Policy Briefs
Northeast Asia Public Health Security Initiative
Peter Hayes proposes a Seoul City led Northeast Asia Public Health Security Initiative to engage with North Korea on public health as a way to re-build trust to resume denuclearization talks.
Negotiated Settlement through Sanctions Relief: Options for the Korean Peninsula
Thomas Biersteker and David Lanz suggest the pragmatic middle-of-the-road approach to tackling the DPRK nuclear challenge.
Proposing a nuclear dialogue with North Korea
Professor Bong-Geun Jun argues that policymakers must not only focus on DPRK denuclearization, but on reducing and eliminating nuclear security risks.
Can Nuclear Confidence-Building Measures between India and Pakistan be Revived?
Dr. Marianne Hanson highlights the dangers in Indo-Pakistan-China relations and recommends CSBMs steps towards lowering the risk of nuclear use.
Mounting Nuclear Risks
Dr. Manpreet Sethi identifies factors that heighten novel nuclear risks and makes recommendations for measures to arrest them.
The Ban Treaty: Perspectives from Southeast Asia
Professor Mely Caballero-Anthony offers a perspective from South East Asia on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
The Nuclear Chain Binding China, India, and Pakistan in a Tight Embrace
Ramesh Thakur explores the merits of adapting the Open Skies Treaty and the Incidents at Sea Agreement from the North Atlantic to the Asia–Pacific and of universalizing an NFU policy.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered: Why the Asia-Pacific Must Stand Up for the NPT
Ambassador (ret.) John Tileman argues that states must take the opportunity offered by the delayed NPT Review Conference to create momentum on nuclear risk reduction.
US Nuclear Policy and Posture: Bending Toward Asia?
Steve Andreasen argues in this policy brief that Washington and Beijing could take concrete nuclear threat reduction steps to moderate or mitigate nuclear tensions between the US and China in Asia.
Assessing the 50th Anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
In light of its 50th anniversary, John Carlson assesses the NPT, addressing the lack of progress on nuclear disarmament and recommending steps to resolve the issue.