NPT Review Conference
APLN’s project on the postponed 2020 NPT Review Conference explores the challenges delegations are likely to face when the meeting - currently scheduled for August 2022 - finally takes place. Against a backdrop of deteriorating global security dynamics, the project engages experts from the Asia-Pacific region in debate on how the many obstacles affecting treaty’s implementation should be tackled.
Cooperation or Conflict? Walking the Tightrope of NPT and Ban Treaty Supporters
Angela Kane brings a spotlight on the lack of trust between the nuclear haves and the have-nots, calling for cooperation from both sides.
Folding the Umbrella: Nuclear Allies, the NPT and the Ban Treaty
Paul Meyer argues that nuclear dependent allies should play a bigger role in convincing their NWS partners to undertake tangible nuclear disarmament action.
Non-NPT Nuclear-Armed States and the NPT: Closing the Gap
APLN member Sadia Tasleem examines the status of the four non-NPT nuclear-armed states -- India, Pakistan, DPRK and Israel -- vis-à-vis the three core objectives of the NPT.
Nuclear Disarmament, the NPT and the Ban Treaty
APLN Board member Ramesh Thakur discusses the ineffectiveness of the NPT while also bringing light to its normative potential.
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Fifty years after the NPT was put into force, the new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) continues to exacerbate some tensions.
NPT 2020 Review Underway: Is the NPT Still Relevant?
Major innovative strategies will be necessary in order to revive the NPT and to keep it both current and constructive for the new decade.