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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 25/09/2026

The 18th #BRICS Summit in New Delhi concluded with calls to amplify the Global South and reform global governance. In our special report, Dr. Jiang Tianjiao explores how Beijing view the group's strategic role in the long-term 🌐 #BRICS2026 #GlobalSouth #China #GlobalGovernance #Geopolitics

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 23/09/2026

John Carlson and John Tilemann call for #IAEA member states to ensure full and timely funding, particularly from its largest contributors - the United States and China. Read here: www.apln.network/analysis/the...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 23/09/2026

Sanjay Mahindru, former Deputy Chief of India's Naval Staff and INS Arihant's first commanding officer, examines the necessity and possible shape of a #Nuclear Risk Reduction Review mechanism in the context of #India’s nuclear weapons ecosystem. Read here: www.apln.network/analysis/pol...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 17/09/2026

A multilayered approach could bring these different risks into a more systematic review process ⤵️ Such a mechanism could help mitigate #nuclear risks while demonstrating India’s commitment to #regionalstability. (6/7)

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 17/09/2026

As nuclear systems age and new technologies reshape the strategic environment, this APLN policy brief by Vice Adm. (Retd.) Sanjay Mahindru asks what more systematic approaches to risk reduction could look like. (3/7)

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 16/09/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Policy Fellow! Looking to contribute to efforts to reduce global nuclear risks? Join our team and help shape research & policy on some of today’s most pressing nuclear issues. ⏰ Application Deadline: Sept 30, 2026 🔗 Learn more and apply ➡️ www.apln.network/news/notice/... #NukeSky

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 16/09/2026

Originally presented at the Kunming Forum’s July 2026 meeting, the brief makes the case that nuclear stability is the logical next frontier for both the GSI and the scholarly community that convenes around it.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 10/09/2026

We are pleased to announce that Dr Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social has been appointed as our new Research Program Head. We look forward to his continued contributions in this role and to further advancing APLN’s research and policy engagement in the years ahead! 👏🏻

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 09/09/2026

We're inviting applications for the position of Policy Fellow. Join our team to make a real impact in reducing global #nuclear risks! 🕊 Check out the job description ⤵️ apln.network/news/notice/... Apply by ⏰ Sept 30 Send your CV & cover letter ➡️ hr@apln.network #hiring #JobAdvert #NukeSky

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/09/2026

Read Managing Strategic Competition and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific apln.network/projects/asi...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/09/2026

By 2035, the #AsiaPacific may see a stronger but not dominant China, a United States that remains essential but more selective, and regional states with increasingly diversified partnerships. Smaller and middle powers will have more room to shape outcomes through resilience and coalition-building.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/09/2026

Not every #Minilateral arrangement is an alliance in waiting or a vehicle for balancing China. Of 32 Asian arrangements examined, only 25% function as peer-balancing coalitions. This diversity helps explain why flexible alignments matter.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/09/2026

The familiar bargain of “China for the economy and the United States for security” is becoming harder to sustain. Many regional states still seek #StrategicAutonomy through non-alignment. To preserve it, they are pursuing #MultiAlignment and widening their circle of partners.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/09/2026

How will #AsiaPacific security cooperation evolve toward 2035? Our new report by @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social and @hreepsamudra.bsky.social draws on six sessions with 25 senior experts and former practitioners at the 2026 Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations. 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 03/09/2026

Xi, Modi, and Putin are in Bishkek this week for the #SCO Summit. Inevitably, the old question has returned: is the SCO becoming an anti-Western bloc?

