NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 30, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 30, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 30, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Roh on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Kim Dae-jung’s DPRK Visit 4. Inter-Korean Broadcasting Cooperation 5. Kaesong Industrial Complex 6. World Bank on DPRK Role 7. DPRK Foreign Investment 8. PSI Drill 9. USFK Troop […]

Policy Forum 06-43A: Japan as a Base for the Defense of the US homeland: US Navy Missile Defense Operations in the Sea of Japan

Hiromichi Umebayashi, Founder and President of Peace Depot, a non-profit organization for peace research and education in Japan, writes that US Navy missile defense patrols in the Japan Sea are “a crucial component in exercises to develop the core of the whole integrated system US National Missile Defense system”. Moreover, he argues, they mean that “something new has been born within the US-Japan alliance.”

US Navy Set Missile Defence Operations Area in the Sea of Japan 190 Kilometres West of Okushiri: Japan as a Base for the Defense of the US Homeland by Hiromichi Umebayashi

Hiromichi Umebayashi, Founder and President of Peace Depot, a non-profit organization for peace research and education in Japan, ‘reports that a study using FOIA “has established for the first time the actual patrol patterns of the U.S. Navy Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan engaged in missile defense duties.” Umebayashi concludes that “the plan is to integrate Aegis ships long-range surveillance and tracking data in the Sea of Japan, the interceptor missile launch control system and the battle management system. Accordingly, the Japan Sea patrols are a crucial component in exercises to develop the core of the whole integrated system US National Missile Defense system.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 25, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 25, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 25, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK Defectors 3. Inter-Korean Economic Talks 4. Think Tank on DPRK Missile Tests 5. UN on DPRK Food Aid 6. DPRK-Russia Relations 7. DPRK Technology 8. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 9. Japan-India Military Relations 10. […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 24, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 24, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 24, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Railway Test 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. US on PRC’s DPRK Strategy 5. Amnesty International on DPRK Refugees 6. Joint Maritime Exercises 7. PRC-Japan East Sea Gas Dispute 8. US Embassy Threat 9. US […]

Policy Forum 06-40A: The U.S.-China-Taiwan Triangle: Towards Equilibrium

Donald S. Zagoria, a trustee of the NCAFP, a private American think tank dedicated to resolving conflicts that threaten U.S. national interests, writes, “In sum, the conditions for equilibrium in the Taiwan Strait are now at least visible. It is possible but unlikely that President Chen, in his remaining two years in office, can or will challenge this equilibrium– China, for its part, is unlikely in the short run to abandon its ‘hearts and minds’ strategy and will probably resume an official dialog with whichever party wins the Taiwan presidency in 2008.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 23, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 23, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 23, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Kim Dae-jung’s DPRK Visit 2. Kim Dae-jung on DPRK, US Policy 3. International Doha Talks on DPRK 4. DPRK-PRC Bilateral Talks 5. Inter-Korean Rail Cooperation 6. Inter-Korean Summit Anniversary 7. DPRK Defectors 8. US-ROK Free Trade Agreement 9. […]