NAPSNet Daily Report 12 November, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

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

Walk Softly in Nuclear South Asia

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 […]

ROCKY ROAD TO ASIAN PEACE

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 […]

NAPSNET Week in Review 9 November, 2001

Korea 1. Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks Inter-Korean minister talks opened Friday with the two countries showing a sharp divide over the ROK anti-terror security measures. The DPRK opened talks blaming the ROK for the stalemate. According to ROK media reports, ROK Unification Minister Hong Soon-young, head of a five-member delegation to the inter-Korean talks in Mount […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 07 November, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Policy toward DPRK
2. ROK-US Terrorism Talks
3. ROK-PRC Relations
4. Cross-Strait Economic Relations
5. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
6. US-Philippines Military Cooperation
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-ASEAN Talks
2. DPRK Official’s Trip Cancellation
3. Japanese Aid to DPRK
4. Alleged DPRK Terrorism Connections
5. Joint ROK-US Military Exercises
6. US Request for ROK Troops
III. Japan 1. Compensation for Ehime Maru
2. Japanese Logistical Support for US
3. Revision of Peacekeeping Operations Law
4. Japanese Participation in Peacekeeping Operations

Shining light on investment– The Sudan Peace Act

By Leif Brottem and Sandy Buffett November 6, 2001 I. Introduction Sandy Buffett and Leif Brottem are Senior Program Officer and Program Officer for the Globalization and Governance Project at The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development. The authors assert that the lack of transparency and disclosure in the global financial system degrades long-term […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 06 November, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK-US Military Excercises
2. DPRK Leader Cancellation of Trip to Middle East
3. PRC Missile Test
4. German Arms Sales to Taiwan Denial
5. US on Cross-Strait Relations
II. Japan 1. Free Trade Area in Asia
III. Russian Federation 1. PRC-Ukraine Defense Industrial Cooperation
2. RF Media on PRC Everyday Life
3. Japan’s participation in the Anti-Terrorist Campaign
4. DPRK and Anti-Terrorist Campaign
5. RF Fighter in ROK Air Force Tender