| This week at APLN, we welcome Mitsuru Kitano and Michiru Nishida as our newest APLN network members. We release a major research report from the Asia Dialogue on China-US relations project, written by Manpreet Sethi, Frank O’Donnell, and Joel Petersson Ivre, which analyses Asia-Pacific views of the US-China relationship. We also co-hosted a workshop on disarmament and deterrence in Bangkok with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
As always, we share recent activities from our network, including analysis on the US presidential election, the AUKUS submarine deal, and more. |
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APLN is pleased to welcome two new members to its network:
- Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano (Japan), Executive Adviser, Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)
- Professor Michiru Nishida (Japan), Professor in the School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Research Center for Global Risk at Nagasaki University
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| In this latest report from our Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations project, Manpreet Sethi, Frank O’Donnell and Joel Petersson Ivre write on the structural preferences of regional actors concerning regional stability. These preferences are framed in terms of “end-states”, which represent the desired long-term roles that regional actors envision for China and the US.
They examine four types of preferred end-states for actors in the Asia-Pacific, analyse the implications of these end-states, and outline regional strategic approaches and trade-offs to avoid conflict and promote peace-building in each scenario. |
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| Join us on September 25 from 11:00am-12:00pm (EST) for a webinar examining initiatives that the US and ASEAN can take to build stability in the Asia-Pacific. Amb. (ret.) Piper Campbell will discuss her APLN report with APLN member Elina Noor and ASEAN expert Prashanth Parameswaram. This webinar will be moderated by APLN Senior Research Adviser Frank O’Donnell. |
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| Piper Campbell, former head of the US mission to ASEAN, identifies three key US priorities in Southeast Asia: maintaining economic access, ensuring freedom of movement, and not ceding the region to China. To achieve these goals, she argues that the US must do better in fostering mutual understanding with ASEAN countries and making stronger commitments to regional stability. |
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| Sandra Tarte highlights Fiji’s role as a major player in the Pacific Islands and argues that Fiji’s “Pacific Zone of Peace” concept is crucial for promoting peace and security in the context of US-China great power rivalry. She proposes four specific policy recommendations, including integrating the Zone of Peace into the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and building consensus on principles among Pacific Island countries. |
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| Kim Joon Hyung advocates for a foreign policy centered on strategic autonomy, where Seoul carefully balances its relationships with both the US and China while working to enhance its own technological, cultural, and normative influence. He argues that Seoul should actively engage in de-escalating the competition between the two powers and help build an alternative cooperative security architecture that promotes regional stability. |
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| The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues (CSIS-PONI) co-hosted a Workshop on Domestic Perspectives on Disarmament and Deterrence, on 19 September 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. Senior APLN network members Kasit Piromya, Marianne Hanson, Carlos Sorreta, Lina Alexandra, Ta Minh Tuan, APLN Associate Fellow Karla Mae Pabeliña and Policy Fellow Tanvi Kulkarni participated in the workshop. |
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APLN has over 150 members from 22 countries in the Asia-Pacific.
Each week we feature their latest contributions
to global and regional security debates.
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| Shatabhisha Shetty, APLN Executive Director, will join Women in International Security (WIIS) – Australia for a special event on Wednesday 25 September, from 18:30-19:30 (AEST), sharing her experiences of working in the international security space. |
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| Gareth Evans, former Australian Foreign Minister, writes for The Australian, highlighting that the AUKUS submarine deal could have profound negative implications for Australia’s security and sovereignty. He warns that it may be one of the worst defense and foreign policy decisions Australia has ever made. |
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| Cheong Wook-sik, Director of the Hankyoreh Peace Institute and Director of the Peace Network, writes on the US presidential election and argues that South Korea needs to be thoroughly prepared and emphasise the resumption of bilateral or multilateral dialogue with North Korea, regardless of who wins the election in November. |
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| Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Resident Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), co-writes a commentary with Justin Bassi on the upcoming Quad leaders meeting, highlighting the opportunity to renew its relevance and transform it into more than a GINO — a grouping in name only. |
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