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On March 9, 2022, a supersonic missile landed inside the

Adil Sultan argues that all nuclear-armed states, including India and Pakistan, must conduct regular nuclear ‘fail-safe’ reviews to build confidence, reduce risks of miscalculation or accidents, and prevent escalation during crises.
15 Apr 2025 Nobuyasu ABE and Innocentia ATCHAYA

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings

Kazuko Ito argues that Japan, as the only country to have suffered from nuclear warfare, must take a leading role in preventing nuclear war and achieving a nuclear-free world by joining the TPNW, emphasising the growing need for global nuclear disarmament.
19 Mar 2025 Nobuyasu ABE
Five international security experts discuss efforts to advance gender equality and expand leadership opportunities for women in the field, as well as the steps needed to accelerate progress.
07 Mar 2025 Hyun CHO, Jina KIM and Sang-Hyun LEE

Nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) are important and practical regional measures by

Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan argues that Mongolia’s rich experience should serve as a tool to strengthen and further broaden the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone regime.
06 Dec 2024 Jina KIM

Member Activities

The Nuclear Order in East Asia project explores the evolving

26 Mar 2025 Yuqun SHAO

Emerging voices from 14 nations collaborate on intergenerational approaches to

26 Mar 2024 Jina KIM, Nobuyasu ABE and Yuqun SHAO

Last month, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.K. Parliament

20 Sep 2023 Hyun CHO and Innocentia ATCHAYA

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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