Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) has over one hundred members from eighteen countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders. APLN aims to inform and energize public opinion, especially high-level policymakers, to take seriously the very real threats posed by nuclear weapons, and to do everything possible to achieve a world in which they are contained, diminished and eventually eliminated.
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Abdul Hameed NAYYAR
Abdul Hameed Nayyar is a founding member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and a physicist who retired from the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
ABE Nobuyasu
Abe Nobuyasu is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and former Director-General for Arms Control and Science Affairs at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Adil SULTAN
Dean Faculty of Aerospace and Strategic Studies (FASS) at the Air University Islamabad, Pakistan
AKIYAMA Nobumasa
Dr. Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor at the School of International and Public Policy and the Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University, is a member and a Senior Associate Fellow at APLN.
Amit SHARMA
Lt Gen Amit Sharma is a former Commander in Chief of India's Strategic Forces Command. He is presently a Fellow in the Office of The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
Angela WOODWARD
Angela Woodward is Deputy Executive Director of the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre.
Anne Marie L. COROMINAS
Anne Marie L. Corominas is the Head of Public Policy at Government & Corporate Affairs and Communications of PepsiCo Philippines & Asia, Former Assistant Secretary and Head of Legal and International Affairs Office, and ATC-PMC at the Office of the President.
Arun VISHWANATHAN
Arun Vishwanathan was the former Assistant Director of the National Security Council Secretariat in the Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India between 2008 and 2011.
BAE Myung-bok
Bae Myung-bok is journalist who has covered the U.S. and Paris as a foreign correspondent and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a staff writer. He was also a Foreign News Editor.
C Uday BHASKAR
Commodore C Uday Bhaskar (Ret.) is the Director of the Society for Policy Studies (SPS), New Delhi.
C. Raja MOHAN
C. Raja MOHAN is Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and Visiting Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
Carlos SORRETA
Carlos D. Sorreta is currently Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva.
Cathy MOLONEY
Dr Cathy Moloney is the Deputy Director, Defence Strategy and National Security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
Charadine PICH
Charadine Pich is Deputy Executive Director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) in charge of Research, Training, and Publication and concurrently serving as the Coordinator of the Global Center for Mekong Studies (GCMS-Cambodia Center)
CHEN Dongxiao
Chen Dongxiao currently serves as the President of the Shanghai Institutes of International Studies and specializes in China foreign policy, Sino-U.S. relations, and UN collective security. In the past he has served as the Director of the Department of International Organizations and International Law.
CHEONG Wooksik
Cheong Wooksik is director of Peace Network and director of the Hankyoreh Institute of Peace.
CHO Hyun
Ambassador Cho Hyun is the former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. He also served as First Vice Minister (2018-2019) and Second Vice Minister (2017-2018) of Foreign Affairs.
CHOI Jong Kun
Dr. Jong Kun Choi is currently Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Yonsei University.
CHUN Yungwoo
Chun Yungwoo is the Chairman of the Korean Peninsula Future Forum (KPFF).
Chung-in MOON
Professor Moon Chung-in is the co-convener and Vice Chair of the APLN. He is the former Chairman of the Sejong Institute and the former Special Adviser of National Security and Foreign Affairs to the ROK President. He is currently James Laney Distinguished Professor of Yonsei University and the Editor-in-Chief of Global Asia.
CUI Liru
Cui Liru is currently a Senior Advisor to The China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. He served as Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 2013 to 2018. As a senior researcher, he has followed with interest mainly on U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, international security issues and China foreign policy.
David PINE
David Pine is a former High Commissioner of New Zealand to Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. He is currently serving as a private advisor to a range of companies and individuals including San Miguel Corporation, KYS Aventura, ZICO Holdings and SourceWorld.
Dell HIGGIE
Dell Higgie is Ambassador and former Chargé d’Affaires at the New Zealand Embassy and Permanent Mission to the UN in Vienna. She was New Zealand’s global Ambassador for Disarmament, and Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the Conference on Disarmament.
Dewi Fortuna ANWAR
Dewi Fortuna Anwar is Chairman and Board of Directors at the Habibie Center, an academician at Social Science Commission-Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI), and Co-Founder of the Foreign Policy Committee of Indonesia.
