Two Months and Counting

November 21, 2001 By Wade Huntley I. Introduction The following essay is by Wade Huntley, Director of the Program on Global Peace and Security at the Nautilus Institute. Huntley, reflecting on a recent visit to the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers, asserts that responses to the September 11 attacks and their aftermath […]

Can the US War on Terrorism be Justified?

November 21, 2001 By Dr. W. Pal S. Sidhu I. Introduction This piece is by Dr. W. Pal S. Sidhu, an associate at the New York City based International Peace Academy. Sidhu asserts that the US-led war in Afghanistan is wrong-headed and unjust, and that the current unilateral approach to combating terrorism by the US […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 21 November, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK Aid to DPRK
2. Japanese Support of War on Terror
3. US-Japan Smallpox Project
4. Reconstruction of Afghanistan
5. US Military Support to Philippines
II. Republic of Korea 1. Trilateral Talks on DPRK
2. US Policy towards ROK
III. Japan 1. Japanese Logistical Support for US
2. Opinion on Japanese Support for US
3. Search of Ehime Maru
4. Japan-US-ROK Military Drill
5. MOX Shipment from Japan to Britain
6. Ratification of Anti-terrorism Treaty

A Rational System of Government for Afghanistan

November 16, 2001 By Dr. Abdul Hay Kayoumy I. Introduction This essay is by Dr. Abdul Hay Kayoumy, a retired senior-economist from the IMF and former professor of economics at the University of Washington at Seattle. Dr. Kayoumy contends that a true representative democratic government is the only means of reconstructing a historically battered and […]

NAPSNET Week in Review 16 November, 2001

Koreas 1. Inter-Korean Relations Inter-Korean talks aimed at reviving reconciliation broke off without a deal on November 14, with the DPRK blaming the ROK of provoking it by putting its forces on alert. The ROK media on Thursday intensified their criticisms of ROK President Kim Dae-Jung’s policy and chastised the DPRK for the talks’ failure. […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 14 November, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Inter-Korean Talks Fail
2. US and Russia Reduces Nuclear Weapons
3. Japanese Contribution to War on Terror
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter-Korean Talks
2. Trans-Korean Railway Talks
3. DPRK-PRC Relations
III. Japan 1. Japanese Logistical Support for US
2. Opinion on Japanese Support for US
3. Revision of Peacekeeping Operations Law
4. Japan-EU Treaty on Nuclear Energy
IV. Russian Federation 1. RF-DPRK Municipal-Level Relations
2. RF Media on DPRK