Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) has over 180 members from 26 countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders, dedicated to addressing security challenges in the Asia-Pacific, with a particular focus on nuclear non-proliferation, risk reduction, and disarmament.
Tong ZHAO
Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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.
2026
2025
2024
- Trump 2.0 Presidency: Implications for the Asia-Pacific, 14 Nov 2024
- What Trump’s Return Means for U.S.-China Relations, 11 Nov 2024
- What is Driving China’s Changing Nuclear Policy?, 5 Nov 2024
- China’s Evolving Nuclear Policy: What It Means for U.S. Security and International Stability, 17 Oct 2024
- Why US-China Rivalry ‘Impedes’ Global Efforts to Regulate Artificial Intelligence, 21 Sep 2024
- Political Drivers of China’s Changing Nuclear Policy, 17 Jul 2024
- Beyond the Putin-Kim Alliance: How Can the International Community Engage China to Contain Nuclear Risks Over the Korean Peninsula?, 10 Jul 2024
- What Are China’s Nuclear Weapons For?, 17 Jun 2024
- Understanding China's Nuclear Thinking, 1 Jun 2024
- How Should the U.S. and China Manage Their Nuclear Relationship During the “New Cold War”?, 29 May 2024
- The Real Motives for China’s Nuclear Expansion, 3 May 2024
- Face-Off: The U.S. vs China - Doomsday, 16 Apr 2024
- China’s Accelerated Expansion of its Nuclear Arsenal, 17 Jan 2024
2023
- The Third Meeting of the IGEP, 10 Dec 2023
- U.S. and China Agree to Resume Military Dialogue in Four-Hour Summit, 16 Nov 2023
- It’s Time to Talk About No First Use, 7 Nov 2023
- China's Power: Up for Debate 2023, 24 Sep 2023
- For Foreign Envoys in China, Xi’s G20 Absence Confirms Worrying Trend, 6 Sep 2023
- China’s Disinformation Fuels Anger Over Fukushima Water Release, 3 Sep 2023
- China Eyes Blinken’s Imminent Visit With Deep Distrust and Low Expectations, 17 Jun 2023
- What Kind of Dialogue?, 8 Jun 2023
- Reducing Nuclear Threats in a Time of Peril, 2 Jun 2023
- Lack of Communication Between US and China: How Dangerous Could It Be?, 17 May 2023
- How China’s Echo Chamber Threatens Taiwan, 9 May 2023
- Missile Defense and the Strategic Relationship among the United States, Russia, and China, 2 May 2023
- International Group of Eminent Persons for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, 11 Apr 2023
- China’s Role in Shaping South Korea’s Nuclear Choice, 7 Apr 2023
- Carnegie Experts on the Ukraine War’s Long Shadow, 13 Mar 2023
- The Perception Gap and the China-US Relationship, 6 Feb 2023
- The Perception Gap and the China-US Relationship, 6 Feb 2023
- Political Obstacles in the US-China Nuclear Relationship, 4 Jan 2023
2022
- How Will America Deal With Three-Way Nuclear Deterrence?, 12 Dec 2022
- Reducing U.S.-China Nuclear Risks: Prospects for Arms Control Cooperation, 23 Nov 2022
- How to Promote Arms Control in the Asia-Pacific Region, 26 Oct 2022
- (NU-NEA) Russia's Nuclear Signaling in Ukraine and China's Nuclear Policy, 13 Oct 2022
- (NU-NEA) Russia's Nuclear Signaling in Ukraine and China's Nuclear Policy, 13 Oct 2022
- Emerging Technologies and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 27 Sep 2022
- New Nuclear Troubles in Southern Asia?, 4 Aug 2022
- 2022 NEREC-Sejong Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation, 28 Jul 2022
- Engaging China in Arms Control, 2 Mar 2022
- Europe’s Role in Promoting US-China Arms Control Cooperation, 23 Feb 2022
2021
- Why Is China Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal?, 24 Nov 2021
- Why Is China Building Up Its Nuclear Arsenal?, 15 Nov 2021
- China’s Silence on Nuclear Arms Buildup Fuels Speculation on Motives, 12 Nov 2021
- Inside China's Nuclear Strategy, 27 Oct 2021
- Watch Now—China’s New Nuclear Silo Fields: Negotiating Card or Arms Race Catalyst, 21 Sep 2021
- U.S. Commitment to Taiwan Under Scrutiny After Afghanistan’s Fall, 27 Aug 2021
- What’s Driving China’s Nuclear Buildup?, 9 Aug 2021
- Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Symposium 2021, 4 Jun 2021
- APLN Members’ Contribution to The Korean Journal on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Energy, 27 May 2021
- Perspectives on Tensions in the Taiwan Strait, 18 May 2021
- Reaction to North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Launch, 25 Mar 2021
- Perspectives on the Logic of Strategic Arms Control, 29 Jan 2021
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