APLN Group Statement: A Return to Nuclear Testing Threatens Global Stability
Over 65 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 moratoriums.
Analysis
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.
Analysis
Existential Need for Reducing US-China Nuclear Tensions
Frank O’Donnell emphasises the urgent need to reduce U.S.-China nuclear tensions and proposes unilateral fail-safe reviews as a practical interim measure to mitigate accidental risks.
Projects
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[Infographic] Navigating Contemporary Geopolitics in Asia and the Pacific
An infographic highlighting how states in Asia and the Pacific balance national priorities and contemporary geopolitical pressures.
Analysis
What India’s Attendance at SCO Summit Means
Pankaj Saran writes that Modi’s visit to China for the SCO Summit signalled cautious steps toward normalisation with Beijing after years of tension.
Newsroom
Advancing Nuclear Fail-Safe in the Asia-Pacific
This week's newsletter features our project on Advancing Nuclear Fail-Safe in the Asia-Pacific.
Projects
80 Years Since Nuclear Use
APLN commemorates 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a series of eight short interpretive essays.
Member Activities
Preventing Pandora’s Box from opening on nuclear testing
THE JAKARTA POST - APLN Chair Marty Natalegawa warned that a return to nuclear explosive testing by the US has the potential to open the doors for others to follow suit.
Gaza hopes to pick up the pieces
THE TRIBUNE - APLN member C Uday Bhaskar wrote on the Gaza ceasefire agreement, arguing that the Trump-brokered deal should be cautiously welcomed for a humanitarian reason.
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.