Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Policy
Global treaty regimes underpin international peace and security. APLN analyses developments and offers recommendations to sustain or improve them.

Contesting the Illusion of Peace: Are we prepared for nuclear war?
Tanvi Kulkarni warns that while nuclear risks and dangers are constantly evolving, the states and its citizens are not prepared for a nuclear disaster.

Regulating Missile Competition in the Asia-Pacific
Emmanuelle Maître offers feasible ways to limit the most destabilizing effects of the Asia-Pacific’s growing missile competition.

Debating Nuclear Disarmament at U.N. First Committee
APLN Board Member Angela Woodward discusses the outcomes of the U.N. General Assembly First Committee meeting.

Combining Approaches to Nuclear Disarmament
In light of the 2022 Review Conference to be held, Michiru Nishida outlines how the normative and step-by-step approaches to nuclear disarmament can be combined to achieve global denuclearization.
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[CTR Plus] Inter-Korean Cooperation Through NEAPHI
Dr. Young-jeon Shin discusses the prospects of Inter-Korean and Northeast Asia cooperation on public health via NEAPHI to address healthcare issues in the DPRK.
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[CTR Plus] Biomedical Cooperation with the DPRK in the Post-Pandemic Era
Dr. Sang Min Park proposes the creation of an inter-Korean Biomedical Cluster as a sustainable model for cooperation in the post-pandemic era.

54th Anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty
Four experts on space policy to give their views on the challenges the Outer Space Treaty is facing, and how they should be resolved.

Comprehensive Security and Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Dr. Frances Mautner-Markhof explains how the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) can be used as a model for a multilateral security cooperation mechanism in Northeast Asia.
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[CTR Plus] Comparing the Russian CTR Experience with North Korean Challenges
Dr. Siegfried Hecker discusses how lessons learnt from the Russian Cooperative Threat Reduction experience can be applied to North Korea.

A Deeper Dive into AUKUS: Risks and Benefits for the Asia-Pacific
This special report on the AUKUS deal explores the potential risks, benefits and geopolitical implications of Australia's proposed nuclear submarine programme.