Strategic Rivalry and Risk Reduction in East Asia
The APLN addresses nuclear and military competition in countries across East Asia and beyond including China, Japan, DPRK, ROK, the US, Mongolia and Taiwan.
The 2025 Busan Meeting: Setting New Expectations for China and the United States
Wu Chunsi suggests that the Trump-Xi meeting in Busan in October 2025 has raised new expectations for improved China-United States ties.
Existential Need for Reducing US-China Nuclear Tensions
Frank O’Donnell emphasises the urgent need to reduce U.S.-China nuclear tensions and proposes unilateral fail-safe reviews as a practical interim measure to mitigate accidental risks.
The SLCM-N and Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles
Hideo Asano explores the potential political impact of the US deployment of the Nuclear-armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile on Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles.
Managing Multiple Multipolarities: Evolving interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific
Manpreet Sethi, Fang Liu, and Elaine Natalie explain how different understandings of multipolarity in China, India, and Indonesia shape geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific.
The Remaking of the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture
Sarah Teo argues that the Indo-Pacific security architecture is shifting toward a more modular and decentralised model, and urges regional actors to embrace this transition by fostering complementary ...
China as a Provider of Regional Stability in the Asia-Pacific: Balancing Security and ...
Shao Yuqun analyses China's view of regional stability and suggests how it can improve its role as a provider of stability in the Asia-Pacific.
How to Manage Existential Risk in the Age of Trump
Tom Barber explains how the Trump administration's chaotic behaviour is having a negative impact on existential risks.
War in Gaza: The Imperative to Strengthen the Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons
Sadia Tasleem argues that nuclear weapons are ethically repugnant, militarily ineffective, and politically useless, citing Israel's war in Gaza as a case where nuclear deterrence failed to prevent ...
In Defence of the Status Quo: Stabilising Cross-Strait Relations under the Lai Ching-Te ...
Kristy Tsun-Tzu Hsu writes on the evolving cross-strait relations under the Lai Ching-Te administration, examining how Taiwan’s political landscape and public opinion are shaping the island’s future ...
Regional End-States and Beyond: Asia-Pacific views on the China-US relationship and ...
APLN summarises the first year of the Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations in a report that analyses regional preferences for US and Chinese primacy in the region.