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 […]
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. […]
CONTENTS
1. US Military Support for ROK
2. PRC Anti-Terror Efforts
3. PRC View of Afghan Government
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter-Korean Relations
2. DPRK Foreign Policy
III. Japan 1. Chogin Tokyo Credit Union and Chongryun
IV. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC-DPRK Relations
2. PRC-US Relations
3. PRC’s Entry into WTO
4. PRC on Anti-terrorism and Afghanistan Issue
5. US-Russian Summit
CONTENTS
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
CONTENTS
1. Inter-Korean Talks Extended
2. Reunion of Separated Families
3. ROK Military Purchase
4. PRC Entry into WTO
5. Taiwan Entry into WTO
6. PRC Business with Rogue Nations
7. Cross-Strait Relations
8. Japanese Military Deployment
II. Republic of Korea 1. US-ROK Defense Ministers Talks
2. DPRK Envoy UN Appointment
3. Inter-Korean Talks
III. Japan 1. Opinion on Japanese Support for US
2. Analysis of Japanese Logistical Support for US
3. Salvage of Ehime Maru
4. Reconstruction of Afghanistan
5. Revision of Peacekeeping Operations Law
November 9, 2001 By Zia Mian I. Introduction This essay is by Dr. Zia Mian who currently researches South Asian security issues for the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. He has taught at Princeton, Yale, and Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad, Pakistan). In his […]
November 9, 2001 By Mohammed Ayoob I. Introduction This essay is by Mohammed Ayoob, Distinguished Professor of International Relations at James Madison College, Michigan State University. Ayoob cautions against the current wooing of Pakistan by the US, as it threatens to undermine future relations between the US and India. While Pakistan may play a crucial […]
