United States (Trump Administration)

Expanding US-ROK Nuclear Cooperation: A Strategic Partnership for the Carbon-Neutral Era
Park Robyug observes that President Trump’s May 2025 executive order on nuclear revival may fundamentally transform the landscape for US–ROK cooperation and presents an unprecedented strategic ...

Expanding US-ROK Nuclear Cooperation: A Strategic Partnership for the Carbon-Neutral Era
Park Robyug observes that President Trump’s May 2025 executive order on nuclear revival may fundamentally transform the landscape for US–ROK cooperation and presents an unprecedented strategic ...

When Diplomacy Still Works: Reflections on the Gyeongju APEC Summit
Lim Eunjung reviews the Gyeongju Declaration and distills three key insights from the 2025 Gyeongju APEC Summit.

The 2025 Busan Meeting: Setting New Expectations for China and the United States
Wu Chunsi suggests that the Trump-Xi meeting in Busan in October 2025 has raised new expectations for improved China-United States ties.

Donald Trump shakes up the global nuclear order
THE HINDU - APLN Member Rakesh Sood warns that resumption of US nuclear testing will have a domino effect and lead to the demise of the CTBT and the NPT regime.

Trump’s Talk of Nuclear Testing Is Terrifying
Mitsuru Kitano argues that President Trump's impulsive and unchecked approach to nuclear testing has significantly increased global nuclear risk.

APLN Group Statement: A Return to Nuclear Testing Threatens Global Stability
Over 80 members of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network warn that a return to nuclear testing threatens global stability and call upon all nuclear armed states to reaffirm their nuclear testing ...

Responsibility Over Rivalry: Why India and Pakistan Should Reject Nuclear Testing
Sahar Khan and Haleema Saadia suggest that Trump's nuclear testing announcement has presented India and Pakistan a rare moment of normative leadership to jointly reaffirm their nuclear moratoriums.

To Lam’s Foreign Policy Leadership in the “Era of National Rise”
YUSOF ISHAK INSTITUTE - APLN member Hoang Thi Ha co-wrote a paper with Pham Thi Phuong Thao on Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam’s foreign policy leadership.

Solving the dilemma of OPCON transfer and inter-Korean relations
HANKYOREH - APLN member Cheong Wook-sik noted that attempting to meet the conditions for OPCON transfer has thus far led North Korea to dig in its heels on its nuclear program.
