
Nuclear Weapons: Kill This Love
John Tilemann highlights how the Asia-Pacific remains dangerously enamored with nuclear weapons, necessitating urgent diplomatic and security initiatives to break this "fatal attraction" and advance meaningful disarmament.
Analysis

It's 89 Seconds to Midnight: The 2025 Doomsday Clock
In light of the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement, APLN Members Ganewati Wuryandari, Melissa Parke, Amit Sharma, and Lim Eunjung reflect on how closely this warning resonates with the Asia-Pacific ...
Analysis

Generating Positive Security Dynamics: From 2011 to 2025
Marty Natalegawa reflects on the relatively cooperative and diplomacy-driven security dynamics of 2011 with the fragmented, trust-deficient, and increasingly polarized landscape of 2025, emphasizing ...
Analysis

Toward a New High-Level Disarmament Initiative
Tanya Ogilvie-White underscores that Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel Peace Prize win serves as a stark reminder of the escalating nuclear risks and the urgent need for bold disarmament leadership, inspired by ...
Newsroom

2024: The Year in Review at APLN
Our roundup of APLN activities and publications for 2024.
Projects

A Rogue Seoul? South Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions and Indonesia-South Korea Relations
Elaine Natalie and Andhika Prawira explore how Indonesia might react to South Korea acquiring nuclear weapons.
Projects

Criticise, Compartmentalise: The Philippines Response to a Nuclear South Korea
Karla Mae G. Pabeliña explains how the Philippines would respond to South Korea acquiring nuclear weapons.
Member Activities

Confidence Crisis in Korean Politics and Wake-Up Call
THE KOREA TIMES - APLN member Kim Won-soo argued that to overcome the current crisis, the ruling and opposition parties must reengage in constructive dialogue and address constitutional reforms.

Handing Over the iCET Baton - Interview with Rakesh Sood
INDIA'S WORLD - APLN member Rakesh Sood shared his insights on the the broader implications of the India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in strengthening bilateral ties.

Trump 2.0: Curse or Blessing?
THE KOREA TIMES - APLN Vice Chair Chung-in Moon argued that South Korea must prepare for potential challenges posed by a second Trump presidency.

Geopolitical Landscape in 2025
ARIRANG NEWS - APLN member Eunjung Lim discussed what South Korea can do to weather the diplomatic challenges it is expected to face amid its political unrest in the new year.