Dinusha PANDITARATNE
Dinusha Panditaratne is Adviser and Head, Asia at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Previously, she was Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
Dionisio Da Costa Babo SOARES
H.E. Dr. Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares is the former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
DODEN Aiko
Doden Aiko is a Special Affairs Commentator with NHK World TV covering hard security to human security related issues. She presents “NHK World Newsline InDepth” and feature interviews. Aiko is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and is the Professor of Practice at SOAS, University of London.
Elina NOOR
Elina Noor is a senior fellow in the Asia Program at Carnegie where she focuses on developments in Southeast Asia, particularly the impact and implications of technology in reshaping power dynamics, governance, and nation-building in the region.
Enkhsaikhan JARGALSAIKHAN
Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan is an international lawyer and diplomat who has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia as Mongolia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
FAN Jishe
Professor Fan Jishe is the Deputy Director General of the Institute for International Strategic Studies, Party School of the Central Committee of the C.P.C.
Febrian RUDDYARD
Febrian Ruddyard is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and other international organizations in Geneva.
Feroz Hassan KHAN
Feroz Hassan Khan is a former Brigadier in the Pakistan Army and former Director Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs in Strategic Plans Division, Joint Services Headquarters, Pakistan.
FUJIWARA Kiichi
Fujiwara Kiichi is a Professor of International Politics and Southeast Asian Studies in the Graduate Schools of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo.
FUNABASHI Yoichi
Funabashi Yoichi is a former journalist and editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun, and a correspondent to Beijing and Washington DC. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, the US-Japan Alliance, economics and historical issues in the Asia Pacific.
Ganewati WURYANDARI
Ganewati Wuryandari is a senior researcher at the Research Center for Politics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.
Gareth EVANS
Gareth Evans is a Distinguished Honorary Professor and former Chancellor of the Australian National University, Co-Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, former Australian Foreign Minister, and former President and CEO of the International Crisis Group. He was founding Convenor of the APLN in 2011, and Chair 2019-21.
Gary QUINLAN
Gary Quinlan AO was Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia from 2018 to 2021. Prior to that he was Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Australia's Senior Official to ASEAN and to the East Asia Summit (2015-2018).
Geoffrey PALMER
Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer has served as the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was created a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1991.
HAN Sung-joo
Han Sung-joo previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to the United States, and Chairman of the East Asia Vision Group. He is now professor emeritus at Korea University.
HAN Yong-Sup
Han Yong-Sup was a President of Korea Nuclear Policy Society and Vice President of KNDU.
Hasmy AGAM
Hasmy Agam served as the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, President of the Security Council of the UN, and Secretary-General of the Association of South-East Asian Nations Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Helen CLARK
Helen Clark was Prime Minister of New Zealand for three successive terms from 1999–2008. In July 2020, she was appointed by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation as a Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, called for by the World Health Assembly, which reported in May this year.
Hewa Matara Gamage Siripala PALIHAKKARA
HMGS Palihakkara has served as the Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka as well as Chairman and member of the UN Secretary General's advisory board on disarmament.
HIKAWA Kazuko
Hikawa Kazuko is Vice Director of and professor at the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University in Japan.
HOANG Thi Ha
Hoang Thi Ha is Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator of the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
HU Yumin
Professor Hu Yumin is a Council Member & Senior Research Fellow at CACDA (China Arms and Disarmament Association) and Senior Research Fellow at Grandview Institute.
Huong LE THU
Deputy Director of Asia Program at the International Crisis Group
HWANG Yong-soo
Hwang Yong-soo is President of Korean Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (KNMM) .
Ian BIGGS
Ian Biggs is Australia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna.
Iftekhar Ahmed CHOWDHURY
Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and has served as the Foreign Minister of the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh.
IKEGAMI Masako
Ikegami Masako is a Professor at the Department of Innovation Science, School of Environment & Society of Tokyo Institute of Technology.
INOGUCHI Kuniko
Inoguchi Kuniko is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan and former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament. She also served as the President of the Conference on Disarmament in 2003.