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 03/09/2026

Prof. Evans calls for renewed efforts to ensure that international law remains central to nuclear decision-making and continues to play its role in reducing nuclear risks.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 31/08/2026

As the International Day against Nuclear Tests #IDANT was observed on 29 August, we are revisiting a regional record that can easily be lost in global totals.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 25/08/2026

In Year 2, we convened #failsafe workshops with partner organisations in China and Pakistan, exploring how #emergingtechnologies affect #nuclear use risk and examining pathways toward global fail-safe solutions. Explore the key takeaways from our workshops in Beijing & Islamabad ⤵️

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 21/08/2026

#ICYMI Missed this session? The recording is now available on the @apln.network website. Catch up on the discussion and read the full event report ➡️ www.apln.network/events/past/... #ASEAN

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 19/08/2026

Where can that chain be broken? By communicating military intentions, keeping crisis channels open, increasing transparency, and reviving arms-control diplomacy. Read the full APLN–RECNA–Nautilus report: apln.network/projects/nuc... #NuclearRisk #NortheastAsia

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 19/08/2026

Across the cases, one escalation pattern appeared repeatedly: misread intentions → communication gaps → responses that outpace intent. A regional conflict could escalate globally within hours or days, even if neither side initially intended it to go that far.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 19/08/2026

The research began with 30 plausible nuclear weapon use cases. Five were selected for quantitative modelling, covering six physical and health impacts—from thermal fluence and blast overpressure to radioactive fallout and radiation-induced cancers.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 19/08/2026

What happens after the first use of a nuclear weapon? A study of nuclear risks in Northeast Asia shows how a single use could set off consequences far beyond the region—especially when intentions are unclear and events begin moving faster than decision-makers can control. 🧵 #NuclearMemoryAndRisk

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 10/08/2026

Unlike the 2009 US-UAE agreement, the new deal does not include this safeguard. APLN Senior Associate Fellow John Carlson examines the implications of the new US-Saudi agreement in his latest column for The Korea Times.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 06/08/2026

This does not mean immediately naming and shaming states. #ASEAN can start by pooling threat intelligence, strengthening forensic expertise, and developing common standards of evidence. Can willing member states move first? Read the full article ⤴️

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 31/07/2026

Interested in understanding the dynamics of AI in the Asia-Pacific? From China’s strategic thinking to Japan’s defence planning, our analyses examine issues ranging from military-AI integration to recommendations for more people-oriented approaches. Find out more: www.apln.network/search?tags=...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 28/07/2026

AI is entering the nuclear domain faster than governance can keep up. Last week, four APLN members joined Nobel laureates, AI experts, scientists, and former leaders in Italy to discuss one urgent question: How do we reduce—not increase—nuclear risk? 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 28/07/2026

We are delighted to welcome Ambassador Jongmoon Choi and Professor Hwang Yong-soo to APLN’s Governing Board. We look forward to their engagement and contributions to our work programme and governance! 👏🏻

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 20/07/2026

#ICYMI: How does China see the SCO and BRICS in an increasingly fragmented international order? In an APLN report, Tianjiao Jiang argues that the SCO acts as a regional stabiliser, while BRICS plays a broader structural role through economic cooperation and global governance reform.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 15/07/2026

How does China see the SCO and BRICS contributing to stability in Asia, and what could prevent them from doing so? A new APLN report by Dr Jiang Tianjiao takes a closer look. 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 15/07/2026

How are Southeast Asian states navigating US-China competition without simply choosing one side? In a new APLN policy brief, @fpri.bsky.social Non-Resident Senior Fellow and ASEAN Wonk founder Prashanth Parameswaran examines how regional states are preserving their agency. 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 14/07/2026

How Asian nations responding to a more unpredictable global landscape? Kelly A. Grieco explores how regional countries developed a complex mechanism of ‘minilateral’ arrangements to navigate between US and China, but those arrangements need nurturing. Full essay: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 13/07/2026

Military might cannot guarantee victory. Nuclear weapons cannot guarantee security. So what can pull the world back from disorder? Gareth Evans, former Australian foreign minister and APLN Chair, offers seven lessons in his latest Korea Times column.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 10/07/2026

On June 26, APLN co-hosted the session “ASEAN between China and the US: What options are available?” at the Jeju Forum, together with East Asia Foundation. Find out more about APLN in Jeju forum and our other events here: www.apln.network/events/past/...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 09/07/2026

