Since 2013, RECNA has been compiling data on nuclear warheads around the world and updating it on an annual basis. Now you can see the “Global List of Nuclear Warheads” and detailed data on “Each Country’s Nuclear Weapons Capability” updated on June 1, 2021 from here. (Past version: 2013-2017 in Japanese only; 2018-2020)
See also: World’s Nuclear Warhead Data
“A Guide to the World’s Nuclear Warheads Count June 2021” was released. Please click on the thumbnail images below and download the pdf guide and poster.
Guide to World’s Nuclear Warheads Count
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Print the English Guide (PDF) for making leaflets on both sides of A3 paper, and fold it in two then in three.
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Vol. 4, Issue 1 of Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (J-PAND) is now available online. There are 13 open access articles.
For the issue, see here. For the first time in the journal’s history, we have invited Dr. John Borrie (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) as a guest editor to publish a special feature on “Implementing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”
Video of the International Joint Seminar “Assessing Northeast Asia Nuclear Domino: North Korean Nuclear Threat and Japanese Responses” (Jul. 2, 2021) is now available!
This workshop was originally proposed by Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) to assess possible responses of Republic of Korea and Japan to nuclear threats from Democratic People’s of Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop was postponed to this year.
Now the workshop is jointly organized by APLN, Sejong Institute of ROK, and Pugwash Japan. It is intended to exchange frank opinions on this issue among experts, NGOs and parliamentarians from both countries.
This is the second series of three workshops and the first one was held in Seoul on May 14, 2021. And the third one is now planned to be held in Seoul in November 2021.
Pugwash Japan is hosting this second workshop (on-line).
Click here to view the video of the symposium.
International Joint Seminar “Assessing Northeast Asia Nuclear Domino: North Korean Nuclear Threat and Japanese Responses” (Jul. 2, 2021)
This workshop was originally proposed by Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) to assess possible responses of Republic of Korea and Japan to nuclear threats from Democratic People’s of Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop was postponed to this year.
Now the workshop is jointly organized by APLN, Sejong Institute of ROK, and Pugwash Japan. It is intended to exchange frank opinions on this issue among experts, NGOs and parliamentarians from both countries.
This is the second series of three workshops and the first one was held in Seoul on May 14, 2021. And the third one is now planned to be held in Seoul in November 2021.
Pugwash Japan is hosting this second workshop (on-line).
Please see the here about this program agenda and detailed information.
2021 Posters of “The World’s Nuclear Warheads Count” and “The World’s Fissile Material Inventory” were released. Please click on the thumbnail images below and download the pdf posters.
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RECNA Newsletter Vol.9 No.2 (March 31, 2021)
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RECNA Policy Paper: Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Aiming for a New Nuclear Disarmament — Fumihiko Yoshida Special Symposium to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing “Peace and Disarmament Education in an Emerging Era of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Initiative: The 75th Anniversary Nagasaki: Nuclear-Pandemic Nexus Scenario Project RECNA Research Group meeting: How to pass on the experiences of the atomic bomb survivors The Ninth Nagasaki Youth Delegation begin their activities |
Video Teaching Material Release Announcement
This video is an edited version of a special lecture “The Origin of Violence and War: Considering Human Evolution from the Perspective of Gorillas” by Juichi Yamagiwa, former President of Kyoto University, at the Special Symposium “Peace and Disarmament Education in an Emerging Era of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” (November 25, 2020) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing, hosted by the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA).
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Speaker:
Dr. Juichi YAMAGIWA, Former President of Kyoto University
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Born in Tokyo in 1952. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science. Currently, Dr. Yamagiwa serves as the president of the Japan Monkey Center museum. He has served in a number of senior positions, including the 26th president of Kyoto University, the president of the Japan Association of National Universities, the president of the Science Council of Japan, the president of Japan Primatological Society, and the president of International Promatological Society. His major research interests are primatology and human evolution, fields that have led him to spend considerable time in Africa conducting research on gorillas. His published works include “The origin of violence“(“Bouryoku wa doko kara kita noka?,” NHK publishing, 2007), “Evolution Theory of Family (“Kazoku shinka ron,” University of Tokyo Press, 2012), “The Simianization of Human Society” (“Saruka suru ningen shakai,” Shueisha, 2014), “A Warning from the Gorillas: some problems in human society” (“Gorira kara no keikoku: ningen shakai, kokoga okashii,” Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, 2018), “Children who wish to throw away their mobile phones” (“Smaho wo sutetai kodomo tachi,” Poplar Publishing, 2020), and “I ‘ve learned all important things in life from gorillas” (“Jinsei de daiji na koto wa minna gorira kara osowatta,” Ienohikari kyokai, 2020).
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Hotline Between Two Koreas: Status, Limitations and Future Tasks
Revised March 6, 2021
Seung-chan Boo
Chung-in Moon
Seung-Chan Boo is a spokesperson for the ROK Ministry of National Defense. He co-authored this article as a research fellow of the Institute for North Korean Studies, Yonsei University, before he joined the ministry.
Chung-in Moon is the Chair of the Sejong Institute, vice-chair of the APLN and a distinguished university professor of Yonsei University. He served as special advisor to the ROK President for Unification, Foreign and Security Affairs (May 2017- Feb. 2021).
Abstract
The Korean conflict has been one of the most protracted in the world, lasting more than 70 years. Despite the heightened tension, there was no channel of communication between the North and the South. It was only on September 22, 1971, that the first hotline between the two Koreas was installed at the Panmunjom—26 years after the telephone line between Seoul and Haeju was cut off by the former Soviet army immediately after liberation on August 26, 1945.
Since 1971, a total of 50 lines were open, including a hotline between leaders of the two Koreas as well as military and intelligence communication lines. But North Korea suddenly cut off all communications with the South with the exception of that between the United Nations Command (UNC) and North Korea military. Nevertheless, they proved to be useful tools for confidence-building measures to improve inter-Korean communication, to facilitate exchanges and cooperation, including inter-Korean official talks, and to assist the promotion of humanitarian aid. More importantly, they have served as an effective mechanism for the prevention of accidental military clashes through a timely exchange of information. This paper presents a brief historical overview of hotlines between the two Koreas, examines their present status, and elucidates limitations and future tasks.
Keywords
The Korean conflict, confidence-building measures, inter-Korea hotlines, Cata-links.
NOTE: RECNA publishes this paper as a special Working Paper with a permission from the Nautilus Institute.
Full text (PDF) is here.
