- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 3. Inter-Korean Relations
- 4. DPRK Energy Supply
- 5. Japan-DPRK Relations
- 6. ROK, Russia, DPRK Energy Cooperation
- 7. Inter-Korean Rail Link
- 8. Australia on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 9. ROK on DPRK Refugees
- 10. Russo-ROK Trade Relations
- 11. Japan Politics
- 12. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission
- 13. Japan MSDF Annual Drills
- 14. US Nuclear Policy
- 15. Sino-US Military Relations
- 16. Sino-Indian Relations
- 17. PRC Space Program
- 18. Sino-US Trade Relations
- 19. PRC Earthquake
Archives
Policy Forum 08-074: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession?
Scott Thomas Bruce, Director of US Operations at the Nautilus Institute in San Francisco which is affiliated with the USF Center for the Pacific Rim, writes, “Removing North Korea from the list of terror sponsoring nations no longer offers a way forward… The Bush Administration could send one or both of George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter to meet with Kim Jong Il and put together the icebreaker… It would also make the overture bipartisan in US presidential politics, thereby signaling the gravity with which the US views the situation in the DPRK. Incidentally, it would also force the DPRK leadership to produce Kim Jong Il or admit that he is in bad shape.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 September, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. ROK, Russia on DPRK Nuclear Issue
- 3. US Presidential Candidates on DPRK
- 4. DPRK Leadership
- 5. Inter-Korean Relations
- 6. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 7. Japanese Sanctions on the DPRK
- 8. Sino-DPRK Maritime Incident
- 9. ROK, Russia, DPRK Energy Cooperation
- 10. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 11. Japan Politics
- 12. Japan, Australia, Non-Proliferation Commission
- 13. Sino-Indian Territorial Dispute
- 14. Cross Strait Relations
- 15. PRC Space Program
- 16. PRC Security
- 17. PRC Labor
- 18. SCO Trade Relations
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 September, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. DPRK on Nuclear Issue
- 3. ROK on DPRK Military
- 4. Inter-Korean Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 6. DPRK Economy
- 7. DPRK Phone Service
- 8. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 9. DPRK Military
- 10. DPRK Maritime Accident
- 11. ROK-Russian Relations
- 12. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission
- 13. Japan Space Progam
- 14. Japan Politics
- 15. Sino-Japanese Relations
- 16. Sino-Pakistani Military Relations
- 17. Cross Strait Relations
- 18. PRC Space Program
- 19. PRC Environment
- 20. PRC AIDS Issue
- 21. PRC Security
- 22. PRC Energy Supply
NAPSNet Daily Report 26 September, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 4. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 5. DPRK-US Relations
- 6. Inter-Korean Relations
- 7. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 8. Japan-DPRK Relations
- 9. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 10. DPRK Leadership
- 11. ROK and DPRK Leadership
- 12. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 13. US-ROK Relations
- 14. ROK Military
- 15. ROK-PRC Relations
- 16. ROK-Russian Relations
- 17. ROK Economy
- 18. Japan Politics
- 19. Japan SDF Afghanistan Mission
- 20. Japanese Military Doctrine
- 21. US-Japan Security Alliance
- 22. Cross Strait Relations
- 23. PRC Earthquake
- 24. PRC Space Program
- 25. Sino-Indian Nuclear Cooperation
- 26. PRC Internet
- 27. PRC Public Health
- 28. PRC Environment
Policy Forum 08-073: Kim Jong-il on Spotlight
Tong Kim, Research Professor with Ilmin Institute of International Relations at Korea University and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, writes, “One thing that the experience of the reports on Kim’s health issue reminds us is the realization of how little we know about North Korea’s leadership. The past decade of engaging the North has enabled the South to learn more about North Koreans. In this context, it is more imperative now to resume inter-Korean dialogue.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 25 September, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 4. DPRK Leadership
- 5. ROK Economy
- 6. Japan-DPRK Relations
- 7. ROK on DPRK Human Rights
- 8. ROK-Russian Relations
- 9. US-ROK Relations
- 10. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 11. Japan Elections
- 12. US-Japan Relations
- 13. US-Japanese Economic Cooperation
- 14. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission
- 15. PRC-U.N. Relations
- 16. PRC Economy
- 17. PRC Energy Supply
- 18. PRC Human Rights
- 19. PRC Space Program
- 20. PRC Space Program
- 21. PRC Typhoon
- 22. Russia, PRC, Indian Public Health Cooperation
NAPSNet Daily Report 24 September, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US-DPRK Relations
- 2. DPRK on US-ROK Joint Military Exercise
- 3. DPRK Military Exercise
- 4. US, ROK Energy Aid to the DPRK
- 5. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 6. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 7. Russo-DPRK Trade Relations
- 8. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 9. Inter-Korean Relations
- 10. DPRK Economy
- 11. DPRK Leadership
- 12. Japan Politics
- 13. PRC on Japan Elections
- 14. Sino-Japanese Economic Relations
- 15. Cross Strait Relations
- 16. US on PRC Human Rights
Policy Forum 08-072A: The Future of Political Leadership in North Korea
Rudiger Frank, Professor of East Asian Political Economy at the University of Vienna, writes, “There is always the possibility that a power-hungry family clan of one of Kim Jong-il’s wives, or of another line in the family, or an ambitious leader from the military will try to grab power without considering the long-term consequences for political stability in North Korea… However, collective leadership is the most likely, the most logical option for North Korea’s political future, simply because dynastic succession will not work.”
Policy Forum 08-072: The Future of Political Leadership in North Korea
Rudiger Frank, Professor of East Asian Political Economy at the University of Vienna, writes, “There is always the possibility that a power-hungry family clan of one of Kim Jong-il’s wives, or of another line in the family, or an ambitious leader from the military will try to grab power without considering the long-term consequences for political stability in North Korea… However, collective leadership is the most likely, the most logical option for North Korea’s political future, simply because dynastic succession will not work.”