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.
(NU-NEA) Implications of the Ukraine War for ROK Security
Cheon Myeongguk explores the possible implications of the Ukraine conflict on the ROK attitudes regarding nuclear weapons.
(NU-NEA) Birds of a Feather: Thoughts on Pyongyang's Lessons from the War in Ukraine
Professor Alexandre Y. Mansourov discusses the lessons learned from the Ukraine conflict by DPRK leadership.
(NU-NEA) Russia's Nuclear Signaling in Ukraine and China's Nuclear Policy
Watching Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the lessons China is internalizing may add further ambiguity and uncertainty.
(NU-NEA) Potential Implications of the War in Ukraine for Northeast Asia
Paul Davis argues that the Ukraine war has made the range of nuclear-use cases in Northeast Asia even more plausible.
(NU-NEA) Potential Implications of the Situation in Ukraine for Russia's Nuclear ...
Anastasia Barannikova warns that impacts of the situation in Ukraine on Russia’s nuclear policies in this region cannot be ruled out.
APLN Joint Project on Nuclear Weapon Use Risk Reduction
APLN's extensive research project on nuclear use cases in Northeast Asia in collaboration with the Nautilus Institute, RECNA, and the PSNA.
Reducing or Exploiting Risk? Varieties of US Nuclear Thought and their Implications for ...
Dr. Van Jackson explores how different schools of thought on US nuclear strategy would respond to different scenarios in Northeast Asia.
Potential Use of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons in a Korean Context
Eva Lisowski explores the potential uses of low-yield nuclear weapons in the context of a possible conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
Avoiding Nuclear War in the Taiwan Strait
Dr. Sheryn Lee, senior lecturer at the Swedish Defence University, assesses the prospect of conflict and nuclear use in the Taiwan Strait.
Prospects for DPRK's Nuclear Use Scenarios and Deterrence Measures of the US and ROK ...
Professor Lee Sangkyu investigates possible nuclear use cases pre-empted by the DPRK based on its nuclear capabilities and nuclear strategy.