Sri Lanka needs a ‘Comprehensive National Maritime Security Strategy,’ urgently
Roshan Kulatunga evaluates Sri Lanka's current and emerging maritime security environment and calls for urgently developing a national maritime security strategy.
Analysis
The Good Neighbour: As Aid Cuts Abound, Australia Steps Forward
Melissa Conley Tyler, Tom Barber and Grant Wyeth argue that Australia’s continued commitment to foreign aid - despite global trends of budget cuts - reflects a strategic, bipartisan consensus that ...
Analysis
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 ...
Analysis
Civil-Military Relations: Don’t Let Your Guard Down
Natalie Sambhi argues that civil-military relations in the Indo-Pacific are increasingly strained as militaries expand beyond traditional security roles. She emphasises the need for strong civilian ...
Analysis
The Remaking of the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture
Sarah Teo argues that the Indo-Pacific security architecture is shifting toward a more modular and decentralised model, and urges regional actors to embrace this transition by fostering complementary ...
Projects
Strategic Stability and Nuclear Salience: Japan, South Korea, and Extended Deterrence in ...
Joel Petersson Ivre explores how Japanese and Korean understandings of strategic stability contribute to increased nuclear salience in East Asia.
Analysis
Managing Regional Security Amidst DC Disconnects
Frank O'Donnell highlights how the second Trump administration’s contradictory policies are undermining trust and coherence in the US Asia strategy, and urges regional allies to prioritise greater ...
Member Activities
Book Talk: The Rivalry Peril
QUINCY INSTITUTE - APLN Senior Research Adviser Van Jackson shared insights from his new book, The Rivalry Peril, on how great-power competition threatens peace and weakens democracy.
China’s Growing Role and US Foreign Policy: S. Korea’s Options in Shifting World Order
THE KOREA TIMES - APLN Vice Chair Chung-in Moon was interviewed by The Korea Times, where he argued that South Korea should reduce its security dependence on the US.
Why Duterte Drama Should Inspire Malaysia to Reconsider Joining ICC
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - APLN member Elina Noor emphasised Malaysia's leaders should seize the external momentum to initiate the country’s return to the Rome Statute.
The Multilayered Multipolarity of Energy: A New Surge in United States-Korea Relations?
THE NATIONAL INTEREST - APLN member Eunjung Lim wrote on the multilayered multipolarity of energy, arguing that renewable and nuclear energy must remain integral to South Korea’s energy mix.