Brian P. Duplessis, a Major in the United States Marine Corps with 17 years service, writes, “For too long, military thought has almost exclusively focused on the DPRKs sizeable conventional forces and WMD capabilities while giving short shrift to irregular warfare capabilities and disruptive activities. In order to successfully blunt a future DPRK military attack, this trend must be reversed.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 8, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 8, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 8, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Membership in Int’l Financial Institutions 2. Banco Delta Asia on US Sanctions 3. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 4. Japan Trade Deals 5. PRC on Darfur Issue 6. Sino-Indian Trade 7. US on PRC Religious Freedom 8. PRC Anti-Corruption […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, May 7, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, May 7, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, May 7, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Nuke Reactor Shutdown 2. DPRK Funds Transfer 3. DPRK Funds Transfer 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. DPRK to Import Solar Power 6. ROK-EU Trade Relations 7. Japan Constitutional Revision 8. Japan on Export Controls 9. Japan Climate […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, May 4, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, May 4, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, May 4, 2007 I. ROK Weekly Report 1. Introduction 2. Lessons from the French Election 3. Woori Party Needs to Look Outside 4. GNP Corruption 5. Woori Party at Sea 6. GNP Candidates Must Show Solidarity 7. Sohn Hak-kyu Emerges Preceding NAPSNet Report I. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 3, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 3, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, May 3, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US and Japan on DPRK 2. Inter-Korean – Russian Relations 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. DPRK Human Rights 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. Japan Constitutional Revision 7. US on Cross Strait Relations 8. Sino-Indian Trade Relations 9. PRC Port […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 2, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 2, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 2, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Military Talks 2. DPRK-Canada Relations 3. ROK Malaria Aid to DPRK 4. US-ROK Trade Relations 5. Canada-ROK Trade Relations 6. ROK Collaborator Issue 7. Japan Constitutional Revision 8. Taipei Elections 9. PRC on Climate Change Preceding NAPSNet […]
Policy Forum 07-034: Gold Digging: Getting to the Bottom of the Treasury Department’s Economic Campaign Against North Korea
China Matters, a blog online at: http://chinamatters.blogspot.com/, writes, “Every time the North Korean dog sticks its head out of its Chinese kennel, we beat it on the snout with a stick and force it back to the heel of its Chinese master. And we persist with the policy even when it runs counter to our current diplomatic efforts and security strategy for the region. It’s a policy that’s blind, self-defeating, and futile. And now that the U.S. has abandoned a policy of confrontation with North Korea, it’s also become ridiculous.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 1, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 1, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 1, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK-US Relations 2. Six Party Deadline Pressure 3. Japan-US Talks on DPRK 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. EU-ROK Trade Relations 7. US-ROK Security Alliance 8. US-Japan Military Cooperation 9. Japan Middle-East Diplomacy 10. Cross Strait […]
Policy Forum 07-035: Transforming the U.S. Relationship with China
Donald G. Gross, Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council of the United States, Asia Programs, in Washington, DC, writes, “As the dominant country in the Asia-Pacific, the U.S. faces a crucial strategic choice: it can use its superior diplomatic, political, military and economic power to negotiate a historic Framework Agreement with China that achieves a fundamental shift in the paradigm of U.S.-China relations. Or, to the contrary, the U.S. can narrowly focus on protecting its domestic market and bolstering its military presence in East Asia in expectation of an inevitable conflict with China.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 30, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 30, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 30, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Transfer of DPRK Frozen Funds 2. PRC on Japan-DPRK Relations 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. DPRK-India Relations 5. DPRK Missiles 6. DPRK Defector-Refugee Hunger Strike 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. Japan Middle-East Diplomacy 9. US Military Sales to Japan […]