September 20, 2001 By Michael Klare I. Introduction This essay is by Michael Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, and is based on a talk he gave at Smith College on September 13, 2001. Klare argues that the September 11 attacks stemmed from opposition to the ruling regime […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report 20 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK Defectors
2. Reunion of Separated Families
3. Bush’s Asia Tour
4. World War II Reparations
II. Republic of Korea 1. Kim Jong-il’s Army Inspections
The ‘War’ on Terrorism
September 19, 2001 By Ramesh Thakur I. Introduction The following essay is by Ramesh Thakur, vice rector (Peace and Governance) at United Nations University in Tokyo and a specialist on security issues. These are his personal views. Dr. Thakur argues that terrorism is a global problem, and that the attack on the United States was […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 19 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. ROK-DPRK Relations
2. Analysis of Inter-Korean Relations
3. UN Role in US Retaliation
4. Taiwan Participation in WTO
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter-Korean Talks
2. ROK-US Talks
3. IAEA on DPRK
III. Japan 1. US Allies’ Reaction to Attacks
People are the only solution to terror
September 18, 2001 By Mark Ritchie I. Introduction The following essay is by Mark Ritchie, President of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The author asserts that citizens and policymakers must sort through the ‘rubble of rhetoric’ and self-serving arguments emerging from the tragedies of September 11th. Ritchie suggests that […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 18 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. Alleged DPRK Nuclear Activities
2. Inter-Korean Agreements
3. DPRK Connections to Japan
4. Japan on US Retaliatory Efforts
5. PRC Views of US Retaliatory Efforts
6. PRC Border with Pakistan
7. PRC Entry into WTO
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-DPRK Talks
2. Kim Jong-il’s Inspection
3. ROK Participation in US Retaliation
III. Japan 1. Japanese Participation in US Retaliation
2. US Naval Movements from Japan
3. US Bases in Japan
IV. People’s Republic of China 1. DPRK-ROK Relations
2. DPRK-Japanese Relations
3. PRC Reaction to Attacks against US
4. UN Resolution on Attack against US
5. World Views of US Retaliation
6. Russian Air Force Modernization
“War on Terrorism: Implications for Asia”
September 17, 2001 By Ralph Cossa I. Introduction This article was contributed by Ralph A. Cossa, president of the Pacific Forum CSIS [pacforum@lava.net], a Honolulu-based non-profit research institute affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington and senior editor of Comparative Connections, a quarterly electronic journal [www.csis.org/pacfor]. Cossa reviews the likely effects […]
Now Comes the Real Danger
September 17, 2001 By Thomas Homer-Dixon I. Introduction The following essay is by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director of the Centre for the Study of Peace and Conflict at the University of Toronto. It originally appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail on September 12. The author argues that the attack demonstrated the downside of technological diffusion […]
The Coming “New” War
September 17, 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 argues that the “war” that the US is preparing to fight against global terrorism will be unlike previous wars in that it will be non-territorial and, […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 17 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK-ROK Talks
2. DPRK-ROK Condemnation of Terrorism
3. DPRK Demands US Troop Withdrawal
4. Cross-Strait Relations
5. PRC Relationship to Taliban
6. US Naval Movements from Japan
8. Russian View of US Retaliatory Strikes
9. US Withdrawal from ABM
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK on Terrorism
2. ROK-US Talks
3. Kim Jong-il’s Inspection
4. ROK Military Purchases