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![Indonesia Ratifies Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Australia Should Too.](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1733073960.jpeg)
Indonesia Ratifies Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Australia Should Too.
THE INTERPRETER - APLN member Marianne Hanson argued that Indonesia’s ratification of the TPNW highlights the need for Australia to follow suit and support the treaty.
![The U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty Is How We Will Avoid a Nuclear War](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/russian-president-vladimir-putin-speaks.webp)
The U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty Is How We Will Avoid a Nuclear War
NEWSWEEK - APLN member Melissa Parke argued that the only way to ensure nuclear weapons are never used again is to take them out of arsenals and eliminate them through the TPNW.
![NASA Chief in India: Big Fillip to India-US Space Agenda](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thediplomat_2023-12-04-134334.jpeg)
NASA Chief in India: Big Fillip to India-US Space Agenda
THE DIPLOMAT - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan argued that there seems to be a near-perfect alignment of the stars for collaboration between the Indian and U.S. space agencies.
![Kishore Mahbubani on Kissinger’s Death](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/writing-1209121_1920.jpg)
Kishore Mahbubani on Kissinger’s Death
BLOOMBERG - APLN member Kishore Mahbubani, former Singaporean Ambassador to the United Nations, spoke with Bloomberg about Henry Kissinger’s death and his contribution to policy in Asia.
![Understanding Consequences of Breakdown of Nuclear Deterrence](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/writing-1209121_1920.jpg)
Understanding Consequences of Breakdown of Nuclear Deterrence
CENTRE FOR AIR POWER STUDIES - APLN Senior Research Adviser Manpreet Sethi highlighted that the risks of nuclear deterrence breakdown should be part of national and international discussions.
![Charting a Roadmap for Multiparty Confidence and Security-Building Measures, Risk ...](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screen-Shot-2023-11-29-at-3.32.10-PM.png)
Charting a Roadmap for Multiparty Confidence and Security-Building Measures, Risk ...
PACIFIC FORUM - APLN member and staff Nobumasa Akiyama, Mely Caballero-Anthony, Michiru Nishida, and Karla Mae G. Pabeliña contributed to the Pacific Forum's special edition
![“South Korea Going Nuclear?”: debates, driving forces, and prospects](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/writing-1209121_1920.jpg)
“South Korea Going Nuclear?”: debates, driving forces, and prospects
SPRINGER NATURE - APLN Vice Chair Moon Chung-in co-wrote a paper with Young-Deok Shin, arguing that South Korea will face daunting challenges in its quest for independent nuclear capabilities.
![Economic Statecraft With American Characteristics](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-design_0.jpeg)
Economic Statecraft With American Characteristics
THE INTERPRETER - APLN Senior Research Adviser Van Jackson co-wrote an article with Mark Beeson, arguing that the US keeps pitching economic arrangements in Asia that lack political viability at home.
![Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Global South: Understanding Divergences and ...](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/writing-1209121_1920.jpg)
Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Global South: Understanding Divergences and ...
THE INTERNATIONAL SPECTATOR - APLN Policy Fellow Tanvi Kulkarni, co-edited a special issue of The International Spectator on the topic ‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Global South.‘
![For There to Be No Third War, We Need to Mitigate Crisis on Korean Peninsula](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2617011588558179-e1703058294655.jpeg)
For There to Be No Third War, We Need to Mitigate Crisis on Korean Peninsula
HANKYOREH - APLN member Cheong Wook-Sik called for a creative resurrection of the six-party talks framework, in order to reduce tensions and break through the crisis on the Korean Peninsula.