NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 19, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 19, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. PRC on Six Party Talks 2. International Sanctions on DPRK 3. DPRK Defectors on US-ROK Troop Transfer 4. DPRK Insurance Claims 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. ROK Terrorism 7. ROK-Canada Free Trade Agreement 8. ROK Rice Imports 9. ROK-Japan […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 18, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 18, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 18, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. International Sanctions on DPRK 3. Japan on DPRK 4. US on DPRK Drug Trafficking 5. Kim Jong-il’s Climbing of Kumgang 6. Inter-Korean Cultural Cooperation 7. DPRK Defectors 8. Suicide of Kim Jong-il’s Niece 9. […]
Policy Forum 06-76A: Foreign Policy as a ‘Fight’: Abe and the Future of East Asian Relations
Lee Jong-won, Professor of International Relations at Rikkyo University, writes, “He [Abe] still tends to invoke China as a threat, and he has been calling for a long-term strategy linking ‘democratic nations’ such as Australia and India together, based on the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Perhaps by intention, Korea – with the most dynamic democracy in the region – is not mentioned in that initiative… Even if the issue of Yasukuni is resolved, there will still be major factors producing instability in the Korea-Japan relationship that will have to be dealt with. Korea’s policy toward Japan needs to be proactive and comprehensive enough to consider the diversity and changes in Japan.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 14, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 14, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 14, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK-US Summit on DPRK 2. UN Sanctions on DPRK 3. Japanese Sanctions on DPRK 4. Japanese DPRK Policy 5. Inter-Korean Cooperation 6. ROK-US Troop Control Handover 7. ROK-PRC Territorial Dispute 8. US on PRC Bio Weapons 9. US […]
Policy Forum 06-75A: Missiles and Sanctions: Has a Watershed Been Reached in the Korean Nuclear Crisis?
James Cotton, Professor of Politics in the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy campus, Canberra, writes, “North Korea’s rejection of UN authority is unprecedented in modern times; it is also a serious reverse both to multilateral diplomacy as well as to the prospects for confidence-building in Northeast Asia. Reviving the Six-Party process and a return to the path of diplomacy will require Pyongyang to take a much more constructive approach to regional and global concerns regarding missile and WMD proliferation.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 13, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 13, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 13, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK-US Summit on DPRK 2. US Sanctions on DPRK 3. DPRK-US Bilateral Talks 4. DPRK-PRC Relations 5. USFK Base Construction 6. ROK-US Free Trade Talks 7. Japan Export Laws 8. Japan Troop Deployment 9. Japan Economy 10. Japan […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 12, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 12, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 12, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US Sanctions on DPRK 2. ASEM Leaders on DPRK 3. WFP on DPRK Food Aid 4. DPRK-Mongolia Relations 5. ROK-US WMD Exercise 6. ROK Troop Control 7. ROK Economy 8. ROK Underground Gambling Bust 9. Japan Finance 10. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 11, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 11, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 11, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Test 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Test 3. Six Party Talks 4. ROK on DPRK Policy 5. ASEM on DPRK 6. ROK-US Free Trade Talks 7. ROK-US Relations 8. ROK-Japan Relations 9. Japan Constitution Reform 10. […]
Policy Forum 06-74A: Burma and Its Neighbours: The Geopolitics of Gas
Åshild Kolås & Stein Tønnesson of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) note that offshore natural gas is now the major source of income for the Burmese military regime. A wider concern is “the current Sino-Indian rivalry over Burmese natural gas from the Shwe field”, which, they suggest, “may give rise to further competition to assist the Burmese.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 07, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 07, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 07, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK-Iran Ties 2. Israel on DPRK Threat 3. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Tests 4. US on DPRK Sanctions 5. Kim Jong-il Visit to PRC 6. ROK-US Aircraft Sales 7. ROK-US WMD Training 8. ROK-US Free Trade […]