Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 7 May 2015

DETERRENCE: Joint press release of the seventh trilateral foreign ministers’ Meeting among the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the People’s Republic of China GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: 150,000 rally on May Day to oppose government’s labor reforms CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: The heat is on: climate change, extreme heat and bushfires in WA AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: ANZUS pact teetered over […]

Approaching the Tipping Point: Nuclear Nonproliferation in 2015

Approaching the Tipping Point: Nuclear Non-Proliferation in 2015 HAYES: Thanks very much, David. I believe we are actually at a tipping point at, at a threshold in the whole NPT regime. And the area that I know best, which is Northeast Asia, obviously, the North Korean breakout, nuclear breakout, represents a direct challenge to the […]

Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 23 April 2015

DPRK: Why is US pleased with India’s outreach to North Korea? GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Professors launch online forum for seeking to understand Sewol tragedy CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Global risks report 2015 CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: China and other big emitters challenge Australia over its climate change policies DPRK: Why is US pleased with India’s outreach to North Korea? Shweta […]

Nautilus Peace and Security Network: 16 April 2015

DETERRENCE: The war that must never be fought DPRK: The third session of 13th SPA: Business as usual GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Seoul getting its first-ever vertical farm CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: The Safe Cities Index 2015: Assessing urban security in the digital age AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Body count: casualty Figures after 10 years of the “War on Terror” DETERRENCE: […]

What Could an “Asian Super-grid” Mean for Northeast Asia?

by David von Hippel 13 April 2015 I. INTRODUCTION Proposals for Asian “Supergrids”—potential regional interconnections of electrical grids and related infrastructure to allow the trading of power, in particular (but not exclusively) electricity generated from renewable resources, across Northeast Asia and beyond—have been considered for many years. Such interconnections could help nations to address their […]