At the 2026 Jeju Forum, APLN co-hosted a session with the East Asia Foundation (EAF) on "Destined for Chaos and Disorder? Search for a New Regional and International Order." Find out more about APLN in Jeju forum and our other events here: www.apln.network/events/past/...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 08/07/2026

The traditional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific is undergoing a seismic shift. Southeast Asian nations must pull together better and burnish ASEAN’s reputation as an economic power amid China-US rivalry, Piper Campbell argues. Read the full essay here: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 08/07/2026

For the first time since the 1980s, all nine nuclear-armed states are expanding their arsenals at once. Our new Quarterly Nuclear Memo by Manpreet Sethi and @hreepsamudra.bsky.social maps a quarter where worrying developments clearly outnumbered stabilising ones. a thread🧵

In alignment with APLN's 2026–2030 Research Strategy, the APLN Quarterly Nuclear Memo tracks, analyses and summarises nuclear developments shaping the Asia-Pacific security environment.
Developments are classified according to four analytical categories:

1. Disruptive (developments posing acute or immediate risks to the nuclear order and regional stability);
2. Stabilising (steps that reduce risk or build confidence);
3. Worrisome (trends that, if unchecked, could worsen the nuclear order); and
4. Dialogue-based (activities that involve two or more interlocutors).

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/07/2026

How do middle powers maintain their independence when global giants clash? Malaysia is stepping up its defence partnerships to hedge its bets. Chiew Ping Hoo and Chow Bing Ngeow note that those partnerships require delicacy, but they help ensure security for Malaysia without a need to choose sides

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 06/07/2026

How is China winning over its neighbours? Beijing is accelerating its narrative-building, notably directed at its Asian neighbours who have been loath to choose sides, says Shiv Nadar University’s Jabin T. Jacob (郑嘉宾) Read the full report: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 06/07/2026

South Korea is walking a complex strategic tightrope between its top security ally (🇺🇸) and its massive economic neighbour (🇨🇳). Reliant on both in different ways, South Korea needs a wise mix of approaches, says Sang Hyun Lee. Read Full Essay here: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 03/07/2026

[JUST PUBLISHED] What if the most important story in Southeast Asia isn't which side countries choose, but how they avoid being boxed in? A new APLN policy brief by Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran looks beyond the usual "US vs China" frame. A thread 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 03/07/2026

Uncertain of its US alliance, the Philippines is modernising its military and upgrading its defence doctrine. This must continue, argues Erick Nielson C. Javier. Read Full Essay: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 02/07/2026

As China aids Global South aspirations, Islamabad is eying alternatives to a West-led order in disarray. Salma Malik provides a key Pakistani perspective on shifting balance between traditional multilateralism and the rise of "minilateral” frameworks. Full Essay: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 01/07/2026

Is the Western-led global order facing its most structural challenge yet? Fudan University’s Jiang Tianjiao unpacks how China is leveraging multilateral institutions to build an alternative architecture for global governance. Read full essay here: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 30/06/2026

Can Japan successfully step up as a regional "middle power" ? Chinese pressure on leader Sanae Takaichi backfired and enabled a more assertive defence posture, but Japan’s middle-power ambitions are constrained by larger questions, says Ria Shibata. Full essay: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 25/06/2026

At #JejuForum2026, APLN and the East Asia Foundation co-hosted the Former Foreign Ministers Session, “Destined for Chaos and Disorder? Search for New Regional and International Order.” We’ll share key takeaways from the discussion in our next post. Stay tuned. #APLNatJejuForum2026

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 25/06/2026

APLN is at Jeju Forum 2026 this week. Across 24–26 June, our public sessions cover East Asia’s security architecture, regional/international order, and ASEAN’s options amid US–China competition. Full schedule in the graphic. #JejuForum2026 #APLN

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 25/06/2026

At the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2026, APLN and the Jeju Peace Institute co-hosted “Between Collective Defense and Collective Security: Toward a New Security Architecture in East Asia.” Stay tuned for more news on our next sessions

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 24/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that APLN and the Jeju Peace Institute have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday, establishing a formal framework for our partnership. Learn more here: www.apln.network/news/press-r...

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