News and Events

On 9-10 June, ONN hosted its inaugural Nuclear Risk Reduction Forum.

Open Nuclear Network (ONN) is pleased and excited to host an in-person forum for the first time in two years.

Conflicts involving nuclear-armed States always pose some risk of escalating to nuclear weapons use. During times of heightened tensions and high stakes, it is only through dialogue and communications, based on credible information, that de-escalation and conflict resolution are possible.

Although the events that have taken place in Ukraine since the 24th of February would seem to have no direct impacts related to potential nuclear escalation on the Korean Peninsula, the ONN Analyst Team has begun consideration of potential unintended or tertiary impacts, as well as consideration of ...

On 25-26 November ONN Analyst Veronika Bedenko has attended the international forum “Geospatial Technologies. Global Trends” (GT2021) organized by a Russian Marketing & Communications Agency “Defense Media.”

In late November, ONN had the pleasure to deliver a two-day course on open source data analysis to the members of the Young Deep Cuts Commission (YDCC).

ONN Director Laura Rockwood and Analyst Jaewoo Shin had the pleasure to participate in the 20th Republic of Korea-United Nations Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 11 to 12 November 2021.

In 2021 the 22nd World Korea Forum (WKF) – “Post-Covid-Recovery Conference”, was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 25-26 October 2021.

At the KAIST NEREC Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation 2021, ONN Director Laura Rockwood gave a keynote speech on the topic of Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenges 2021: What we see and what we can do. ONN analyst Veronika Bedenko presented preliminary research results of ONN's project on lessons...

In a new video from the Perspectives on Peace series ONN Administrative Manager Marion Linger talks about peace from her unique lens coming from a German-speaking minority in Northern Italy.

On the 24th and 25th of June, the annual Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2021 took place on the theme of “Sustainable Peace and Inclusive Prosperity”.

Director Rockwood briefed members of the Parliament on the current situation on the Peninsula. She also introduced ONN’s approach to conflict de-escalation on the Korean Peninsula and offered a number of recommendations for nuclear risk reduction.

During the past year, ONN has worked to establish close working relationships with esteemed former senior officials and experts from China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States, all committed to working together with ONN on the focused mission of nuclear risk reduction on the Korean Peni...

On 26 January 2021, Open Nuclear Network (ONN) held the first two sessions of its two-day annual Engagement Network Retreat. The event was opened by a keynote address from a Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula (D...

MEP Lukas Mandl Addressed ONN’s First Engagement Network Retreat

Through his writing and analysis, Dr. Katsuhisa Furukawa, a senior analyst on One Earth Future Foundation's Open Nuclear Network programme (ONN) team, has been able to demonstrate publicly that a non-governmental expert can use open source information to detect detect networks related to WMD prolife...