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80 years since Nuclear Use: Q&A with Tatsujiro Suzuki
Suzuki Tatsujiro shares his insights on how past lessons can guide future pathways toward a nuclear-weapon-free world.

Youth and the Generation of Global Hibakushas
Monalisa Hazarika argues that future generations have inherited the nuclear shadow, and calls for integrating survivor testimony, environmental justice, and anti-colonial perspectives into global ...

80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Threatening Decline of the Nuclear Taboo
As the global nuclear taboo weakens amid rising proliferation risks, Jiang Tianjiao highlights the need for all nuclear-armed states to adopt a no-first-use policy and to negotiate a global treaty ...

Disarmament in Retreat: Can the NPT Survive a Prolonged Disarmament Drought?
HMGS Palihakkara proposes concrete measures to salvage the NPT ahead of its 2026 Review Conference, warning that persistent inaction on disarmament risks triggering the collapse of the entire ...

80 Years Since Nuclear Use – Looking to the Past to See the Future
Reflecting on the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Gareth Evans warns that the world has avoided nuclear catastrophe so far only by luck, and urges renewed global efforts to reduce nuclear ...

July 2025 in Review at APLN
Our monthly roundup of APLN news and activities in July 2025.

Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence
Tanvi Kulkarni offers three considerations to rethink the traditional principles of nuclear deterrence.

Asia-Pacific Region Key to Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence
Tanvi Kulkarni argues that the world must rethink nuclear deterrence by focusing on the Asia-Pacific’s complex security dynamics, broadening the understanding of nuclear weapons’ consequences, and ...

South Korea Moves Away From Former Indo-Pacific Strategy
EAST ASIA FORUM - APLN Policy Fellow Dongkeun Lee wrote on South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy and its relationship with NATO under the Lee Jae Myung administration.

Managing Multiple Multipolarities
Manpreet Sethi, Fang Liu, and Elaine Natalie explain how China, India, and Indonesia’s differing views on multipolarity shape regional geopolitics.

Trumpism and Global Disorder
THE KOREA TIMES - APLN member Kim Won-soo argued that South Korea should adopt a multifaceted strategy, combining strengthened alliance coordination with the US and proactive engagement in ...

Managing Multiple Multipolarities: Evolving interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific
Manpreet Sethi, Fang Liu, and Elaine Natalie explain how different understandings of multipolarity in China, India, and Indonesia shape geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific.