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.
![[CTR Plus] Comparing the Russian CTR Experience with North Korean Challenges](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KakaoTalk_Photo_2021-10-08-17-14-01.jpeg)
[CTR Plus] Comparing the Russian CTR Experience with North Korean Challenges
Dr. Siegfried Hecker discusses how lessons learnt from the Russian Cooperative Threat Reduction experience can be applied to North Korea.
A Deeper Dive into AUKUS: Risks and Benefits for the Asia-Pacific
This special report on the AUKUS deal explores the potential risks, benefits and geopolitical implications of Australia's proposed nuclear submarine programme.
![[WMD] Is Nuclear Domino in Northeast Asia Real and Inevitable?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KakaoTalk_Photo_2021-10-01-16-29-43-004.png)
[WMD] Is Nuclear Domino in Northeast Asia Real and Inevitable?
In light of the DPRK’s resumed nuclear and missile activities, Professor Chung-in Moon probes the likelihood of South Korea and Japan acquiring nuclear weapons.
![[WMD] India-Pakistan Nuclear Dynamics](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/KakaoTalk_Photo_2021-10-01-16-29-43-006.png)
[WMD] India-Pakistan Nuclear Dynamics
Rakesh Sood examines the India-Pakistan nuclear relationship: the crises between the two states, the origins of conflict, the internal political dynamics, and their prospects for crisis management.
![[WMD] Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3) in Asia Pacific](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/KakaoTalk_Photo_2021-10-01-16-29-43-002.png)
[WMD] Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3) in Asia Pacific
Dr. Peter Hayes examines the NC3 systems of six nuclear-armed states so analysts and decisionmakers can better understand how these systems work and interact.
![[WMD] Status of Existing and Emerging Asia-Pacific Space Powers Capabilities](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/KakaoTalk_Photo_2021-10-01-16-29-42-001.png)
[WMD] Status of Existing and Emerging Asia-Pacific Space Powers Capabilities
Dr. Namrata Goswami assesses the space power capabilities across the Asia-Pacific and warns of the increasing militarization of space.
![[WMD] APLN and Global Asia: Fragile Security and Weapons Threats in the Asia-Pacific](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/KakaoTalk_Photo_2021-10-01-16-29-43-003.png)
[WMD] APLN and Global Asia: Fragile Security and Weapons Threats in the Asia-Pacific
A new special issue of the Global Asia journal features nine short essays as part of an APLN initiative evaluating WMD threats in the Asia-Pacific region.
APLN Spring Edition of The Korean Journal on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Energy
The 7th issue of the Korean Journal features seven essays on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and related issues by APLN network members.
Nuclear Escalation in a Taiwan Strait Crisis?
Robert Ayson analyses the scenarios that could trigger a nuclear war in the Taiwan strait and how it can be avoided.
DPRK Energy Development Measures in Alignment to the CTR
David von Hippel and Peter Hayes outline a new energy project as complementary to engagement-focused Cooperative Threat Reduction activities for the DPRK.