INUZUKA Tadashi
Inuzuka Tadashi is the Co-President of World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Polity and the Executive Director of Coalition for 3+3.
ITO Kazuko
Kazuko Ito is a Tokyo-based human rights lawyer and a lecturer at the Keio University Law school.
Jawhar HASSAN
Tan Sri Jawhar was the Former Chairman of Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia
Jehangir KARAMAT
Jehangir Karamat is a retired four-star rank army general and military academic. He served as Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army and a former Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institute. He was visiting faculty at the National Defense University.
Jesus (Gary) S. DOMINGO
Jesus (Gary) S. Domingo is presently the Undersecretary for Civilian Security & Consular Affairs, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. A Career Diplomat and former Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand, he focuses on Multilateral, Security, Disarmament and Humanitarian Cooperation and Advocacy.
Jim BOLGER
Jim Bolger has served as the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Ambassador to the U.S.
John BORRIE
John Borrie is Special Adviser on Disarmament at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
John CARLSON
John Carlson is a former Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office and founding Chair of the Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network.
John MCCARTHY
John McCarthy is a former Australian career diplomat
John TILEMANN
John Tilemann is APLN Senior Associate Fellow. He was Australia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and was subsequently seconded as chief of staff to IAEA Director Generals Dr Hans Blix and Dr Mohamed ElBaradei. He served as Australia’s ambassador to Jordan 2002-2006 and previously was posted in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Poland.
Julia GILLARD
Julia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia. She currently serves as the Chair of Beyond Blue, one of Australia’s leading mental health awareness bodies.
JUN Bong-geun
Professor Emeritus at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy
Jusuf WANANDI
Jusuf Wanandi is Senior Fellow and co-founder of CSIS. He also currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for CSIS Foundation in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kanti BAJPAI
Kanti Bajpai is an awardee of the K. Subrahmanyam Award for Excellence in Research in Strategic and Security Studies and has been teaching international politics for nearly three decades.
Kasit PIROMYA
Kasit Piromya has served as an Ambassador to a number of countries such as Russia, Malaysia, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. He has also served as a member of Parliament in Thailand.
Kate DEWES
Dr Kate Dewes is former Director of the Disarmament and Security Centre, former New Zealand expert on the UN Study on Disarmament and Non Proliferation Education and a former member of the UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
KAWAGUCHI Yoriko
Kawaguchi Yoriko is a former Foreign Minister and Environment Minister of Japan and is now an Fellow Emerita at the Musashino Institute for Global Affairs, Musashino University in Tokyo. She also co-chaired the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
KAWASAKI Akira
Kawasaki Akira is a member of the Executive Committee of Peace Boat and sitting President and International Steering Group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Kenneth KEDI
Speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands
Kevin CLEMENTS
Professor Clements is Director of the Toda Peace Institute, and was the Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand.
Kevin RUDD
Kevin Rudd has served as former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia. He is currently the 23rd Ambassador of Australia to the United States, since 20 March 2023.
KIM Jina
Prof. Jina Kim is Dean of Language and Diplomacy Division at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
KIM Joon Hyung
Kim Joon Hyung is a member of the Korean National Assembly, a former professor at Handong Global University, and the former chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA).
KIM Sung-Hwan
Kim Sung-hwan served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea from October 2010 to March 2013. He is now working as the President of Taejae Future Consensus Institute and the Chairman of the East Asia Foundation and Beautiful Mind Charity Foundation.
KIM Won-soo
Kim Won-soo is a former Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations.
Kishore MAHBUBANI
Kishore Mahbubani served in the Singapore Foreign Service for more than three decades. He held positions as Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN (1984-1989 and 1998-2004) and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998. He was also conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singaporean Government in 1998.
KITANO Mitsuru
Kitano Mitsuru is an Executive Adviser at the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), and a senior diplomat with over four decades of experience in foreign affairs.
Kitti WASINONDH
Hon. Mr. Kitti Wasinondh is a former career diplomat who held distinguished roles in various capacities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand.
KONO Yohei
Kono Yohei is a Japanese politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009.
KUIK Cheng-Chwee
Cheng-Chwee Kuik is Professor of International Relations and Head of Asian Studies at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia (UKM).
