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.
![Hiroshima Declaration on Nuclear Weapons](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/6018958296_6339484ed3_edit.jpg)
Hiroshima Declaration on Nuclear Weapons
The world’s political leaders and nuclear policymakers should reinforce their determination to eliminate -- once and for all -- the most indiscriminately inhumane weapons ever devised.
![Global Leaders Call for Successful Nuclear NPT 2015 Review Conference](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/8704653820_94df15734b_edit.jpg)
Global Leaders Call for Successful Nuclear NPT 2015 Review Conference
With near universal membership, the NPT remains the indispensable central pillar of a norm-based global nuclear order, aimed at preventing the spread and use of nuclear weapons.
![CNND Report – Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play 2015](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sunyu-edit-unsplash.jpg)
CNND Report – Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play 2015
Overwhelmingly, the story has been one of paralysis, minimal forward movement, and significant backsliding.
![Brazilian Nuclear Policy](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brazil-nuclearpolicy_1280.jpg)
Brazilian Nuclear Policy
In Brazil, current tensions stem from domestic criticism on the lack of progress in global nuclear disarmament, and the discriminatory nature of non-proliferation obligations on the other.
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Cyber Threats and Nuclear Dangers
Malicious hackers exploiting nuclear facilities could be potentially disastrous. Recommended cybersecurity steps are drafted in this policy brief.
![A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Pursuit of Cooperative Security in the Arctic](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Senior_Treffen_Rovaniemi_CACS_LinneaNordstroem.jpg)
A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Pursuit of Cooperative Security in the Arctic
Indigenous communities and Arctic states have faced major challenges in establishing the Arctic as a nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ).
![Challenges and Opportunities for Extending NPT - Related Commitments to the Non-NPT States](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NPT_Effective.jpg)
Challenges and Opportunities for Extending NPT - Related Commitments to the Non-NPT States
Today only four states – India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan – remain outside the NPT. Appropriate mechanisms must be put in place for non-NPT states to adopt disarmament measures.
![Living with the Bomb: The Public and Nuclear Weapons](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/apocalypse-2273069_1280.jpg)
Living with the Bomb: The Public and Nuclear Weapons
Public activism has contributed to the non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945, but the voice of the people goes largely unnoticed in governments' policy making.
![Treaty Based Regimes as Stepping Stones to a Nuclear Weapon Free World](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/iStock-1296539362.jpg)
Treaty Based Regimes as Stepping Stones to a Nuclear Weapon Free World
The Chemical Weapons Convention and the NPT demonstrated break-out frameworks for containing WMD threats.
![Advancing Nuclear Disarmament: the US Role](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/usa-flag-466621_1280.jpg)
Advancing Nuclear Disarmament: the US Role
The future of nuclear disarmament appears bleak, but a more assertive United States has the potential to make immense progress if adjustments to the nuclear force posture are adjusted.