Aidan Foster-Carter, honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University, England, writes, “Far from being in sync with U.S. policy, at this juncture, a North-South spat is no help to Washington. Rather it risked upsetting the applecart, just when Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was trying to clinch the next stage of the long drawn out – five years, and counting – 6PT process.”
Archives
NAPSNet Daily Report 31 July, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Problem
- 3. Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 5. DPRK Food Supply
- 6. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute
- 7. Japan Politics
- 8. Japan SDF Golan Heights Mission
- 9. Japan Naval Drill
- 10. Sino-Russian Security Relations
- 11. PRC Internet Access
- 12. PRC Earthquake
- 13. US on PRC Human Rights
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 July, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. Food Aid for the DPRK
- 3. Inter-Korean Relations
- 4. DPRK Economy
- 5. DPRK Athletics
- 6. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute
- 7. Japan Missile Defense Program
- 8. Japan SDF Iraq Role
- 9. Japan SDF Afghanistan Role
- 10. PRC Environment
- 11. PRC Security
- 12. PRC Human Rights
- 13. PRC Energy Supply
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 July, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. DPRK Military
- 3. Japan-DPRK Relations
- 4. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Medical Cooperation
- 6. DPRK-Vietnamese Relations
- 7. DPRK Food Supply
- 8. US-DPRK Relations
- 9. DPRK Cultural Exchange
- 10. Japan Missile Defense
- 11. Japan Disaster Relief Operations
- 12. Japan Politics
- 13. Japan Environment
- 14. Japan-US Security Alliance
- 15. PRC Security
- 16. PRC Environment
Japan’s Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests
Emma Chanlett-Avery, Analyst in Asian Affairs at the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service, and Mary Beth Nikitin, Analyst in Nonproliferation at the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, of the Congressional research Service, write, “The previous taboo within the Japanese political community of discussing a nuclear weapons capability appears to have been broken, as several officials and opinion leaders have urged an open debate on the topic. Despite these factors, a strong consensus – both in Japan and among Japan watchers – remains that Japan will not pursue the nuclear option in the short-to-medium term.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 28 July, 2008
NAPSNet Daily Report 25 July, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. DPRK on Nuclear Program
- 3. DPRK-Japan Relations
- 4. Inter-Korean Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Economic Relations
- 6. Mt. Kumgang Shooting
- 7. ASEAN on Inter-Korean Relations
- 8. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute
- 9. Sino-Japanese Joint Disaster Response
- 10. Japanese Nuclear Power
- 11. Sino-Russian Energy Trade
- 12. PRC Security
- 13. PRC Earthquake
- 14. PRC Internet Use
Policy Forum 08-057: The South China Sea Hydra
Mark Valencia, a Maritime Policy Analyst and a Nautilus Institute Senior Associate, writes, “The South China Sea situation deserves renewed attention by ASEAN and perhaps the ARF. Moving forward to an agreement on a legally binding Code of Conduct for the South China Sea has become urgent.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 24 July, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 2. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 3. Japan-DPRK Relations
- 4. DPRK-US Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Relations
- 6. Mt. Kumgang Shooting
- 7. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 8. DPRK Military
- 9. DPRK-ASEAN Relations
- 10. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 11. ROK Space Program
- 12. US Arms Sales for Taiwan
- 13. Taiwan Military Posture
- 14. Cross Straits Relations
- 15. PRC Relations with the US, Japan
- 16. PRC Government
- 17. PRC Protests
- 18. Asia Regional Disaster Response
- 19. Mongolia Elections
NAPSNet Daily Report 23 July, 2008
- I. NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. PRC, Japan on DPRK Nuclear Issue
- 3. US-DPRK Relations
- 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 5. Inter-Korean Relations
- 6. Mt. Kumgang Shooting
- 7. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 8. DPRK-Mongolia Trade Relations
- 9. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 10. ROK Bird Flu Measures
- 11. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute
- 12. Japan Politics
- 13. Japan SDF Structure
- 14. ASEAN Regional Cooperation
- 15. Sino-Vietnamese Territorial Dispute
- 16. PRC Civil Society
- 17. PRC Unrest
- 18. PRC Income Disparity