Kusmayanto KADIMAN
Kusmayanto Kadiman is a former Director of the Bandung Institute. He has been active in the Europe-Southeast Asia University Network since 1999.
Lalit MANSINGH
Lalit Mansingh has served as Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, High Commissioner of India to the UK, and the Ambassador of India to USA.
Larissa WATERS
Larissa Waters is the first Greens Senator for Queensland and is the Greens Leader in the Senate of the Australian Greens.
LEE Hong-koo
Lee Hong-koo is the Chairman of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs and the East Asia Institute. He has served as the Deputy Prime Minister for Reunification and Ambassador to the UK.
LEE Sang-Hyun
Dr. Lee Sang-Hyun is a Senior Research Fellow at the Sejong Institute in Korea.
LI Bin
Li Bin is a professor of international relations at Tsinghua University.
LIM Eunjung
Eunjung Lim is an Associate Professor of the Division of International Studies at Kongju National University (KNU).
Lina ALEXANDRA
Lina A. Alexandra is the Head of Department of International Relations and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), one of the oldest think-tank in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Lina GONG
Lina Gong is a Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Lucky SHERPA
Lucky Sherpa is a former Nepali Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand (2017-2019).
MA Zhengang
Ma Zhengang was formerly Chinese Ambassador to the U.K., and is now Chairman of the National Committee at the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. He is also the Chairman of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association.
Maima KORO
Maima Koro is the Pacific Research Fellow and academic co-lead of the Regional Perspectives Research Project, Adelaide University.
Malinda MEEGODA
Malinda Meegoda is a former Research Associate at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
Manpreet SETHI
Senior Research Adviser at APLN and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi.
India
Maria Rost RUBLEE
Professor of International Relations at the University of Melbourne
Marianne HANSON
Marianne Hanson is the Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, Australia. She teaches and researches in the field of international security focusing on arms control, disarmament, international organizations, and international law.
Marty NATALEGAWA
Dr. Marty Natalegawa has served as Foreign Minister of Indonesia (2009 – 2014). He is a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Advisory Board on Mediation; the UNSG’s Advisory Board on Disarmament and the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.
Meenakshi GOPINATH
Meenakshi Gopinath is currently Founder and Director of WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace), an initiative that seeks to promote the leadership of South Asian women in the areas of peace, security and regional cooperation.
Melissa PARKE
The Hon Melissa Parke from Perth, Western Australia, is a former Minister for International Development and former federal member for Fremantle (2007-2016).
Mely CABALLERO-ANTHONY
Mely Caballero-Anthony is Professor of International Relations, President's Chair in International Relations and Security Studies, Associate Dean and Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Michael KIRBY
Michael Kirby is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Law & Justice at Victoria University and the Former Chair of the UNHRC Commission of Inquiry of DPRK
Michiru NISHIDA
Michiru Nishida is a Professor in the School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Research Center for Global Risk at Nagasaki University.
Minh Tuan TA
Dr. Ta Minh Tuan is an Associate Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. He was Director of Department of Research Projects Management and Deputy Director of the Center for Regional and Foreign Policy Studies at DAV.
Mohan PIERIS
Mohan Pieris is the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations.
Mohd Isa RASTAM
Tan Sri Rastam is a former Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia. He served in various capacities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in Malaysian diplomatic missions abroad.
Mushahid Hussain SAYED
Mushahid Hussain served as the Minister for Information and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Pakistani Senate and now serves as Chairman of the Defense Committee.
Natalie SAMBHI
Natalie Sambhi is Founder and Executive Director of Verve Research, an independent think tank focussed on the relationship between militaries and societies in Southeast Asia.
Natasha Stott DESPOJA
Natasha Stott Despoja AO is the founding Chair of Our Watch (the Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and their Children). She is a former Senator for South Australia (1995-2008) and former Leader of the Australian Democrats. She is the youngest woman to enter the Australian Federal Parliament.
Neelam DEO
Neelam Deo is former Indian Foreign Service Officer and Co-founder of Gateway House India.
Nikki KAYE
Nikki Kaye was the former Deputy Leader of the National Party, former Cabinet Minister including former Minister of Education and former Member of the New Zealand Parliament.
