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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings
Nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) are important and practical regional measures by
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The Nuclear Order in East Asia project explores the evolving
Emerging voices from 14 nations collaborate on intergenerational approaches to
Last month, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.K. Parliament
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This essay is the third in a series that examines the South Korean nuclear debate from regional perspectives. Mongolia’s general position on the issue of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons is well known: it opposes attempts by any state to proliferate nuclear weapons, and despite the good ties between the two countries, South Korea would not be an […]
In this report, Tanvi Kulkarni, Frank O’Donnell, Shatabhisha Shetty, and Angela Woodward draw conclusions from the findings of a year-long APLN-VERTIC joint project on Maritime Incidents and Escalation in the Asia-Pacific. The findings are based on regional dialogues and consultations with senior experts from across the region, as well as three scoping papers produced by maritime security experts from the Asia-Pacific. […]
In this third instalment from the the APLN-VERTIC special report series, Kyoko Hatakeyama, Professor of International Relations at the University of Niigata Prefecture, surveys existing maritime confidence building measures (CBMs) in Northeast Asia, with a particular focus on the Maritime and Air Communication Mechanism (MACM) between China and Japan, which was set up in 2018 to avert […]
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Nuclear ‘Fail-Safe’ Reviews and Risk Reduction Approaches in South Asia
On March 9, 2022, a supersonic missile landed inside the