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NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007 1. Introduction 2. General Analysis 3. Setting a Date for Disablement 4. Korean Peninsula Peace Regime 5. Political Electioneering 6. Denuclearization First Step to Regional Peace 7. Moving toward Denuclearization 8. DPRK Adding Conditions Preceding NAPSNet Report 1. Introduction ROK Weekly […]

Policy Forum 07-055: Ain’t No Sunshine When He’s Gone? The Future of Engagement after the ROK Presidential Election

Scott Bruce, Program Officer at the San Francisco Office of the Nautilus Institute, and Timothy Savage, Deputy Director of the Seoul Office of the Nautilus Institute, write, “If the experience of the last six years teaches anything, it is that the United States cannot carry out an effective policy toward the DPRK without the active participation of the ROK. Future American policymakers thus would be well advised to take note; the ship of engagement has already set sail, and it would be best to ride alongside, rather than be caught in the wake.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. ASEAN on DPRK 2. DPRK on US Nuclear Plan 3. Japan on Pakistan-DPRK Nuclear Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 6. Japan Defense 7. Japan Elections 8. PRC Anti-Corruption Measures Preceding NAPSNet Report I. […]

East Asia Science & Security Network Report, July 25, 2007

East Asia Science & Security Network Report, July 25, 2007 1. U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Thomas D’Agostino, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy gave a talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars entitled “The Reliable Replacement Warhead and the Future of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program.” D’Agostino, who […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. ROK Fuel Shipment to DPRK 3. US-DPRK Talks on Family Reunions 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. DPRK Smoking Ban 6. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 7. Japan Defense 8. Japan Environment 9. Japan Nuclear Plant […]

Missile Defence Response to the July 5, 2006 North Korean Missile Test by US Naval Vessels Home-Ported at Yokosuka

Umebayashi Hiromichi, Founder and President of Peace Depot, a non-profit organization for peace research and education in Japan, writes, “These operations by US naval vessels homeported in Yokosuka tasked with ballistic missile defence of the US itself is an absolutely new development, one not provided for under the Japan-USA Mutual Security Treaty. This matter must be fully discussed from the point of view of control of military activities by law in both the international and national spheres.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK-Japan Relations 2. Inter-Korean Relations and Humour 3. Fatal Collapse in DPRK 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. ROK-US Trade Relations 6. ROK-Russia Trade Relations 7. Japan Nuclear Plant 8. Japan-Australian Defense Relations 9. Japan Elections 10. Cross […]