Gavan McCormack, professor in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University and (2003 to 2005) visiting professor at International Christian University in Tokyo,writes: the Japanese convention of serving the empire loyally and unquestioningly has been sanctified by a half-century of evolution as an affluent imperial dependency. In the 20th century, the benefits were large and the costs acceptable. However, the blueprints for the 21st century call for a new level of subjugation.
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Policy Forum 04-45A: Migration
G. Pascal Zachary, the author of The Diversity Advantage: Multicultural Identity in the New World Economy, writes: the influence of migrants is not limited to themselves. In short, migrants have a multiplier effect and it is only by understanding the broader social reality of migrants that we can begin to understand their actual influence.
Power Grid Interconnection for a Nuclear Free Korean Peninsula
Jungmin Kang, an independent nuclear policy analyst in Seoul and Associate of the Nautilus Institute, writes: Via the implementation of the ROK-DPRK-RFE power grid interconnection, the energy support to the DPRK could get the DPRK involved in the multilateral energy cooperation system, reduce political tension around the Korean peninsula, and thereby bring a positive effect in resolving the DPRK nuclear conundrum.
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, November 4th, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, November 4th, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, November 4th, 2004 I. United States 1. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 4. US – DPRK Relations 5. US – ROK Relations 6. Inter – Korean Relations 7. Inter – Korean Summit […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, November 1st, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, November 1st, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, November 1st, 2004 I. United States 1. PRC, ROK on US – DPRK Relations 2. US on PRC, ROK, Role in DPRK Nuclear Issue 3. Kim Hee-sang on DPRK Nuclear Issue 4. Kissinger on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. ROK – Russia on DPRK Nuclear […]
Policy Forum 04-42A: Japan, Heisei Militarization and the Bush Doctrine
Richard Tanter, Nautilus Institute Associate, writes: given the degree of incoherence and even irrationality of US policy under the Bush administration, the acceleration of the process of Heisei militarization by the Bush Doctrine has diminished rather than increased Japanese security.
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 28th, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 28th, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 28th, 2004 I. United States 1. DPRK on Relations with the US 2. US on PRC, ROK Role in DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 4. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Program 6. DPRK Missile Program […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 I. United States 1. PRC, ROK on US- DPRK Relations 2. PRC, ROK on US – DPRK Relations 3. PRC Plague Issue 4. PRC on DPRK Defectors 5. US on Cross Strait Relations 6. US – Taiwan Trade Relations 7. US […]
Policy Forum 04-42B: North Korea: Consider What We Don’t Know
Daniel Poneman, member of the National Security Council staff under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, writes: ifwe defer tackling the plutonium threat while waiting for the North Koreans to admit to the world that they have been lying about their uranium program, the odds are that we will confront tragedy before we receive truth.
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 I. United States 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Issue 2. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 4. PSI Drill 5. Japanese – DPRK Relations 6. ROK, Russia, US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 7. Russia on DPRK Nuclear […]