Arms Control

Reflections on the 2025 NPT PrepCom
We invited four experts to examine the implications of this outcome: what drove the deadlock, whether the treaty is now at greater risk, and what urgent actions could restore momentum ahead of the ...

Nuclear Arms Control Architecture on Life Support
Kim Won-soo urges the N-5, umbrella states, and civil society to take immediate steps to rebuild trust and bolster the global nuclear disarmament and arms control framework ahead of 2026, with the ...

China’s Military Spending Rises Should Prompt Regional Budget Responses
ASPI - APLN member Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan observed that China’s rapidly increasing defence budget reflects its expanding military ambitions and heightened geopolitical assertiveness.

Better Know a Nuke: China
IISS - APLN member Tong Zhao discussed how China’s evolving nuclear posture and expanding arsenal impact global security on a podcast produced by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Nuclear War in Northeast Asia?: Early Warnings, Risk Reduction, and Denuclearization
Nine APLN members and staff will participate in a symposium on December 6 and 7 to discuss potential measures that civil society and governments can take to prevent nuclear war escalation.

What Trump’s Return Means for U.S.-China Relations
THE CARTER CENTER - APLN member Tong Zhao writes on what Trump’s election means for nuclear policy between the United States and China.

What is Driving China’s Changing Nuclear Policy?
THE DSR NETWORK - APLN member Tong Zhao discussed China’s evolving nuclear policy in a podcast with Jon Wolfsthal.

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy vs. Nuclear Armament: Two Paths That Cannot Be Taken ...
EKN NEWS - APLN member Eunjung Lim argues that while there is growing public support in South Korea for nuclear armament, pursuing such a path would have severe international consequences.

Bomb Survivors’ Nobel Prize a Reminder to World on Edge of Nuclear War
SCMP - APLN member C Uday Bhaskar emphasises that we cannot afford to forget the catastrophe unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as the world lurches towards nuclear conflict.

China’s Evolving Nuclear Policy: What It Means for U.S. Security and International ...
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE - APLN member Tong Zhao discussed China’s evolving nuclear policy and the internal dynamics driving its recent strategic shifts.