This week at APLN, Nobumasa Akiyama gives a Japanese perspective on strategic risks in East Asia, we welcome Ganewati Wuryandari as a new network member, and we share the video recording and speaker remarks from last week’s webinar on The Search for Nuclear Justice.

We also share recent activities from our network, including analysis on Iran-Israel relations, China’s global initiatives, Japan-ASEAN relations, and more. 

In the latest publication for our project on Asia-Pacific Strategic Risks, Nobumasa Akiyama assesses Japanese perceptions of strategic risks in East Asia and recommends how Japan can create a regional security cooperation network to prevent crisis escalation.

The report considers two crisis scenarios: conflict over Taiwan and a Korean Peninsula contingency. Akiyama discusses what is driving the concern behind these scenarios and dissects their impact on Japanese foreign policy.

In the end, it is as unrealistic and utopian to think that we can achieve true nuclear justice, as it is to think that nuclear crimes can be perpetrated without accountability.

-Anaïs Maurer,
The Search for Nuclear Justice webinar

On April 17, APLN collaborated with BASIC’s Emerging Voices Network to host a webinar on The Search for Nuclear Justice. A group of five experts explored how to bring us closer to nuclear justice and discussed victim assistance, environmental remediation, and the role of international treaties.

The full recording of the event is now available on our website, along with written remarks from the speakers.

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