NAPSNet – Nautilus Peace and Security

NAPSNet is a non-governmental information network launched by the Nautilus Institute in November 1993. NAPSNet covers the key areas of research and policy work of the Nautilus Institute nodes in San Francisco, Melbourne and Seoul, including Austral security, nuclear deterrence, energy security, climate change adaptation, the DPRK, governance and civil society and the links between these themes and the three regions in which our nodes are found—North America, Northeast Asia, and the Austral-Asia region.

Digital Library

Monday, August 6, 2001 News Reports Daily Report | Nuclear Policy Project | South Asia Nuclear Dialogue Special Reports Russia DPRK Reports | Taiwan Reports | World Media Digests | Opinions/Analyses | Reference Material | Reports-Official | Official Statements | Treaties/Agreements | US GAO Agreed Framework Reports Other Information FOIA Documents | ISODARCO Papers (Arms […]

Global Peace and Security

  Special Forum on 911 Pervez Hoodbhoy, Quaid-e-Azam University and Zia Mian, Princeton University The India-Pakistan Conflict – Towards The Failure Of Nuclear Deterrence   November 13, 2002 David ALBRIGHT    the Institute for Science and International Security, Washington, D.C Al Qaeda’s Nuclear Program: Through the Window of Seized Documents   November 6, 2002 Patrick MORGAN,    […]

Taiwan Reports

The Taiwan Reports are prepared by Dr. Chen Jie, a Research Fellow at Monash University in Australia, for distribution over NAPSNet. Report #2, 12/21/98 Summaries of editorials regarding the recent elections in Taiwan. Report #1, 10/24/98 Summaries of Taiwanese reactions to the recent visit to the PRC by Koo Chen-fu, chairman of the Straits Exchange […]

NAPSNet: Official Statements

This page provides links to official government statements pertaining to Northeast Asia security issues. The documents are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent document listed first. Copyright material is distributed without profit or payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. US Government | Joint […]

Blue Peter

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Special Reports

Special Reports are longer, often more technical, documents consisting of entire articles, government statements, and other documents relevant to peace and security.

Policy Forum

The Policy Forum's focus is on the timely publication of expert analysis and op-ed style pieces on the foremost of peace and security-related issues.

Weekly Report

NAPSNet covers the key areas of research and policy work of the Nautilus Institute nodes in San Francisco, Melbourne and Seoul, including Austral security, nuclear deterrence, energy security, climate change adaptation, the DPRK, governance and civil society and the links between these themes and the three regions in which our nodes are found—North America, Northeast Asia, and the Austral-Asia region. The Weekly Report succinctly presents six items each week that we believe every reader should know about these fields.

Daily Report Archives

Established in December 1993, the Nautilus Institute’s NAPSNet Daily Report served thousands of readers in more than forty countries, including policy makers, diplomats, aid organizations, scholars, donors, activists, students, and journalists. The NAPSNet Daily Report aimed to serve a community of practitioners engaged in solving the complex security and sustainability issues in the region, especially those posed by the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program and the threat of nuclear war in the region.

Improving Regional Security and Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula

The report describes recent developments in North Korea, explains how U.S. interests have been challenged, and establishes objectives that can be achieved through a new U.S. strategy based on five key initiatives: a road map to denuclearization, a new plan for limiting North Korea's missile program, a Korean peace process, a pragmatic human rights dialogue and new approaches to combating North Korea's illicit activities.