Nuclear Security
![APLN Statement on the 4th Nuclear Security Summit](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nuclear-terrorism.jpg)
APLN Statement on the 4th Nuclear Security Summit
We call for continued high level attention to nuclear security threats in the Asia-Pacific, as the threat of nuclear terrorism remains acute.
![Hiroshima Declaration on Nuclear Weapons](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/6018958296_6339484ed3_edit.jpg)
Hiroshima Declaration on Nuclear Weapons
The world’s political leaders and nuclear policymakers should reinforce their determination to eliminate -- once and for all -- the most indiscriminately inhumane weapons ever devised.
![CNND Report – Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play 2015](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sunyu-edit-unsplash.jpg)
CNND Report – Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play 2015
Overwhelmingly, the story has been one of paralysis, minimal forward movement, and significant backsliding.
![Brazilian Nuclear Policy](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brazil-nuclearpolicy_1280.jpg)
Brazilian Nuclear Policy
In Brazil, current tensions stem from domestic criticism on the lack of progress in global nuclear disarmament, and the discriminatory nature of non-proliferation obligations on the other.
![Cyber Threats and Nuclear Dangers](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cyber-security-1923446_1280.png)
Cyber Threats and Nuclear Dangers
Malicious hackers exploiting nuclear facilities could be potentially disastrous. Recommended cybersecurity steps are drafted in this policy brief.
![A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Pursuit of Cooperative Security in the Arctic](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Senior_Treffen_Rovaniemi_CACS_LinneaNordstroem.jpg)
A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Pursuit of Cooperative Security in the Arctic
Indigenous communities and Arctic states have faced major challenges in establishing the Arctic as a nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ).
![Jakarta Declaration on Nuclear Weapons](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/uray-zulfikar-edit-unsplash.jpg)
Jakarta Declaration on Nuclear Weapons
The Jakarta Declaration on Nuclear Weapons calls for immediate, realistically achievable confidence-building steps towards disarmament by each of the nuclear-armed states in the region.
![The Urgent Need for Nuclear Risk Reduction in Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mask-bkgfill_1280.jpg)
The Urgent Need for Nuclear Risk Reduction in Asia
The expansion and modernization of nuclear weapons in Asia set against a backdrop of rising tensions has led to an urgent need to de-escalate and reduce nuclear danger in the region.
![Living with the Bomb: The Public and Nuclear Weapons](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apocalypse-2273069_1280.jpg)
Living with the Bomb: The Public and Nuclear Weapons
Public activism has contributed to the non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945, but the voice of the people goes largely unnoticed in governments' policy making.
![Nuclear Arms Control: A Realistic Global Agenda](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/war-3078482_1280.jpg)
Nuclear Arms Control: A Realistic Global Agenda
Gareth Evans emphasizes the need to re-energize both the nuclear nonproliferation and the nuclear disarmament agenda in a manner that could be embraced by all relevant players.