HMGS Palihakkara, APLN member and former Chairman of the UN Secretary General’s advisory board on disarmament, highlights that the global nuclear non-proliferation regime is under severe strain, as nuclear weapon states continue to modernise their arsenals while neglecting their

🚨new article online As part of a forthcoming special issue, in this contribution Sarah Teo from RSIS investigates ASEAN’s joint military exercises and how these contribute to regional order-building 👉tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

We are delighted to welcome two new members to APLN’s Governing Board! 👏🏻 🔹Prof. Ajin Choi, Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University. 🔹Amb. Robyug Park, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament.

My latest for Belfer Center Islamabad is not offering Riyadh a covert “nuclear button,” and Riyadh is not signing up to fight in Kashmir. Defense cooperation ≠ automatic war pledge, and signaling ≠ nuclear guarantee. belfercenter.org/research-analy…

How can states in Asia and the Pacific balance the pressures of contemporary geopolitics and their national priorities? Take a look at our latest infographic on 'Navigating Contemporary Geopolitics in Asia and the Pacific' to find out what experts say: apln.network/projects/voice…

⁦Asia-Pacific Leadership Network⁩ mafias are everywhere! At the conference on “Managing the Challenges of the Third Nuclear Age” hosted by the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. We revisit a commentary by Nobuyasu Abe, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, reflecting on three decades of progress and challenges in nuclear disarmament, and calling on Russia

This policy brief, by ELN Senior Policy Fellow Julia Berghofer, shows how France and the UK can advance fail-safe individually & bilaterally, as well as in the P3 & P5 contexts. Non-nuclear-weapon states in the NPT & NATO members could also support this. europeanleadershipnetwork.org/policy-brief/g…

Pankaj Saran (Pankaj Saran), former Deputy National Security Adviser of India, writes on India’s attendance at the SCO Summit, for our APLN X The Korea Times column. "The real significance of Tianjin is that it represented a visit by Modi to China after a gap of seven years."

Congratulations to our member Ambassador Ian Biggs (Ian Biggs) on his appointment as the Chairperson of the IAEA Board of Governors for 2025–2026. Ambassador Biggs brings over four decades of diplomatic experience and is recognised for his deep expertise in international

It’s an honour for me to be appointed the new Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - the Vaccine Alliance. #Gavi’s mission to reach every child with essential vaccinations is life-saving. This is a noble mission which I am proud to support. gavi.org/news/media-roo…

📄 1st session’s theme was “Nuclear Deterrence in 2025: Different from 1955” & was chaired by Ambassador Rakesh Sood Rakesh Sood. Lynn Rusten (National Seucity Consultant, National War College, USA) & Dr Manpreet Sethi Manpreet Sethi focused on contemporary nuclear issues of

APLN Senior Policy Fellow, Joel Petersson Ivre writes for the Institute for Security and Development Policy on NATO and Korea-Sweden cooperation, examining the compatibility of South Korean and Swedish policy goals in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

On dealing with a multipolar West:

ISEAS Perspective 2025/75 “To Lam’s Foreign Policy Leadership in the “Era of National Rise”” by Hoang Thi Ha (HoangThiHaISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute) and Pham Thi Phuong Thao iseas.edu.sg/?p=77510 #Vietnam #VietnamEconomy #VietnamPolitics #ToLam @ISEAS

The Saudi-Pakistan SMDA can be best understood as politically expedient but strategically hollow, writes Haleema Saadia. She explains why Pakistan cannot, and is unlikely to, extend nuclear deterrence to Saudi Arabia in any meaningful sense. Read here ➡️ apln.network/analysis/comme…

What does the new Pakistan-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement actually mean? My latest piece for Asia-Pacific Leadership Network asks whether this pact is a credible security guarantee or simply political theatre. (Link below) 1/4

#Gaza ceasefire agreement - to be welcomed for humanitarian reasons tribuneindia.com/news/comment/g… "Equitable & sustainable peace as well as socio-political justice for Palestinians will remain elusive" yet it will be claimed "the Star of Bethlehem is glowing over the rubble of Gaza."