Nuclear Weapon Use Risk Reduction
The APLN joint project "Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapon Use in Northeast Asia" (NU-NEA) works to define use cases for nuclear weapons in a limited nuclear war on, or involving, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia more broadly. The aim is to assist policymakers in identifying ways to avoid a nuclear conflict as well as to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia by developing credible nuclear use cases and proposing policy solutions.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s Gordian Knot: The Intractable Problem of the ...
Anna Hood analyses whether Articles I and II of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) permit nuclear sharing.

Escalation Dynamics Under the Nuclear Shadow—India’s Approach
Rakesh Sood examines how India and Pakistan have perceived and responded to each other’s nuclear signalling across multiple crises.

A Quarter Century of Nuclear South Asia: Nuclear Noise, Signalling, and the Risk of ...
Moeed Yusuf and Rizwan Zeb examine the trilateral dynamic in five South Asian nuclear crises whereby the United States played a mediatory role leading to crisis termination.

‘All Options Are on the Table’: Assessing the International Legality of Nuclear Threats
Monique Cormier and Anna Hood canvas a range of international instruments that prohibit nuclear threats and sought to explore the extent to which they apply to threats to use nuclear weapons that ...

How to Assess Nuclear ‘Threats’ in the Twenty-First Century
George Perkovich argues that the less precise our nuclear discourse, the more fear nuclear manipulators can elicit.

Nuclear-Conventional Entanglement in Northeast Asia: The Case for Crisis Management ...
In this report, Benjamin Zala surveys the growing nuclear-conventional entanglement risks in Northeast Asia as well as how entanglement is driving a new era of nuclear arms racing in response.

Introduction: Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia
Shatabhisha Shetty writes an introductory essay for the special section of the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament.

The Political Reckoning in a Post-Nuclear Use Landscape
Rabia Akhtar provides a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted challenges posed by nuclear weapons in Northeast Asia and offers valuable insights for crafting a more secure global environment.

No First Use Can Still Help to Reduce US-China Nuclear Risks
Adam Mount argues that although no first use declaratory statements are unlikely to significantly affect US-China nuclear crises, they can still play an important role in reducing risks between the ...

East Asia’s Alliance Dilemma: Public Perceptions of the Competing Risks of Extended ...
Lauren Sukin and Woohyeok Seo use surveys conducted in Australia, ROK, Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia to explore trends in nuclear attitudes.
