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 […]
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BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE, NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION, AND A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
***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 […]
Nuclear Abolition Scenarios
Nuclear Abolition Scenarios Bruce D. Larkin Professor of Politics University of California at Santa Cruz Introduction This paper is a comparison of five proposals for denuclearization. The object is to illuminate the characteristics of any nuclear abolition design: prerequisites, initiators, participants, negotiation (original and ongoing, forum and decision processes), timing (stagings and simultaneities), removals, […]
Discussion of Macro Assumptions in the Future Evolution of the Chinese Energy System and the Impact of Energy Security Considerations on Planning
Abstract The first section of this paper discusses the “macro” assumptions which are important in the future evolution of the Chinese energy system. Main points include: (1) Forecasts for population and urbanization rate. The population will be 1.28 billion in 2000, 1.38 billion in 2010 and 1.48 billion in 2020. The urbanization rate will be […]
Civil Society and the Future of Environmental Governance in Asia
Lyuba Zarsky CoDirector Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development and Simon SC Tay Singapore Institute of International Affairs April 2000 Published in: D. Angel and M. Rock, eds., Asia’s Clean Revolution: Industry, Growth and the Environment, Sheffield, U.K.: Greenleaf Publishing, 2001. Abstract This paper explores the role that civil society could play as […]
Civil Society and the Future of Environmental Governance in Asia
Civil Society and the Future of Environmental Governance in Asia Lyuba Zarsky CoDirector Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development and Simon SC Tay Singapore Institute of International Affairs April 2000 Published in: D. Angel and M. Rock, eds., Asia’s Clean Revolution: Industry, Growth and the Environment, Sheffield, U.K.: Greenleaf Publishing, 2001. Abstract This paper explores […]
Civil Society and the Future of Environmental Governance in Asia April 2000
Abstract This paper explores the role that civil society could play as a ‘driver’ of a new paradigm of ecologically sustainable and equitable development in Asia. It argues that the growth and effectiveness of civil society–and the processes of democratization which nourish it–is likely to be the most significant force in the emergence and implementation […]
Challenges in Expanding External Economic Relations with North Korea: North Korean System at the Dawn of the 21st Century 7 April 2000
North Korea is starting off the 21st Century with a major shift in its relations with the international community. Politically, the process of expanding relations began with Italy, the first G7 country to extend diplomatic recognition to North Korea. This has been followed by of visits and meetings with a number of other European countries, […]
Challenges in Expanding External Economic Relations with North Korea
Challenges in Expanding External Economic Relations with North Korea North Korean System at the Dawn of the 21st Century University of California at Berkeley Bradley Babson Eun Sook Kim World Bank April 7, 2000 North Korea is starting off the 21st Century with a major shift in its relations with the international community. […]
Getting Traction? Sustainable Development and the Governance of Investment
Lyuba Zarsky CoDirector Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development presented at Conference on Sustainability, Trade and Investment: Which Way Now for the WTO? Royal Institute of International Affairs London, Great Britain March 27-28, 2000 The collapse of the OECD’s negotiations over a Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), as well as the WTO trade […]