News and Events

Open Nuclear Network (ONN) is pleased to welcome Andreas Persbo as its new Director.

It is with deep sadness that the ONN Team announces the retirement of its inaugural Director Laura Rockwood effective 1 August.

One Earth Future’s Open Nuclear Network (ONN) recently launched its inaugural “Nuclear Risk Reduction Forum,” bringing together their robust networks of experts to explore the collaboration required to de-escalate conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

On 29-30 June, ONN Director Laura Rockwood and ONN Analyst Jaewoo Shin participated in the 23rd World Korea Forum (WKF) co-hosted by the Korea Global Foundation and the University of Hawaii's Center for Korean Studies. This event brought together experts, lawmakers and former officials from Canad...

On 23-24 June, ONN Regional Issues Manager and Senior Analyst, Rachel Minyoung Lee, and Regional Issues Strategist, Veronika Bedenko, attended the Seventh Ulaanbaatar Dialogue Initiative on Northeast Asian Security (UBD).

ONN Director and International Gender Champion Laura Rockwood was invited to speak at the 5th Anniversary of the International Gender Champion Vienna Hub chaired by H.E. Ambassador Laura S.H. Holgate and hosting over 70 Champions, Alumni, Observers and their respective Focal Points. Laura Rockwood ...

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.