NAPSNET Week in Review 25 January, 2002

United States 1. US-Philippines Anti-Terrorism The US intensified its military build-up in the southern Philippines on Friday. Colonel William Ball, deputy chief of the US special forces command in the Pacific region arrived in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga along with 30 other officers. Arroyo insists that the 660 US troops coming to the […]

Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism: The Internet as a Tool for Influencing Foreign Policy

The conflict over Kosovo has been characterized as the first war on the Internet. Government and non-government actors alike used the Net to disseminate information, spread propaganda, demonize opponents, and solicit support for their positions. Hackers used it to voice their objections to both Yugoslav and NATO aggression by disrupting service on government computers and […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 20 December, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Nuclear Weapons Development
2. ROK Missile System Assessment
3. PRC-Pakistan Relations
4. ROK Domestic Bribery
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter-Korean Trade
2. Japan-DPRK Relations
3. US Effort on Korean Family Reunion
III. People’s Republic of China 1. Inter-Korean Relations
2. PRC-ROK Defense Ministers’ Meeting
3. PRC-US Talks on ABM Treaty
4. PRC’s View on US ABM Treaty Withdrawal
5. PRC-Russian Strategic Talks
6. PRC-Japanese Relations
7. Cross-Straits Relations
8. PRC Navy’s Development
IV. Japan 1. New Security Law
2. Strife in the Democratic Party of Japan
3. War Memorial Panel

Muslims And The West After September 11

December 19, 2001 By Pervez Hoodbhoy I. Introduction This essay is by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, professor of physics at Quaid-e- Azam University, Islamabad. Hoodbhoy offers a brief history of the rise and fall of the Islamic world and consequently argues that terrorism cannot be resolved simply through military domination. Rather, a critical re-examination of US […]