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.
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Japan Should Reconsider Plutonium Policy
Tatsujiro Suzuki presents a series of recommendations on how the Japanese government should manage and eventually reduce and eliminate its plutonium stockpile.
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Coming Together to Save the NPT Right Now
Tuya Nyamosor discusses the importance of preserving the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime enshrined in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
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COVID-19 Holds Up Mirror to Nuclear Risks
Manpreet Sethi discusses the current state of nuclear weapons issues and pushes for the acceptance of the no first use (NFU) policy by all nuclear armed states.
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Nuclear Powers Must Lead on Arms Control
Tong Zhao urges the five nuclear weapons states (NWS) to work on reducing the importance of nuclear weapons in national security.
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Urgent Action Needed to Reduce Risk of Nuclear War
John Carlson examines the risk of nuclear war and identifies steps to reduce those risks.
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It's time for the U.S. to stop pursuing North Korean de-nuclearization
De-nuclearizing North Korea is not going to happen, and may in fact run counter to American interests. The answer to successful negotiations may lie in arms control instead.
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U.S.-Iran Brinkmanship Threatens Regional Stability, Nuclear Order
Rakesh Sood discusses how the US-Iran brinkmanship not only destabilizes West Asia but also jeopardizes the nuclear nonproliferation order as the JCPOA heads towards an untimely demise.
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North Korea and NPT: Who Will Blink First?
Ramesh Thakur evaluates the NPT and its ability to solve the DPRK nuclear challenge.
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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.
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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.