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.
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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 […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 25th, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 25th, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 25th, 2004 I. United States 1. DPRK on Relations with US 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 4. US on DPRK Conditions for Nuclear Talks 5. DPRK on Nuclear Issue 6. US on Japan Role in DPRK Nuclear […]
Policy Forum 04-41A: Debaters Bungled Korea
Ralph Cossa, President of the Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu-based nonprofit research institute writes: if the situation on the Korean peninsula is serious as both candidates seem to agree and if nuclear proliferation is the greatest threat that America faces another common point of agreement then you would think the two candidates could at least get their facts straight and understand their own stated positions prior to an internationally televised debate.
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 20th, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 I. United States 1. DPRK on Relations with US 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Issue 3. DPRK on Nuclear Issue 4. US on Relations with DPRK 5. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Issue 6. ROK on DPRK Talks, Human Rights 7. ROK […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 19, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 19, 2004 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 19, 2004 I. United States 1. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. DPRK on Relations with the US 4. US on Relations with the DPRK 5. DPRK Visit to the US 6. US on DPRK Security Assurance 7. […]
The South Korean Laser Isotope Separation Experience
CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Essay by Mark Gorwitz III. Notes by Mark Gorwitz I. Introduction Mark Gorwitz, Special Contributor to the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) Online, writes: “Taken as a whole, the open literature shows the extent of South Korean research in the area of laser isotope separation. Technology learned in […]