Weekly Newsletters
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The Crossroads of Atomic Warfare
Michael Roach provides a remarkable account of multigenerational involvement in nuclear war. Yim Man-sung discusses the role of the next generation in nuclear non-proliferation.
The Indispensable NPT - Views from the Asia-Pacific
John Tilemann discusses two ‘black swan’ events adding contentious issues to the NPT Review Conference. Asia-Pacific security experts discuss what success at NPT RevCon might look like in The Pulse.
A Nuclear Trilemma in Southern Asia?
Tanvi Kulkarni unpacks the China-India-Pakistan nuclear trilemma, and we highlight Asia-Pacific priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference with the NTI.
Stop the NPT from Unravelling
Tanya Ogilvie-White warns about the non-proliferation regime unravelling, and Eva Lisowski's nuclear-use-case presentation at the Humanitarian Conference in Vienna is available to watch.
Building a Disarmament Movement
Kawasaki Akira reflects on the lessons from the TPNW Vienna meeting and how these can be applied to the upcoming NPT Review Conference. The APLN-sponsored KAIST-NEREC summer program begins this weeks.
The Nuclear Taboo
Mely Caballero-Anthony discusses the TPNW from a Southeast Asian perspective, and Rakesh Sood argues that the nuclear taboo must be strengthened. We also co-hosted a regional workshop with the NTI.
Rebuild Arms Control and Disarmament
Abe Nobuyasu wrote on the impact of the war in Ukraine on arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation, and Ramesh Thakur, Kasit Piromya and Eva Lisowski wrote on the nuclear ban treaty.
Banning Nuclear Weapons and Reducing Nuclear Risk
This week, Eva Lisowski, presents findings at the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna. John Carlson and Abe Nobuyasu share their perspectives on the TPNW.
Japan and the Nuclear Ban Treaty
This week, Abe Nobuyasu discusses how Japan can engage with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. A Korean version of our DPRK Cooperative Threat Reduction Plus report is now available.
The Limited Nuclear War Hidden Behind the Long Peace
Robert Jacobs discusses how the Cold War nuclear testing amounted to a hidden nuclear war, and Sadia Tasleem shares her views on nuclear disarmament in the India-Pakistan relationship.