Nur Hassan WIRAJUDA
Nur Hassan Wirajuda has served as Foreign Minister of Indonesia for nine years. He has also held the position of Permanent Representative to the UN.
OKADA Katsuya
Okada Katsuya is a Diet member and a former Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan.
OTA Masakatsu
Ota Masakatsu is a Senior and Editorial writer at Kyodo News, Visiting Professor of Waseda University and Nagasaki University, and Regular Commentator of Sunday Station of the TV Asahi.
PAN Zhenqiang
Pan Zhenqiang served as Major General to the Chinese Army and now holds the position of deputy chairman of the China Foundation for International Studies. He is also the senior adviser to the China Reform Forum.
Pervez HOODBHOY
Pervez Hoodbhoy was a member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament (2013-2018) and taught at the Quaid-e-Azam University physics department for 40 years.
Peter HAYES
Peter Hayes works at the nexus of security, environment, and energy policy problem. He is best known for innovative cooperative engagement strategies in North Korea.
Phillip CLARK
Philip Clark is a well-known broadcaster in Australian radio and television. He presents the breakfast show on ABC 666 Canberra.
Pramod JAISWAL
Dr. Pramod Jaiswal is a Research Director at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement.
Rabia AKHTAR
Dr. Rabia Akhtar serves as the founding Director of the Centre for Security, Strategy and Policy Research at the University of Lahore.
Rajaram PANDA
Senior Fellow, IDSA, ICCR Chair Professor at Reitaku University, and Lok Sabha Research Fellow, Parliament of India
Rajeswari Pillai RAJAGOPALAN
Dr. Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan is Resident Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Canberra, Australia.
Rajmah HUSSAIN
Dr. Rajmah Hussain has served as Ambassador of Malaysia to USA, France and Austria, and as Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations.
Rakesh SOOD
Rakesh Sood has served as Ambassador to Nepal, Afghanistan, France and the Conference on Disarmament, and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister for Nuclear Non-Proliferation.
Ramamurti RAJARAMAN
Ramamurti Rajaraman is a prolific expert in theoretical physics and public policy in areas of nuclear energy and disarmament. He holds membership in various organizations such as International Panel on Fissile materials.
Ramesh THAKUR
Ramesh Thakur is an Emeritus Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University; a Senior Research Fellow of the Toda Peace Institute, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He is a former Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations) and Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the ANU.
Rhea MOSS-CHRISTIAN
Rhea Moss-Christian is the Executive Director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). She is also the former Chair of the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission (NNC), and has served as the WCPFC Chair from 2015-2018, the first woman to hold this position.
Riaz Mohammad KHAN
Riaz Mohammad Khan is a retired diplomat who served for forty years in the Pakistan Foreign Service. He was Ambassador to China and the EU. He has been a member of the NTI Board of Directors since 2014.
Robert HILL
Robert Murray Hill is a retired Australian politician. He currently teaches at the United States Centre at the University of Sydney.
Ruth DYSON
Hon Ruth Dyson QSO was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2020 before her retirement from that position.
Sadia TASLEEM
Sadia Tasleem previously worked as a Robin Copeland Memorial Fellow for Nonproliferation and has done extensive research as a core member of the Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE).
Salman BASHIR
Salman Bashir is a diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India.
Sandra TARTE
Associate Professor and Acting Head, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Suva FIJI.
SANO Toshio
Sano Toshio is the Vice Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, Cabinet Office, the Government of Japan(2017-2023).
Sarah TEO Li-Shan
Sarah Teo is an Assistant Professor in the Regional Security Architecture Programme and Deputy Coordinator of the MSc (International Relations) Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
SARUTA Sayo
Sayo Saruta is the Director of the New Diplomacy Initiative (ND), a think tank in Tokyo, and an Attorney at Law in Japan and the State of New York.
Sawanit KONGSIRI
Mr. Sawanit Kongsiri is a retired diplomat of the Thai Government. He also worked as Governor from Thailand to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
SHA Zukang
Sha Zukang is a Chinese diplomat who served as the former head of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs from 2007 to 2012. He previously served as the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Shashi TYAGI
Retired Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi served as the chief of the air staff of the Indian Air Force from 2004 to 2007.
