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.
Strengthening Nuclear Security - Practical Steps for Asia Pacific Countries
The biennial Nuclear Security Summits have proven to be quite successful, but now that they have concluded, international collaboration in ensuring best practice for nuclear security must continue.
APLN No First Use Statement 2016
A No First Use policy would have both symbolic value and significant practical implications. Its potential benefits greatly exceed possible downsides.
Asia-Pacific and Global Nuclear Orders in the Second Nuclear Age
In the post-Cold War era, the Asia-Pacific is believed to the be the most likely theatre of nuclear war.
Co-conveners’ Statement for the Jeju Annual Meeting
The APLN again calls on global and regional policymakers to urgently re-energize the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament agenda.
Geopolitical Tensions and Nuclear Temptation in the Asia-Pacific
Major power rivalries have been intensifying a renewal of territorial claims in both East Asia and Europe; and in new arenas, managing terrorism in the cyber sphere and outer space.
Future of the NPT
Critics have asserted that the 2015 NPT Review Conference 'failed', but how damaging was that outcome?
Rethinking Nuclear Disarmament in Asia-Pacific
70 years after Hiroshima, and with the Cold War over, the Asia-Pacific has evolved into the global epicentre of nuclear threats arising from a chain of perceived existential security threats.
APLN Statement on the 4th Nuclear Security Summit
We call for continued high level attention to nuclear security threats in the Asia-Pacific, as the threat of nuclear terrorism remains acute.
Strengthening Governance for Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy in the Asia Pacific
Non-proliferation, nuclear security, safety -- all these peaceful uses of nuclear power are highly relevant to the Asia Pacific today.
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.