Member Activities

Amid Ukraine War, Gap between Nuclear Weapon Haves and Have-Nots Needs Urgent Attention
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - APLN member C. Uday Bhaskar argued that the need to quarantine the nuclear weapon to its core mission of deterrence is critical and urgent.

China’s Shifting Economy and Politics: Impact on U.S.-China Relations
APLN member Kevin Rudd delivered a lecture at the UC San Diego Forum. He discussed new developments in China’s political economy and examined their impact on U.S.-China relations moving forward.

BroadTalk Podcast: Changemaker
BROADTALK - Natasha Stott Despoja, the founding Chair of Our Watch, talked about how she has worked to advance the rights of women and girls and embodied what it means to be a changemaker.

Learning the Right Nuclear Lessons From Ukraine
THE JAPAN TIMES - APLN member Ramesh Thakur wrote about the Hiroshima Round Table and analysed how the Russian threats of nuclear weapons use had added to global fears of a nuclear Armageddon.

Can We Please Have a Real Debate on Nuclear Submarines?
THE INTERPRETER - APLN member Marianne Hanson wrote on the AUKUS nuclear submarine plan and stressed that Australia should be shoring up the non-proliferation regime, not setting risky precedents.

2022 NEREC-Sejong Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation
On 2-3 August 2022, APLN members Moon Chung-in, Kim Ji-na, Jun Bong-geun, Lee Sang-Hyun, Han Yong-Sup, and Zhao Tong will participate in the 2022 NEREC-Sejong Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation.

North Korea Has Changed – Our Policy Toward It Should Change Too
HANKYOREH - APLN member Cheong Wook-Sik pointed out three critical changes in North Korea and underscored the need to fundamentally reconsider the current approaches to policy on the North.

Pompeo’s Claims that China Obstructed N. Korea’s Denuclearization
HANKYOREH - APLN Vice Chair Moon Chung-in argues that Mike Pompeo’s provocative claims of Chinese obstructionism hinder U.S.-China cooperation on the North Korea nuclear issue.

Assessing The Promise Of Small Modular Reactors From An Indian Perspective
STRATNEWS GLOBAL - APLN member Manpreet Sethi analyses the expected advantages and challenges of small modular reactors and places them in the context of India’s energy mix.

Report on the Fourth Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
APLN associate fellow Eva Lisowski presented a report on “Possible Nuclear Use Cases in Northeast-Asia” at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons.