Member Activities
Is South Korea Considering Nuclear Weapons?
THE DIPLOMAT - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan argues that nuclear weapons are gaining greater importance in the national security thinking of many states in the Indo-Pacific.
Is the Pakistan-China Partnership as Relevant as Ever in a Multipolar World?
ARAB NEWS - APLN member Salman Bashir writes: The reality of duopoly and the imperatives of the US-China strategic competition will take a toll on Pakistan's relevance to China in the future.
Sharif’s Talks Offer Serious But Poorly Phrased; J&K Biggest Hurdle to India's Rise
THE WIRE - APLN member Mushahid Hussain argues that the status quo in Indian Occupied Kashmir is ‘untenable and unacceptable’ in an interview with Karan Thapar.
Understanding Japan’s Nuclear Dilemma
CAPS - APLN member Manpreet Sethi analyses Japanese Prime Minister Kishida’s overtures towards nuclear disarmament as well as new defence build-up with modernisation of conventional forces.
India and the New Eurasia
THE INDIAN EXPRESS - APLN member C Raja Mohan argues that the rise of Eurasia is making it harder for India to ride on two baots at the same time and Delhi must seize the emerging possibilities.
Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture: The IAEA, Iraq, and the Future of ...
VCDNP - APLN member Trevor Findlay presented the findings of his book “Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture: The IAEA, Iraq and the Future of Non-Proliferation" in an event held by the VCDNP.
The Problem With Primacy: America’s Dangerous Quest to Dominate the Pacific
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - APLN Senior Associate Fellow Van Jackson argues that the US must respond to Asia as it exists rather than treating it as an abstract arena in which it can conduct power politics.
With US, China Variables, Does N. Korea’s Calculus Really Point to 7th Nuclear Test?
HANKYOREH - APLN member Cheong Wook-Sik writes on predictions of a possible seventh North Korean nuclear test.
Testing Times Ahead for Beijing
THE JAPAN TIMES - APLN member Kevin Rudd examines how China’s domestic political economy, its relationship with the U.S., and the impact of that relationship on other countries will be in 2023.
Veer Guardian 2023: Maiden India-Japan Air Exercise to Begin
THE DIPLOMAT - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan argues that the China factor has steadied the India-Japan strategic partnership, despite their differences of opinion on other matters.