External Activities

Kseniia Pirnavskaia spoke at Youth as Agents of Change: Empowering Young People to Contribute to Disarmament Goals, an event organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna, in partnership with the Permanent Representation of Kyrgyzstan.

Olamide Samuel published an op-ed "Europe going nuclear would be a catastrophic mistake" with Al Jazeera arguing that proposals for nuclear sharing as a form of deterrence risk bringing more insecurity to Europe.

Valeriia Hesse participated in the discussion at the British American Security Information Council' Rethinking Security workshop in Istanbul

As tensions escalate on the Korean Peninsula, Tianran Xu highlights a critical shift in North Korea’s worldview: Pyongyang is no longer banking on rapprochement with the West.

Tianran Xu spoke to Taiwan Plus about the recent crash of an advanced trainer jet in Taiwan.

In his 38 North article, ONN’s Tianran Xu unpacks North Korea’s growing military support for Russia in Ukraine, and what Pyongyang stands to gain from this high-risk alliance.

In AP News, ONN’s Marcy R. Fowler warns of Ukraine’s vulnerable nuclear switchyards—key to power distribution and increasingly targeted in military strikes.

ONN Senior Analyst Jaewoo Shin explores US-ROK civil nuclear cooperation and the fine line between latency and hedging in a new CSIS PONI publication featuring next-generation nuclear policy voices.

Explore the evolving nuclear landscape in a new open-access book co-authored by ONN’s Olamide Samuel, offering fresh insights into today’s geopolitical tensions and technological disruptions.

ONN Senior Analyst Sarah Laderman commented for the Associated Press on the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California research, noting strong evidence suggesting China is developing nuclear propulsion for naval surface ships, likely aircraft carriers.

ONN Senior Analyst Sarah Laderman spoke with Radio Free Asia about a report published with RUSI, highlighting that the DPRK is now focusing more on its tactical and battlefield weapons, looking to more regional targets.

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu gave an interview to TaiwanPlus News the newly developed 105 mm wheeled infantry support vehicle.

In the publication for 38 North, ONN Analyst Tianran Xu discusses North Korea's first space launch vehicle powered by liquid-oxygen engines and its implications for the country's missile and space programs.

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for an article on how Iran's recent attack on Israel serves as a test case for North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to assess Western defenses. The article discusses potential military cooperation between Iran and North Korea, their share...

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu gave an interview to TaiwanPlus News on Taiwan testing a new land-launched missile as part of its weapons test program.

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu's publication for 38 North examines the DPRK's recent hypersonic missile tests, particularly focusing on the performance and characteristics of two types of hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) tested by North Korea since September 2021.