear-armed states to adopt a no-first-use policy and to negotiate a global treaty ...
Disarmament in Retreat: Can the NPT Survive a Prolonged Disarmament Drought?
HMGS Palihakkara proposes concrete measures to salvage the NPT ahead of its 2026 Review Conference, warning that persistent inaction on disarmament risks triggering the collapse of the entire ...
80 Years Since Nuclear Use – Looking to the Past to See the Future
Reflecting on the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Gareth Evans warns that the world has avoided nuclear catastrophe so far only by luck, and urges renewed global efforts to reduce nuclear ...
Reflections on the 2025 NPT PrepCom
We invited four experts to examine the implications of this outcome: what drove the deadlock, whether the treaty is now at greater risk, and what urgent actions could restore momentum ahead of the ...
Nuclear Arms Control Architecture on Life Support
Kim Won-soo urges the N-5, umbrella states, and civil society to take immediate steps to rebuild trust and bolster the global nuclear disarmament and arms control framework ahead of 2026, with the ...
Drivers and Constraints of Nuclear Proliferation: Regional Responses to South Korean ...
Jun Bong-geun and Joel Petersson-Ivre summarise the findings of APLN's project on regional views of South Korean proliferation.
No Longer In Good Standing: How Mongolia Would View South Korea Going Nuclear
Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan explains the options available to Mongolia if South Korea were to go nuclear.
A Rogue Seoul? South Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions and Indonesia-South Korea Relations
Elaine Natalie and Andhika Prawira explore how Indonesia might react to South Korea acquiring nuclear weapons.