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In this special report, Peter Hayes provides basic information on North Korea’s uranium industry. He concludes that the main significance of the reported export of North Korean uranium to Libya is not that the DPRK exported uranium, a material that is available from many suppliers around the world, but rather, the fact that it has already developed an important prerequisite for enriching its own uranium.

This special report is accompanied by three documents that provide new insight into the support for North Korea’s uranium mining industry from the IAEA and western companies.

Changes of North Korea and the Future of Inter-Korean Relations aug. 12, 2002   The following paper is by Dr. Tae-Hwan Kwak, Professor Emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University and former President of the Korea Institute for National Unification, and Dr. Seung-Ho Joo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota-Morris. The paper has three specific […]

The annual report “on the current and future military strategy of the People’s Republic of China July 17, 2002 The annual report “on the current and future military strategy of the People’s Republic of China was submitted by the Department of Defense on July 12, 2002 to the US Congress. It addresses the current and […]

Turning the tide July 8, 2002 Japan is a major donor of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to Pacific island nations, doubling its aid to the region between 1987 and 1995. By 1999, Japan was the largest bilateral aid donor to Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Solomon Islands, and the second largest donor to Fiji, Papua […]

  America’s Korea Watchers Assess Developments on the Korean Peninsula Peter M. Beck April 11, 2002 A recent survey of Korea watchers in the United States finds broad support for engaging North Korea and an almost equally strong disapproval of the Bush Administration’s approach to North Korea. Dong-a Ilbo, one of Korea’s largest daily newspapers […]

Nautilus Institute Report on WTO Meetings in Seattle U.S. ARROGANCE AND INCOMPETENCE — A LETHAL MIX Reflections on Seattle by Lyuba Zarsky The image of police battling protesters in Seattle may have faded from TV screens but hopefully not from the minds of US trade officials. There are important lessons to be drawn about how […]

The Nuclear Dimension of the U.S.-Japan Alliance Morton H. Halperin Note: This paper was completed prior to Morton H. Halperin joining the U.S. Department of State as Director of the Policy Planning Staff. ABSTRACT The US-Japan military alliance is overlooked as a crucial element for either promoting or discouraging nuclear proliferation. Future developments in the […]

***SPECIAL REPORT**** DECEMBER 21, 2000 On June 24-5, the Nautilus Institute and The United Nations University jointly convened the collaborative workshop, “East Asian Regional Security Futures: Theater Missile Defense Implications.” The purpose of the meeting was to increase communication and knowledge of current theater missile defense (TMD) proposals among specialists from China, Japan and the […]