Leon V. Sigal, Director of the Northeast Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council and author of Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea, writes, “The irreconcilables insist Pyongyang will never live up to its pledge… How can they be so sure? The fact is, with the possible exception of Kim Jong-il, nobody knows. And the only way for Washington to find out is to proceed, reciprocal step by reciprocal step, in sustained negotiations to reconcile with Pyongyang in return for its disarming.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 02, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 02, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 02, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Working Groups 2. DPRK-Japan Relations 3. DPRK Special Economic Zone 4. Inter-Korean Manufacturing 5. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 6. Comfort Women Issue 7. US-Japan Relations 8. Japan SDF Deployment 9. US-PRC Trade Relations 10. PRC Military […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 01, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 01, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 01, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Working Groups Schedule 2. Radioactive Leak at Yongbyon 3. US-DPRK Relations 4. Brownback on DPRK Evangelist 5. New DPRK Foreign Minister 6. Japan, PRC Talks on DPRK 7. DPRK-Singapore Relations 8. DPRK-New Zealand Relations 9. Joint […]
Policy Forum 07-073: North Korea’s External Economic Relations
Stephan Haggard, Director of the Korea-Pacific Program (KPP) at the University of California at San Diego, and Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute, write, “the transformative effects of engagement on the North Korean economy are more likely to hold with respect to Chinese trade and investment with North Korea, which appears to occur on largely market-conforming terms, than they are with South Korea’s, which contains a very substantial noncommercial component.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 31, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 31, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 31, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. IAEA on Yongbyon Shutdown 2. DPRK on US-DPRK Relations 3. DPRK Nuclear Scientists 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. Japan Election 6. Japan SDF Mission in Golan Heights 7. Comfort Women Issue 8. PRC Environment Preceding NAPSNet Report […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 30, 2007
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. […]
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 […]