NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 30, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 30, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program Shutdown 2. Philippines on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK-Philippino Relations 4. Koreas Joint Mining Operation 5. DPRK Local Elections 6. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 7. Japan Elections 8. Japan Hybrid Technology 9. PRC Military 10. […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007 1. Introduction 2. General Analysis 3. Setting a Date for Disablement 4. Korean Peninsula Peace Regime 5. Political Electioneering 6. Denuclearization First Step to Regional Peace 7. Moving toward Denuclearization 8. DPRK Adding Conditions Preceding NAPSNet Report 1. Introduction ROK Weekly […]
Policy Forum 07-055: Ain’t No Sunshine When He’s Gone? The Future of Engagement after the ROK Presidential Election
Scott Bruce, Program Officer at the San Francisco Office of the Nautilus Institute, and Timothy Savage, Deputy Director of the Seoul Office of the Nautilus Institute, write, “If the experience of the last six years teaches anything, it is that the United States cannot carry out an effective policy toward the DPRK without the active participation of the ROK. Future American policymakers thus would be well advised to take note; the ship of engagement has already set sail, and it would be best to ride alongside, rather than be caught in the wake.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. ASEAN on DPRK 2. DPRK on US Nuclear Plan 3. Japan on Pakistan-DPRK Nuclear Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 6. Japan Defense 7. Japan Elections 8. PRC Anti-Corruption Measures Preceding NAPSNet Report I. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. ROK Fuel Shipment to DPRK 3. US-DPRK Talks on Family Reunions 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. DPRK Smoking Ban 6. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 7. Japan Defense 8. Japan Environment 9. Japan Nuclear Plant […]
Missile Defence Response to the July 5, 2006 North Korean Missile Test by US Naval Vessels Home-Ported at Yokosuka
Umebayashi Hiromichi, Founder and President of Peace Depot, a non-profit organization for peace research and education in Japan, writes, “These operations by US naval vessels homeported in Yokosuka tasked with ballistic missile defence of the US itself is an absolutely new development, one not provided for under the Japan-USA Mutual Security Treaty. This matter must be fully discussed from the point of view of control of military activities by law in both the international and national spheres.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK-Japan Relations 2. Inter-Korean Relations and Humour 3. Fatal Collapse in DPRK 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. ROK-US Trade Relations 6. ROK-Russia Trade Relations 7. Japan Nuclear Plant 8. Japan-Australian Defense Relations 9. Japan Elections 10. Cross […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 23, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 23, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 23, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Kim on Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Military Relations 3. DPRK-Mongolia Relations 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. ROK-EU Trade Relations 6. Japan Nuclear Plant 7. Japan Elections 8. Japan Defense 9. Cross Strait Relations 10. Shanghai Cooperation […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 20, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 20, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 20, 2007 I. ROK Weekly Report 1. Introduction 2. IAEA Inspections 3. Peace Agreement 4. Clearing up HEU Problem 5. Revocation of UN Sanctions on DPRK 6. Change of Current 7. ROK Stuck between US and China 8. ROK Should Take It Slowly […]
Policy Forum 07-053: Not Going Nuclear: Japan’s Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test
Hajime Izumi, Professor at the University of Shizuoka in Japan and Katsuhisa Furukawa, a research fellow at the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society at the Japan Science and Technology Agency, write, “Thus, the consensus in Japan today favors continued reliance on the Japanese-U.S. alliance, the U.S. nuclear umbrella, and missile defense to negate North Korea’s nuclear capability…The focus is to examine what type of bilateral mechanism may be appropriate to conduct regularized dialogue with the United States on nuclear strategy issues, whether in official or unofficial channels, and what agenda Japan may want to discuss as well as what type of information the United States may want to share with Japan under what conditions.”