North Korea: Q&A

North Korea: Q&A, Tania Branigan, The Guardian, 25 May 2009 “This time we will likely get a stronger response than [to the] rocket launch since there is no ambiguity … but whether the council will have any tools to use is another question. Against North Korea, it seems highly unlikely.”

ADF plays down warlord’s role on crucial supply chain

ADF plays down warlord’s role on crucial supply chain, Mark Dodd and Jeremy Kelly, The Australian, 28 April 2009 “The politics of Uruzgan are pretty messy, and while there is no record of the Australians having done this before (hiring warlords) – the Americans have been doing it for a long time – paying for […]

Analysts: China Looking to U.S. on N. Korea

Analysts: China Looking to U.S. on N. Korea, Pascale Trouillaud, Agence France-Presse, 15 April 2009. “China sees the nuclear issue as a problem between the United States and North Korea,” said Scott Bruce, the U.S. operations director for the Nautilus Institute, a think tank that specializes in international affairs. “China is waiting for the United […]

UN condemns NKorean rocket

UN condemns NKorean rocket, Joanna McCarthy with Peter Hayes, Asia Connect, Radio Australia, ABC, 14 April 2009 The United Nations Security Council has issued a statement unanimously condemning North Korea’s long-range rocket launch. It is a compromise position after intense negotiations to overcome a week of deadlock between the major powers. Japan had been pushing […]

Back to Square One?

Back to Square One?, (video) Fred Katayama, Reuters, 14 April 2009, Interview with Steve Noerper, Nautilus Institute Senior Associate.

North Korea Seeks Political Gain From Rocket Launch

North Korea Seeks Political Gain From Rocket Launch, Choe Sang-Hun, Helen Cooper and David E. Sanger, New York Times, 6 April 2009 Peter Hayes, director of the Nautilus Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank, said the main motivation behind the launch was “to demonstrate the strength and vitality of Kim Jong Il’s leadership to the […]

Yudhoyono backs down on nuclear power plans

Yudhoyono backs down on nuclear power plans, Tom Allard, Age, 6 April 2009 Analysts such as Professor Richard Tanter, from RMIT University in Melbourne, had been expecting that Indonesia could move swiftly to approve as many as four nuclear power plants on the Muria peninsula in the north of Central Java province once the country’s […]

Indonesia/ Presidente sospende progetto centrale nucleare

Indonesia/ Presidente sospende progetto centrale nucleare, ?Wall Street Italia, 6 April 2009 Analisti come il professor Richard Tanter dell’RMIT University, si aspettavano che il Paese, dopo le elezioni di quest’anno, approvasse il piano per la realizzazione di 4 centrali.

‘N. Korea Yelling to Seek Equal Footing in Talks’

‘N. Korea Yelling to Seek Equal Footing in Talks’, Dong-a Ilb, 23 March 2009 Peter Hayes, executive director of the Nautilus Institute in San Francisco, said “The North is doing preparatory work to get what it wants”, referring to the North’s preparation for a missile launch, rejection of U.S. food aid, and the detention of […]