Member Activities
![Debate on the Future of the Korean Peninsula and Biden Administration](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled.png)
Debate on the Future of the Korean Peninsula and Biden Administration
KBS - APLN Vice Chair Moon Chung-in discussed the future of the Korean Peninsula in a Biden Era with former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Song Min-soon in a debate.
![Perspectives on the Logic of Strategic Arms Control](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screenshot_2021-04-05-Paper-4-Strategic-Arms-Control-v3-1-pdf.png)
Perspectives on the Logic of Strategic Arms Control
UNIDIR - APLN member Tong Zhao shared his analysis in UNIDIR’s Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament, Deterrence and Strategic Arms Control.
![Has the Moon Administration's Foreign Policy Really Been a Failure?](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/42064997381_65901aecb9_k.jpg)
Has the Moon Administration's Foreign Policy Really Been a Failure?
HANKYOREH - The president has made substantial achievements toward inter-Korean peace and stability.
![Always Immoral, Now Illegal: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Becomes the Law](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/nukes.png)
Always Immoral, Now Illegal: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Becomes the Law
AIIA - Today the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) becomes law – the most significant multilateral development in nuclear arms control since the NPT entered into force in 1970.
![The Responsibility to Disarm and the Nuclear Ban Treaty](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TPNW-Signing-ceremony-1536x925-1.png)
The Responsibility to Disarm and the Nuclear Ban Treaty
THE BULLETIN - “The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?” Indeed it would.
![Nuclear Verification in a Middle East WMD-Free Zone](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Publicaiton_page_2.jpg)
Nuclear Verification in a Middle East WMD-Free Zone
UNIDIR - Verification will be of critical importance to achieving and maintaining a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction (ME WMD).
![Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) As the End Goal](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NEA-NWFZ.jpg)
Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) As the End Goal
PUGWASH - Suzuki proposes a comprehensive approach to peace and stability in the region as well as a phased denuclearization of Korean Peninsula, eventually establishing a NWFZ in the region.
![India’s UNSC Tenure 2021–2022: Securing National Interest Through International Leadership](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/UN_security_council_2005.jpg)
India’s UNSC Tenure 2021–2022: Securing National Interest Through International Leadership
THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN - India’s immediate focus should be on nudging inter-state relations into a working relationship to facilitate cooperative action.
![The Trap of the Biden Administration and Progressive Idealism](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joe_Biden_48651180272-edit.jpg)
The Trap of the Biden Administration and Progressive Idealism
HANKYOREH - Chung-in Moon argues that there is no guarantee that the Biden Administration will bring back a peaceful world order, with implications for South Korea.
![UNIDIR in WMD Compliance and Enforcement: Autonomy, Agency and Influence](https://cms.apln.network/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_2021-04-09-The-Role-of-International-Organizations-in-WMD-Compliance-and-Enforcement-Autonomy-Agency-and-Influ....png)
UNIDIR in WMD Compliance and Enforcement: Autonomy, Agency and Influence
UNIDIR - The role of multilateral verification bodies in dealing with compliance and enforcement, the extent to which they achieve ‘agency’ in doing so, and whether such capacities might be enhanced.