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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Northeast Asia Regional Meeting 2017
In this regional meeting: NK Nuclear Issues; The effectiveness of the NPT; East Asia and the nuclear umbrella; Regional and global non-proliferation initiatives; Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
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The Asia-Pacific Nuclear Governance Architecture Part I
In this two-part study, Trevor Findlay explores the need for peaceful uses of nuclear energy in the Asia-Pacific. In Pt. I: growing demand for nuclear-generated electricity in the region by year 2030.
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Strong Anti-Nuclear Weapons Advocacy by Asia-Pacific Leaders
Serious threats persist from the use or misuse of weapons – whether by design, accident or system malfunction – and whether by nuclear-armed states and terrorist actors.
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Asia Presents the Biggest Challenge to Global Nuclear Orders
Of all the continents, Asia presents the most complex and the most urgent challenges to the uneasy nuclear peace that has prevailed since 1945.
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APLN Co-Convenors’ Press Release: An Appeal for a New Start to Addressing Nuclear Threats
The annual meeting of the APLN convened this week in Jeju, ROK, against the backdrop of looming nuclear threats and heightened levels of regional uncertainty.
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7th Annual Meeting
The APLN convened in Jeju against looming nuclear threats, heightened levels of regional uncertainty, and the draft publication of a UN convention to prohibit the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
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The UN Draft Treaty To Ban the Bomb is an Important Milestone on the Road to Nuclear ...
The recently published draft text of a convention to ban the bomb provides a good basis to complete negotiations of a treaty to prohibit the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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New Members Strategy Meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Regional governments have to acknowledge WMD threats posed by North Korea and well as be concerned with the deteriorating human rights situation in the DPRK, argues the Hon. Michael Kirby.
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NPT 2020 Review Underway: Is the NPT Still Relevant?
Major innovative strategies will be necessary in order to revive the NPT and to keep it both current and constructive for the new decade.
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Nuclear Safety: The Republic of Korea’s Experience in Eliminating Capacity Deficits
South Korea, confronted with energy resources that are growing rapidly insufficient for the needs of the population, has turned to nuclear engineering to provide a stable energy supply to the country.