Member Activities
![Fukushima Water Release: Trusting Scientific Innovation and Nuclear Safety Regime](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230829-CO120-Fukushima-Water-Release-Trusting-Scientific-Innovation-and-Nuclear-Safety-Regime-768x510-1.jpeg)
Fukushima Water Release: Trusting Scientific Innovation and Nuclear Safety Regime
RSIS Commentary -APLN member Mely Caballero-Anthony co-wrote an article with Julius Cesar Trajano on the Fukushima water release, arguing that this decision need to be backed by efforts to build ...
![Australia, France and Finding Equilibrium in Southeast Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230428army8629169_0502.jpg.iieZ5rvXMWnXKadjYBMA.hQ-bd7qQRx.jpg)
Australia, France and Finding Equilibrium in Southeast Asia
THE STRATEGIST - APLN member Natalie Sambhi co-wrote an article with Hugh Piper on Australia and France finding strategic equilibrium with Southeast Asia.
![CGSR | Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture by Trevor Findlay](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-16-at-11.49.20.png)
CGSR | Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture by Trevor Findlay
CGSR - APLN member Trevor Findlay gave a presentation at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) on verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
![‘Hardliners Argue That South Korea Should Have Its Own Nuclear Weapons’](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/csm_Reuters_KISHIDA-BIDEN-YOON-TALKS_df49b7a5ad.jpeg)
‘Hardliners Argue That South Korea Should Have Its Own Nuclear Weapons’
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND SOCIETY - APLN Vice Chair Moon Chung-in was interviewed by IPS Journal on South Korea's nuclear debate and its relations with the US and Japan.
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Speech at the First Symposium by SSEASRC, University of Buckingham
CSSPR - APLN member Rabia Akhtar participated in the First Symposium, organised by the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS) at Buckingham University.
![Why Are World Leaders Racing to the Pacific Islands?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/story_32_final-1691550700.webp)
Why Are World Leaders Racing to the Pacific Islands?
AL JAZEERA - APLN member Sandra Tarte spoke with Al-Jazeera on the opportunities created for Pacific Countries by US and Chinese involvement in the region.
![Thai Elections Update with Thitinan Pongsudhirak](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Podcast-SEA-Cover.png)
Thai Elections Update with Thitinan Pongsudhirak
SOUTHEAST ASIA RADIO - APLN member Elina Noor hosted a discussion on the aftermath of the Thai elections, for Southeast Asia Radio at the Center for International and Security Studies.
![Melissa Parke Appointed New Executive Director for ICAN](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KaXYTWdP.webp)
Melissa Parke Appointed New Executive Director for ICAN
ICAN - APLN member Melissa Parke has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN International).
![Ensuring Sustainability of Democracy in Southeast Asia](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_08_07_141040_1691403566._large.jpg)
Ensuring Sustainability of Democracy in Southeast Asia
THE JAKARTA POST - APLN member Jusuf Wanandi wrote for The Jakarta Post on press freedom, economic development and the questions of democratic sustainability in Southeast Asia.
![Powerful Nuclear Norms Trump Tinkering With Treaties](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-53338964.jpeg)
Powerful Nuclear Norms Trump Tinkering With Treaties
THE STRATEGIST - APLN member Ramesh Thakur argues that the normative power of the CTBT is being undermined by supporters who emphasise that the treaty has not yet entered into force.