NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, May 14, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, May 14, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, May 14, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on DPRK Funds Transfer 2. US on Abduction Issue 3. Japanese Professor on Abduction Issue 4. DPRK Cabinet Shuffle 5. DPRK-Iran Relations 6. US-ROK Trade Relations 7. Japan Constitutional Revision 8. Japan Iraq Mission 9. US-PRC Military […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 10, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 10, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 10, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Frozen Funds 2. US on Korean Peace Regime 3. US on IAEA-DPRK Relations 4. Japan-ROK on Six Party Talks 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. ROK on Japan Missile Defense 7. Japan on War Claims 8. Sino-Indian […]

Open Minds, Open Futures: How will Asia-Pacific Communities respond to Global Insecurity?

The Global Scenarios Workshop was convened by the Nautilus Institute at RMIT and Australia 21. This report from the workshop summarizes the narratives of the four scenarios developed at the workshop and uses these conceptions of the future to draw conclusions about threat perception, insecurity, and resiliency in the face of critical uncertainty. The report concludes that NGOs, civil society groups, and corporations all have an important role to play in issues of global problem solving and that “security is not an issue that can be left to governments alone.”

East Asia Science & Security Network Report, May 9, 2007

East Asia Science & Security Network Report, May 9, 2007   1. Climate Change Mitigation Working Group III released its contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which deals with mitigation. The report outlines current trends and mitigation strategies, and also discusses the remaining unknowns. Summary for Policymakers http://www.ipcc.ch […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 9, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 9, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 9, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Russia-Italy on DPRK Funds Transfer 2. PRC-DPRK Oil Exploration 3. Inter-Korean Summit 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. Inter-Korean Family Reunions 6. ROK-EU Trade Relations 7. Sino-Japanese Relations 8. Cross Strait Relations 9. PRC Energy Supply 10. PRC Environment […]

Policy Forum 07-036: The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea: Conventional or Hybrid Military Threat?

Brian P. Duplessis, a Major in the United States Marine Corps with 17 years service, writes, “For too long, military thought has almost exclusively focused on the DPRKs sizeable conventional forces and WMD capabilities while giving short shrift to irregular warfare capabilities and disruptive activities. In order to successfully blunt a future DPRK military attack, this trend must be reversed.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 8, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 8, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 8, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Membership in Int’l Financial Institutions 2. Banco Delta Asia on US Sanctions 3. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 4. Japan Trade Deals 5. PRC on Darfur Issue 6. Sino-Indian Trade 7. US on PRC Religious Freedom 8. PRC Anti-Corruption […]

AdaptNet for 8 May 2007

  1. Government Response to Climate Change in Australia
  2. Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being
  3. How to Increase Public Value in Public Science
  4. Adaptation Challenges for Pacific Island Countries
  5. Assessment of Climate Impacts on Cities
  6. EECO Environment and Energy Conference 2007