Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

REC-PP-21

A Glimmer Through Shut Door: Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies on North Korea Denuclearization (November 2024)

Anthony Dai

★ Full text of REC-PP-21 (PDF) is here.
★ List of RECNA Policy Papers is here.
 

Guide to Understanding “World’s Nuclear Warhead Data 2024”

In the 2024 edition of the “World’s Nuclear Warhead Data,” we have released a newly revamped “Explanatory Leaflet” and “Digital Guide.”

■Explanatory Leaflet（PDF）
⇒The “Explanatory Leaflet” offers a clear overview of the global nuclear weapons status, based on the 2024 “World’s Nuclear Warhead Data” poster.

■Digital Guide：Let’s Think Together About Nuclear Weapons
⇒ The world situation regarding nuclear weapons is explained in an easy-to-understand Q&A format.

World’s Nuclear Warhead Data Guide June 2024 [Digital Guide：Let’s Think Together About Nuclear Weapons] [Explanatory Leaflet(PDF)]

★ The poster is also available in English and Korean.Please click here .

★ You can see previous “World’s Nuclear Warhead Data” from [All Lists]

>> Previous editions can be downloaded from here.
 

RECNA Newsletter Vol.13 No.1 (September 30, 2024)

Greetings upon Taking Office — Kazuko Hikawa Publication of RECNA Policy Paper 20 — Kimiaki Kawai Establishment of the Research Center for Global Risk — Kazuko Hikawa Nagasaki Youth Delegation Visits Geneva — The Twelfth Nagasaki Youth Delegation Redesigning of the World’s Nuclear Warhead Data Poster — Keiko Nakamura The 3rd Essay Contest on a “Nuclear Weapons Free Future” — Tatsujiro Suzuki Two New Visiting Professors Take Up Their Posts — Fumihiko Yoshida [Full text]　* Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002001654

ICU SSRI, Sophia IGC, RECNA Joint Symposium
Nuclear War in Northeast Asia?
Early Warnings, Risk Reduction, and Denuclearization”

■Program：

Fri. 6 December International Symposium

9:00-10:00 Opening Session
Welcome Greetings: Katsuhiko Mori, Director, SSRI, ICU
Keynote Speech: Morton Halperin via Zoom, former Director, Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State
“Towards a NWFZ in Northeast Asia”

10:10-11:20　Session I First Strike? The Rise of Preemptive Doctrines and the Rising Risk of War
Jae-Jung Suh, Program Chair, SSRI, ICU
“The Lure to Preempt Weapons, the Risk to Precipitate War”
Gregory Kulacki, East Asia Project Manager, Union of Concerned Scientists
“Contemporary US-China Relations and the Problem of Extended Nuclear Deterrence in East Asia”
Discussants: Wooksik Cheong, Director, Peace Network
Fumihiko Yoshida, Director, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University

11:30-12:40　Session II Risk Management and Reduction
Peter Hayes via Zoom, Director, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability
“Comprehensive Security Roadmap to Denuclearize the Korean Peninsula”
Van Jackson via Zoom, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
“Peacemaking and Nuclear Precarity: Practical Solutions to Preventing World War III”
Discussants: Michiru Nishida, Professor, School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University
Brian Aycock, Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, SSRI, ICU

12:40-13:50　Lunch

13:50-15:00　Session III Proactive Diplomacy and Early Warnings
Sayo Saruta, Director,New Diplomacy Initiative
“Institutionalization of Multi-Truck Diplomacy”
A-Young Moon, Representative, PeaceMOMO
“Security as commons, civil space for conflict prevention and peace-building”
Discussants: Tobias Weiss, Associate Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University
Keiko Nakamura, Associate Professor, RECNA, Nagasaki University

15:10-16:20　Session IV C3 Security Regime and Denuclearization
Tatsujiro Suzuki, Professor, RECNA, Nagasaki University & Jae-Jung Suh
“Proposing NWFZ 2.0 and C3 Regime”
Rebecca Johnson via Zoom, Founding Director, Acronym Institute
“Using the TPNW to reframe security and denuclearization dialogues and NWFZ strategies in Northeast Asia”
Discussants: Kimiaki Kawai, Vice Director, RECNA, Nagasaki University
Wilhelm Vosse, Chair, Department of Politic and International Studies, ICU

16:20-17:00　Closing Session
Wrap-up Statement: Hiromichi Umebayashi, Special Advisor, Peace Depot
Concluding Remarks: Hyang-Suk Kwon via Zoom, Deputy Director, Institute of Global Concern, Sophia University
Joint Prayer: Jeremiah Alberg, Acting Director, Religious Center, ICU and Father Juan Haidar, Professor, Faculty of
Theology, Sophia University

Sat. 7 December Peace-building Scenario Workshop

10:10-12:40　Discussion on policy implications (Open to the public)
Opening Remark: Michael Hamel-Green via Zoom, Emeritus Professor, Victoria University
“Successes in Regional Peace-Building, Challenges in Northeast Asia”
Peace-building Scenario
Moderators: Francis Daehoon Lee, Director, Trans-Education for Peace Institute of PeaceMOMO
Kazuko Hikawa, Vice Director, RECNA, Nagasaki University
Wrap-up Statement: Fumihiko Yoshida
Concluding Remarks: Jae-Jung Suh

Special Lecture
The nuclear challenge today and tomorrow: Approaching eight decades since nuclear weapons were used in war

■ Date: December 2, 2024 (Mon)　18:00 pm – 19:30 pm (JST)
■ Venue: Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Hall (Nagasaki City)
■ Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
■ Speaker: Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

*Online participation is available (Zoom Webinar):
Please register from the here🔗. [Deadline: Nov. 28, 2024]

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations. This award highlights that the issue of nuclear weapons concerns not only the present but also our future. In a world where tensions between major powers and nuclear arms race are intensifying, how should nations striving for peace and civil society respond?　
In this lecture, Mr. Dan Smith, Director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), will provide an insightful explanation of the challenges related to nuclear weapons and peace that the world currently faces, drawing upon his extensive experience and broad expertise.

Mr. Dan Smith has researched and written on security, conflict and peace for four decades. He served four years in the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group, two as Chair (2010–2011). He was part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict at the University of Manchester from 2014 to 2017. Before taking up his post at SIPRI, he was Secretary General of the London-based peacebuilding NGO, International Alert (2003–2015) and Director of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (1993–2001).

SIPRI is one of the world’s leading think tanks on peace and security and publishes an annual report on global armaments, military budgets and conflict situations. In that report this year, Director Smith expressed his concern that we are now in one of the most dangerous periods in human history.

■Hosted by PCU-NC Administration Office
■Co-hosted by Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)

■Contact: PCU-NC Administration Office
Email：pcu_nc★ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp (Change ★ to @.)