Weekly Newsletters
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Does US missile defense work?
14 January 2022 Dear Network Members and Colleagues, This week, we continue our report series on nuclear use scenarios in the Asia-Pacific. The latest paper by ...

Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races
7 January 2022 - We kick off the new year with a response from APLN Chair to the P5 Statement, two new special reports on the Korean Peninsula and a commentary on the NPT.

Cooperative Threat Reduction Plus for the DPRK
22 December 2021 - Special newsletter highlighting APLN's 2021 CTR Plus project which tailors the lessons from the Nunn-Lugar CTR program to the DPRK’s unique circumstances.

Lessons from the Korean War & Nuclear Capable Missiles
17 December 2021 - This week, the APLN publishes special reports from Nick Hansen and James Matray, we also highlight the upcoming final event in our ROK-Japan nuclear domino project.

Thinking About the Unthinkable & NPT RevCon event
10 December 2021 - This week, the APLN publishes the first paper in a series on nuclear use cases in Northeast Asia written by Dr Paul Davis and Dr Bruce Bennet.

Nuclear weapons use & the illusion of peace
3 December 2021 - This week, APLN Policy Fellow Dr Tanvi Kulkarni argues that populations are woefully unprepared to deal with the aftermath of nuclear weapons use.

KT-APLN Essay Winners and Other Developments
26 November 2021 - This week, the APLN publishes a commentary by Emmanuelle Maître, Angela Woodward writes for the KT-APLN Column. We also share the winners of the 2021 Korea Times-APLN Contest.

A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought
19 November 2021 - This week the APLN joins experts and advocacy groups around the world in the campaign #ReaffirmOurFuture, essay winners are announced, and more.

Fuel cycle risks and restarting DPRK negotiations
12 November 2021 - This week, we publish a new Special Report on the risks of horizontal proliferation in the Asia-Pacific, written by John Carlson.

Chinese missile test and NEA Public Health Initiative
4 November 2021 - This week features a policy brief on the recent Chinese nuclear-capable hypersonic missile test, special report on the Northeast Asian Public Health Initiative and more.