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Northeast Asia Peace Games: Building Trust and Cooperation Through Environmental Diplomacy
On September 6, regional partners gathered in Ulanbaatar for the latest iteration of the Northeast Asia Peace Games. Designed as a half-day, multi-party simulation, the Peace Games offer participants experiential learning opportunities to navigate complex negotiation dynamics in Northeast Asia. Pioneered by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) across various global contexts, members of GPPAC…
GPPAC Perspectives: Yoshioka Tatsuya on the Ulaanbaatar Process
Across some of Northeast Asia’s political divides, official dialogue is limited or absent. GPPAC helps keep channels open. In this episode of GPPAC Perspectives, Tatsuya Yoshioka, Founder and Director of Peace Boat and Chair of the Board of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), reflects on the Ulaanbaatar Process, a long-standing…
Invest in the people connecting the dots
In many climate-vulnerable and conflict-affected regions, climate change and conflict reinforce one another, affecting the safety and security of people, communities, and societies. Local peacebuilders understand these connections because they are active before, during, and after conflict. They understand local realities because they are part of the communities they work in and have built trusted…
Ulaanbaatar Process XII Summary Document
Context The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Northeast Asia regional network, together with the Mongolian NGO Blue Banner, convened the twelfth Ulaanbaatar Process civil society dialogue in Mongolia between September 6-8, 2026. With the aim of strengthening the position of civil society and supporting it to enhance and maintain inclusive and…
Advancing Nuclear Disarmament in Northeast Asia— Regional Perspectives on the 2026 NPT Review Conference
In advance of the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT RevCon), the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Northeast Asia, Japan Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) co-convened a closed webinar to discuss practical steps for Northeast Asia…
Ulaanbaatar Process XI Summary Document
(Available as a PDF below) Local peacebuilders from throughout Northeast Asia gathered in Mongolia on November 26-27, 2025, for the 11th annual Ulaanbaatar Process. This milestone gathering also marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in…