DETERRENCE: Crews to start unprecedented 3-carrier swap this summer DPRK: US envoy on North Korea Sydney Seiler says Iran deal proves flexibility GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Students protest in Taiwan over ‘China-centric’ education CLIMATE CHANGE AND AND SECURITY: Beijing is finally getting serious about climate change DETERRENCE: Crews to start unprecedented 3-carrier swap this summer, Lance Bacon, Navy Times (12 July […]
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Energy Security and the Role of Green Economies in East Asia
by David von Hippel Contributing authors: Yi Wang, Kae Takase, Tetsunari Iida, Myungrae Cho, and Sun-Jin Yun 28 July 2015 I. Introduction David von Hippel writes that following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, there is an increasing ‘recognition that new paradigms are needed to deal with expanding complexity in the relationships between the issues and actors […]
Bay to Bay
Maps & Charts Bay-to-Bay Bay-to-Bay Comparison Bay Factoids: Did You Know? Tokyo and San Francisco Price Comparison
Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 23 July 2015
DETERRENCE: Effort to overhaul nuclear missile system expected to begin this fall DPRK: Why do North Koreans even vote? GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Debate over security bills masks clash of views on pacifist constitution CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: The Antalya report: Disaster risk reduction in a changing climate AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Australia and Indonesia: time for a rethink? DETERRENCE: Effort […]
connectivity 2.27.98
APRENet Home Nautilus Home February 27, 1998, Vol.2 No. 2 Regional News Haze Spurs Ministerial Gathering February 24, 1998 – Sources: BBC, The Straits Times Environment Ministers from the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met earlier this week to address the Indonesian forest fires, which are once again threatening the region’s transport, tourism, […]
POTENTIAL POINTS OF ENTRY
Potential Points of Entry The following links are a list of “Potential Points of Entry” for the insertion of sustainable and ethical investment rules. These points of entry are institutions and mechanisms at the global, national, and subnational level. These include the fora in which investor rights are negotiated and arbitrated, such as the WTO […]
ISO 14,001 in the APEC Context: Uses, Limitations and Policy Alternatives 6.24.2000
ISO 14,001 in the APEC Context: Uses, Limitations and Policy Alternatives Naomi Roht-Arriaza Hastings College of Law Abstract APEC’s eighteen members span East Asia, Australasia and the Western Hemisphere, and include states with different kinds and levels of industrial development as well as the world’s fastest growing economies and some of the most polluted places […]
The Tesla Battery—An Electricity Storage Technology with Potentially “Disruptive” Implications
The Tesla Powerwall battery has the potential to demand further change of the utility industry, perhaps in some places shifting electricity provision to an entirely different business model. How the impact of the Tesla battery and related energy storage developments play out for traditional sources of power—including coal-fired and nuclear plants—will be fascinating to observe, and may force some hard choices and harder changes on the part of electric utilities.
Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 16 July 2015
DETERRENCE: Only one Borei-class sub to join Russia’s Pacific Fleet this year — source DPRK: Kim Jong Un tours pesticide facility capable of producing biological weapons GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Draft law may test resilience of Chinese civil society CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Port Vila Climate Vulnerability Assessment – Abridged Report (draft) DETERRENCE: Only one Borei-class sub to join Russia’s […]
Global Problems, Complexity, and Civil Society in East Asia
by Peter Hayes and Richard Tanter 13 July 2015 I. INTRODUCTION This Special Report is an extract (Chapter 2) to the book Complexity, Security and Civil Society in East Asia, edited by Peter Hayes and Yi Kiho, published by Open Book Publishers in June 2015 (http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/326/). To read the entire book or download the free PDF […]