North Korea Denuclearization
DPRK represents a volatile nuclear flashpoint. APLN assesses the regime's capabilities, desires and strategy and pragmatic steps towards denuclearization.
North Korea and NPT: Who Will Blink First?
Ramesh Thakur evaluates the NPT and its ability to solve the DPRK nuclear challenge.
Global Nuclear Disarmament: Don’t Abandon the Dream
Gareth Evans encourages proponents of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament to utilize the power of emotion and reason, unite around a realistic disarmament agenda, and stay optimistic.
Four Contentious Nuclear Issues
Jun Bong-geun identifies four contentious nuclear issues to be negotiated and agreed upon when creating a new US-DPRK nuclear agreement.
Methods for Refining Estimates of Cumulative DRPK Uranium Production
David Von Hippel summarizes the history of what is known about uranium mining in the DPRK and suggests methods for refining the estimates.
Verification of DPRK Nuclear Disarmament
John Carlson discusses a Verification Program for the DPRK Nuclear Disarmament and ROK's participation in it.
Reducing Nuclear Dangers on the Korean Peninsula: Bilateral versus Multilateral Approaches
Ambassador Thomas Graham examines the limits of an inter-Korean denuclearization agreement as a basis for North Korean nuclear disarmament.
APLN Welcomes Inaugural Summit Between USA and DPRK
Gareth Evans and Chung-in Moon welcome the 12th June 2018 summit between US President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the DPRK.
Korean Peninsula Nuclear Summitry: The Time is Right
John Tilemann argues that DPRK denuclearisation cannot be achieved as a discrete goal. Rather, the time for negotiations between the US, China, and Russia over security assurances is at hand.
Korean Peninsula Denuclearization Revisited: A European Perspective
"Denuclearization," as the key component of any negotiation between the U.S. and North Korea, will inevitably take time.
Northeast Asia Regional Meeting 2018
The Summit between the leaders of the U.S. and the DPRK was regarded as an extremely positive development in dissolving tensions surrounding the Korean Peninsula.