Special Reports
Special reports are original research conducted by APLN experts in order to explore topics with depth and nuance and to inform policy-making.
![The Nexus between Domestic Politics and Bilateral Relations: Exploring India-Pakistan, ...](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_5.jpg)
The Nexus between Domestic Politics and Bilateral Relations: Exploring India-Pakistan, ...
Sadia Tasleem probes the foreign policy and domestic political trends in China, India, and Pakistan.
![Plus Ça Change? Prospects of a Nuclear Deterrence Multipolarity in Southern Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_3.jpg)
Plus Ça Change? Prospects of a Nuclear Deterrence Multipolarity in Southern Asia
Toby Dalton discusses the factors or developments that might push Southern Asia toward a nuclear deterrence multipolarity.
![External and Domestic Drivers of Nuclear Trilemma in Southern Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_1.jpg)
External and Domestic Drivers of Nuclear Trilemma in Southern Asia
Jingdong Yuan explores the intra-regional dynamics and extra-regional linkages that affect Southern Asia’s strategic trilemma.
![Ensuring Nuclear Stability in the New Nuclear Age](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_6.jpg)
Ensuring Nuclear Stability in the New Nuclear Age
Rakesh Sood argues that new advanced technologies require a new look at maintaining nuclear security stability in Southern Asia.
![Understanding the Nuclear Landscape in Southern Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_10.jpg)
Understanding the Nuclear Landscape in Southern Asia
Manpreet Sethi offers recommendations for policymakers in southern Asia to better manage the risks and challenges in nuclear security.
![Track-2 and Track-1.5 US-China Strategic Nuclear Dialogues: Lessons Learned](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mattis-and-Wei-Beijing.jpg)
Track-2 and Track-1.5 US-China Strategic Nuclear Dialogues: Lessons Learned
David Santoro argues that US-China Track 1.5 and Track 2 strategic nuclear dialogues should focus on concrete issues.
![US-Soviet Top-Down Trust-Building: Lessons for the US-China Relationship](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Biden-and-Xi-scaled.jpeg)
US-Soviet Top-Down Trust-Building: Lessons for the US-China Relationship
Yu Tiejun analyses the processes and lessons for China of three US-Soviet cases of top-down trust-building during the Cold War.
![The China–India–Pakistan Nuclear Trilemma and Accidental War](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_7.jpg)
The China–India–Pakistan Nuclear Trilemma and Accidental War
Prakash Menon proposes a Global No First Use Treaty governing nations' nuclear weapons arsenals.
![Strategic Risk Management in Southern Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_8.jpg)
Strategic Risk Management in Southern Asia
Feroz Hassan Khan warns that strategic stability at the China-India-Pakistan trijunction remains tenuous.
![The China–India–Pakistan Nuclear Triangle: Consequential Choices for Asian Security](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NuclearTrilemma_GraphicDesign_4.jpg)
The China–India–Pakistan Nuclear Triangle: Consequential Choices for Asian Security
Salman Bashir examines the wider regional and global geopolitical entanglements of China, India, and Pakistan.