Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) has ninety-three members from sixteen countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders. The 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.
Gareth EVANS (Chair)
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.
Chung-in MOON
Chung-in Moon is the Chairman of the Sejong Institute and the former Special Advisor of National Security and Foreign Affairs to the ROK President. He is also a Distinguished University Professor at Yonsei University.
Des BROWNE
Des Browne is Chair of the European Leadership Network, Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and former British Secretary of State for Defence.
Manpreet SETHI
Manpreet Sethi is a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi and recipient of the 2014 K Subrahmanyam award.
Mely CABALLERO-ANTHONY
Mely Caballero-Anthony is Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Ramesh THAKUR
Ramesh Thakur is an Emeritus Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University and the Toda Peace Institute, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He is also Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the ANU and former Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations).
Sung-Hwan KIM
Sunghwan Kim is Chairman of the East Asia Foundation and former ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Tatsujiro SUZUKI
Tatsujiro Suzuki 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.
Tong ZHAO
Tong Zhao is a Senior Fellow at the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, based in Beijing at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.
Tuya NYAMOSOR
Tuya Nyamosor is former Foreign Minister of Mongolia and is affiliated with the School of International Relations and Public Administration at the Mongolian National University.