Korean Peninsula 1. US-DPRK Talks US Ambassador Charles Kartman and DPRK Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye-gwan will meet in New York from March 7 to finalize plans for a high-level DPRK visit to Washington. The high-level visit is expected to take place in April. “US-DPRK Talks” (Daily Report, March 2, US) “DPRK-US Talks” (Daily Report, […]
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NAPSNET Weekly FLASH Update 29 February, 2000
Missile Defense 1. US National Missile Defense Global editorials criticized US plans to build and deploy a national missile defense (NMD) system and related efforts to secure Russia’s agreement on amending the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, arguing that U.S plans would upset the balance of deterrent relationships among nuclear weapons states and give weapons proliferation […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 25 February, 2000
Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Missiles The Joongang Ilbo reported that the DPRK has recently tested missile combustion systems. US and Israeli intelligence sources alleged that the DPRK and Egypt are cooperating on long-range missile development. Russia’s Isvestia newspaper reported that the DPRK had planned to test a missile on the occasion of Kim Jong-il’s birthday, […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 18 February, 2000
Korean Peninsula 1. Australia-DPRK Talks Australia announced that it would send a delegation to the DPRK on February 22, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that normalization of relations would not be on the agenda. Australia also announced a new aid package for the DPRK. “DPRK-Australia Relations” (Daily Report, February 18, ROK) “DPRK-Australia Relations” (Daily […]
NPP Weekly FLASH Update, February 14, 2000
CONTENTS February 14, 2000 Ballistic Missiles Missile Threat to US DPRK Missile Program Missile Defense US Missile Defense Missile Defense for Europe Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Nonproliferation US-Russia Nuclear Fuel Agreement Nuclear Weapons US Nuclear Arsenal Russian Nuclear Tests Nuclear News Taiwan Straits Taiwan Elections Taiwan Security Diplomacy PRC Foreign Relations […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 11 February, 2000
Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Missiles CIA Official Robert Walpole told the US Senate that the DPRK continues to sell missile to countries in the Middle East. The Washington Times reported that the DPRK recently sold missile parts to Iran. A CIA report to Congress said that the DPRK continues to aid Pakistan’s ballistic missile program. […]
NAPSNET Weekly FLASH Update 7 February, 2000
Arms Control 1. US-Russia Talks Following talks with Russia’s acting president Vladimir Putin, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said that she was “encouraged” by the discussion on arms control and that Putin demonstrated “some seeming flexibility on deep cuts.” She said that Putin did talk about deep cuts but that “we never talked about […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 4 February, 2000
Korean Peninsula 1. US-DPRK Talks The US and the DPRK concluded their talks in Geneva with an agreement to send a senior DPRK official to Washington in March, although the exact timing and identity of the delegation will be worked out in further talks later this month. The US is holding out the possibility of […]
NAPSNET Weekly FLASH Update 1 February, 2000
Missile Defense 1. European Views of US Missile Defense The meetings of NATO foreign and defense ministers in December saw the first signs of a new dispute among the allies–European alarm at American plans to deploy ballistic missile defenses. Peter Rodman of the Nixon Center argues that European fears are based on a misunderstanding. Ambassador […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 28 January, 2000
DPRK 1. US-DPRK Talks The latest round of US-DPRK talks in Berlin continued this week, with no reports of progress. The DPRK earlier threatened to end its moratorium on missile tests in response to the US test of an anti-ballistic missile system. “DPRK-US Talks, Daily Report, January 26” “PRC on DPRK Missile Threat, Daily Report, […]