SHEN Dingli
Shen Dingli is a professor and former executive dean at Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies, and former Director of Center for American Studies. He is also an Honorary Visiting Professor of Washington University in St. Louis.
SHIOMURA Ayaka
Ayaka Shiomura is a Member of the House of Councillors and former member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.
Shyam SARAN
Shyam Saran is a former Indian Foreign Secretary and was ambassador of India to Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal and High Commissioner to Mauritius.
Siddharth VARADARAJAN
Siddharth Varadarajan is a journalist and well-known commentator on foreign affairs and nuclear issues. The founding editor of The Wire, he also held position of editor at The Hindu.
Sihasak PHUANGKETKEOW
Sihasak Phuangketkeow is a former Permanent Secretary of Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Simon CHESTERMAN
Simon Chesterman is David Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College.
Stefanie KAM Li Yee
Stefanie KAM Li Yee is an Assistant Professor at the China Programme, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University.
Sujata KOIRALA
Sujata Koirala is an active politician and Member of Parliament, the House of Representative, of Nepal. She is also serving as the Standing Committee Member of the International Conference for Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), Co-Chairperson ICAPP Women’s Wing, Co-Chairperson of ICAPP Asian Cultural Council (ACC).
Sujata MEHTA
Sujata Mehta has served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament.
SUZUKI Tatsujiro
Suzuki Tatsujiro is the former Vice Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission and is currently a member of the Executive Committee and Council of Pugwash Conferences on Science and International Affairs.
Tanya OGILVIE-WHITE
Tanya Ogilvie-White is Senior Research Adviser at APLN and non-resident senior fellow at Pacific Forum.
Australia
Tanya PLIBERSEK
Tanya Plibersek is the Minister for the Environment and Water of Australia.
Tessie LAMBOURNE
Honorable Tessie Eria Lambourne is an I-Kiribati civil servant, diplomat, and politician.
TON-NU-THI Ninh
Ton-nu-thi Ninh has served Viet Nam as a diplomat for more than two decades, specializing in global issues and multilateral institutions.
Tong ZHAO
Tong Zhao is a visiting research scholar at the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University and a Senior Fellow at the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
TOSAKI Hirofumi
Dr. Hirofumi Tosaki is an Associate Professor at the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University
Trevor FINDLAY
Trevor Findlay has held positions in government, academia, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. His research focus is nuclear governance, especially nuclear security, safeguards, and the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Tuya NYAMOSOR
Tuya Nyamosor is the former Foreign Minister of Mongolia and is affiliated with the School of International Relations and Public Administration at the Mongolian National University.
UMEBAYASHI Hiromichi
Umebayashi Hiromichi was former Director of the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University. He is also Special Advisor, the former President and Founder of Peace Depot Inc., Japan.
Vijay NAIDU
Vijay Naidu is Adjunct Professor in the disciplines of Development Studies and Governance in the School of Law and Social Sciences at the University of the South Pacific (USP).
Vo Van THUAN
Dr. Vo Van Thuan is a senior expert (Emeritus) at the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) in addition to the Permanent Office of the State Steering Committee for Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Projects.
Waheguru Pal Singh SIDHU
Clinical Professor at Center for Global Affairs, School of Professional Studies, New York University
WHANG Joo-ho
Whang Joo-ho is the Vice President and a professor of nuclear engineering at Kyung Hee University. He was previously the President of the Korea Institute of Energy Research.
WON Hee-ryong
Won Hee-ryong is Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of South Korea, and has served as Chairman of the Low Carbon Green Growth National Forum as well as the Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Unification in the National Assembly.
YIM Man-Sung
Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
YOSHIDA Fumihiko
Fumihiko Yoshida is Director of Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Japan.
YUZAKI Hidehiko
Yuzaki Hidehiko is the governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan and a long-time champion of eliminating nuclear weapons.
Zorigt DASHDORJ
Zorigt Dashdorj is Executive Director of Mongolia Development Strategy Institute and served as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Ministry and member of Parliament.