Strategic Risk Assessment in East Asia: A Japanese View
Nobumasa Akiyama discusses Japanese perspectives of strategic risks in East Asia, including the North Korean threat and navigating Japan's relationship with China amid great power rivalry.
Analysis
South Korea’s Dangerous Sense of Isolation
Tanya Ogilvie-White argues that South Korea is becoming increasingly isolated from its regional security partners in the way that it views the threat from North Korea.
Projects
Behavioral Arms Control and East Asia
Ulrich Kühn and Heather Williams suggest using a “Behavioral Arms Control” framework between China and the United States to reduce the risk of war.
Projects
Advancing Regional Stability in an Era of Geopolitical Competition and Tension: The Role ...
Sandra Tarte explains Fiji's Pacific Zone of Peace concept and makes an argument that it should be a major part of Fiji's foreign policy agenda.
Analysis
Preparations for Nuclear War-Fighting and the Demise of Arms Control
Sverre Lodgaard argues that US and Russian war-fighting preparations include nuclear as well as conventional means, and China might be moving in the same direction.
Projects
What Should Be Done? Practical Policies to Prevent Nuclear Catastrophe
Van Jackson determines that Northeast Asia is a site of "nuclear precarity" and offers practical policy recommendations for avoiding nuclear escalation, aimed at the governments of Japan, South ...
Newsroom
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[LAUNCH] Asia-Pacific Women in International Security Database
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Member Activities
India’s Place in Australia’s National Defense Strategy 2024
THE DIPLOMAT - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan argues that New Delhi’s hesitance on hard security issues may hamper further developments in the Australia-India strategic relationship.
Japan and Southeast Asia Set to Co-Create an Interwoven Future
FULCRUM - APLN member Hoang Thi Ha co-writes a commentary with Pham Thi Phuong Thao on Japan’s decades-long cultivation of relations with Southeast Asia.
How Iran’s Attack Will Force Israel to Rethink Its Security
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - APLN member C. Uday Bhaskar argues that major powers must pursue diplomacy to ensure the region does not descend into greater turmoil and bloodshed.
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[JPN] The Limits of Deterrence Without Diplomacy
ASAHI SHIMBUN - APLN member Fujiwara Kiichi points out that deterrence and diplomacy are not mutually exclusive.