Wooksik Cheong, representative of Peace Network (www.peacekorea.org), writes, “Obama’s and Bush’s North Korean policies are very similar but have important differences. Lee’s and Bush’s North Korean polices differed greatly and did not go well together. Then, there should be much greater difference in Obama’s and Lee’s North Korea policies. Then what should be the future of the ROK-US alliance and cooperation on dealing with North Korean nuclear issues?”
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Policy Forum 08-090: The North Korean Conundrum: Change You Can Believe In or Policy Status Quo?
John Feffer, the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, writes, “We can’t simply buy North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, because it is inextricably connected to the country’s pride and the leadership’s survival. But if the United States endorses economic engagement with North Korea, the country and the leadership will, sooner or later, be able to uncouple pride and regime stability from the atom.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 26 November, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. Japan on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 3. DPRK Leadership
- 4. Inter-Korean Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 6. DPRK Economy
- 7. ROK Civil Society
- 8. Sino-ROK Military Cooperation
- 9. Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute
- 10. Japan Climate Change
- 11. Sino-Jordan Energy Cooperation
- 12. Sino-Japan Environmental Cooperation
- 13. PRC Environment
- 14. PRC Energy
- 15. PRC Human Rights
- 16. Cross Strait Relations
- 17. APEC on Climate Change, Food Security
NAPSNet Daily Report 25 November, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 3. Inter-Korean Relations
- 4. ROK Environment
- 5. ROK Military
- 6. ROK-PRC Military Cooperation
- 7. ROK on Pacific Rim Free Trade Agreement
- 8. Japan Space Program
- 9. Japan Free Trade
- 10. Japan Constitutional Revision
- 11. Japan Missile Defense Program
- 12. PRC Climate Change
- 13. PRC Energy
- 14. Sino-US Energy Cooperation
- 15. PRC Economy
- 16. PRC Urban Insecurity
- 17. PRC Earthquake Reconstruction
- 18. Tibet Leadership
NAPSNet Daily Report 24 November, 2008
- I. Napsnet
- 1. Six-Party Talks
- 2. US Policy Toward DPRK
- 3. DPRK-Japan Relations
- 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 5. ROK Aid for DPRK
- 6. DPRK Policy Statements
- 7. DPRK Human Rights
- 8. US on Korean Reunification
- 9. US-ROK Alliance
- 10. US-ROK FTA
- 11. ROK Military Accident
- 12. ROK Textbooks
- 13. Russo-Japanese Relations
- 14. Japanese Climate Change Mitigation
- 15. Taiwan Politics
- 16. Cross Straits Relations
- 17. PRC Tibet Issue
- 18. Alleged PRC Espionage
- 19. PRC Human Rights
NAPSNet Daily Report 23 November, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. Alleged DPRK-Syrian Nuclear Cooperation
- 2. DPRK-US Relations
- 3. DPRK Economy
- 4. Inter-Korean Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 6. DPRK Refugees
- 7. ROK Afghanistan Dispatch
- 8. ROK-Indonesia Anti-Terror Drill
- 9. ROK Environment
- 10. ROK Food Safety
- 11. Japan SDF Reform
- 12. Japan Energy
- 13. Japan Nuclear Policy
- 14. Japan Nuclear Power
- 15. Japan Energy
- 16. Cross Strait Relations
- 17. Sino-US Trade Relations
- 18. PRC Censorship
- 19. PRC Government
- 20. PRC Unrest
- 21. Sino-Indonesian Energy Cooperation
NAPSNet Daily Report 21 November, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. Inter-Korean Relations
- 3. ROK-US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 4. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 5. DPRK-Japan Relations
- 6. ROK-Brazil Energy Cooperation
- 7. ROK Anti-Piracy Operations
- 8. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute
- 9. Japan SDF Anti-Piracy Operations
- 10. Japan-US Missile Defense Cooperation
- 11. PRC on UNSC Reform
- 12. PRC Cyberattacks
- 13. PRC Military
- 14. PRC Economy
- 15. PRC Energy Supply
- 16. PRC Unrest
- 17. PRC Tibet Issue
Policy Forum 08-089: Setting a New Course with North Korea
Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, writes, “More troubling, however, is a growing sense that Pyongyang’s obstructionist antics are not merely negotiating ploys but are instead designed to achieve international acquiescence to North Korea as a nuclear power. If that is the case, then it is prudent to begin contingency planning, including identifying financial sanctions that could be imposed against those companies and nations in violation of U.N. Resolution 1718.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 20 November, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US-DPRK Relations
- 3. Russo-DPRK Relations
- 4. Inter Korean Relations
- 5. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 6. ROK Peace Index
- 7. ROK Textbook Controversy
- 8. Japan Whaling Issue
- 9. Japan Government Reform
- Japan on Dual Nationality
- PRC-Cuban Relations
- PRC-US Product Safety Cooperation
- PRC Economy
- PRC Automobile Industry
- PRC Public Health
- PRC Media Control
- PRC Environment
- East Asian Stability
- Asian Climate Change
NAPSNet Daily Report 20 November, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US-DPRK Relations
- 3. Russo-DPRK Relations
- 4. Inter Korean Relations
- 5. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 6. ROK Peace Index
- 7. ROK Textbook Controversy
- 8. Japan Whaling Issue
- 9. Japan Government Reform
- 10. Japan on Dual Nationality
- 11. PRC-Cuban Relations
- 12. PRC-US Product Safety Cooperation
- 13. PRC Economy
- 14. PRC Automobile Industry
- 15. PRC Public Health
- 16. PRC Media Control
- 17. PRC Environment
- 18. East Asian Stability
- 19. Asian Climate Change