Author Archives: admin127

Policy Forum 07-082: Economic Implications of Summit Agreement

Stephan Haggard, Director of the Korea-Pacific Program (KPP) at the University of California at San Diego, and Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute, write, “Ultimately the success of the program sketched out in the summit announcement will depend on the intentions of the North Koreans. Pyongyang could use the assistance offered by the Seoul to leverage its own reform program. However, it could take the aid and simply retreat into its shell, avoiding real reform and a verifiable resolution to the nuclear issue. Only time will tell.”

NAPSNet Daily Report 30 October, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report 30 October, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 30 October, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Energy Working Group Meeting 2. US on Korean War Peace Treaty 3. ROK on Korean War Peace Treaty 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. DPRK Economy 6. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 7. US-Japan Relations 8. […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 29 October, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report 29 October, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 29 October, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. Napsnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Korean Peninsula Peace Talks 3. Oil Supplies to DPRK 4. DPRK Military 5. DPRK-Vietnam Relations 6. ROK-Japan Relations 7. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 8. Japan-PRC Territorial Dispute 9. Japanese Nuclear Power […]

Afghanistan and Iraq: quagmire or strategic priority?

Richard Tanter: Afghanistan and Iraq: quagmire or strategic priority? The National Interest, ABC Radio National, 2007-10-28. “We’ve learned a lesson in Iraq, we have yet to learn the lesson in Afghanistan. There won’t be a military solution. Whatever solution is going to come will have to be, in some form or another, political. “There’s a […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 26 October, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report 26 October, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 26 October, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Alleged DPRK-Syrian Nuclear Cooperation 4. US Policy on the DPRK 5. Japan on US-DPRK Relations 6. DPRK on NLL Issue 7. US on ROK […]

Policy Forum 07-081: Mongolia Matters

Steve Noerper, Senior Associate at the Nautilus Institute, writes, “Welcoming Mongolia’s President to Washington this month with a frank but positive assessment of common needs and an enhanced understanding of developments in Mongolia is critical. We need to better recognize this horseman of the north which has listened to international requests, abided with its responsibilities, supported U.S. and international efforts, and grown itself as one of the regions most vibrant locales as a fitting response to forces of despotism, nuclear proliferation, and hostility that have challenged the international arena of late.”

NAPSNet Daily Report 25 October, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report 25 October, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 25 October, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. US on Korean War Peace Treaty 3. DPRK-Japan Relations 4. DPRK-Syrian Relations 5. DPRK Economy 6. US on PRC Policy toward DPRK Refugees 7. ROK on Iraq Role 8. US-ROK Trade Relations […]