NAPSNet Daily Report 22 March, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Nuclear Inspections
2. Inter-Korean Relations
3. DPRK Military Commander Death
4. Russia Nuclear Proliferation
5. Al-Qaida Nuclear Weapons Possession
6. US UN PRC Human Rights Resolution
7. Taiwan Election and Referendum
8. PRC Response to Taiwan Presidential Election
9. Taiwan Presidential Assassination
10. PRC Support for UN Ban on Proliferation
11. PRC Tianenmen Book
12. Germany-PRC Nuclear Plant Sale
13. ROK Bird Flu Outbreak
14. PRC Moon Rover Launch Plans

NAPSNet Daily Report 18 March, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK IAEA Inspections
2. DPRK Nuclear Tension
3. PRC-DPRK Foreign Minister Visit
4. ROK Presidential Impeachment
5. ROK Impeachment Economic Impact
6. PRC-DPRK Foreign Minister Visit
7. US-ROK Relations
8. Japan-Russia Relations
9. US-Hong Kong Relations
10. PRC Internet Censorship
11. OpEd: Losting Time on North Korea
II. Japan 1. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
2. Japan Defence Agency’s Promotion
3. Japan Nuclear Waste Management
4. Japan Constitutional Revision

Policy Forum 04-32A: The Geopolitics of Energy in Northeast Asia

The following is a paper presented by Kent Calder, Director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University, at the joint Korean Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) and International Energy Agency (IEA) workshop “Northeast Asia Energy Security and Regional Cooperation” in Seoul, Korea from May 17-18, 2004. In this paper Professor Calder argues that energy security is closely tied to political stability in Northeast Asia and that the DPRK is the center of this congruence. He discusses the importance of the Korean Economic Development Organization. (KEDO) and the need for a new or reissued group that includes representatives from the entire region and centers on natural gas and electricity interconnection projects.

North Korea’s Legacy of Missed Opportunities

North Korea’s Legacy of Missed Opportunities Mitchell B. Reiss, Director of Policy Planning Remarks to the Heritage Foundation Washington, DC March 12, 2004 Thank you, Peter.  It is a pleasure to be here again at Heritage – a place whose prominent voice has played an important role in shaping our national debate about East Asia […]

NAPSNET Week in Review 12 March, 2004

United States 1. US Missile Shield Democratic senators Thursday criticized the administration’s budget request for the missile defense program, questioning anew whether the system will ever work. Supporters urged continued funding for the program still in development. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., called the request for $10.2 billion “truly staggering” – the largest single-year funding request […]