LATEST REPORT July 31, 2002 Volume 2, #06 Ethical Goverenance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. World Summit Attracts 106 Leaders, Not USA 2. New Interpretation of NAFTA Chapter 11 Provisions 3. State employees’ pension fund flexes its muscle around the world 4. WRI report warns environmental risks could reduce shareholder value of […]
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INVnet Biweekly Update, June 11, 2002
LATEST REPORT June 11, 2002 Volume 2, #05 Ethical Governance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. Foreign Direct Investment: Not A Miracle Drug 2. Ex-RCA staffers get support in US for poisoning charges 3. Institutional Investors Press Largest Companies to Disclose Greenhouse Gas Emissions 4. A new model for social auditing 5. OECD Global Forum on […]
INVnet Biweekly Update, May 21, 2002
LATEST REPORT May 21, 2002 Volume 2, #04 Ethical Governance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. OECD re-launching the MAI? 2. Code ‘is failing’ to prevent rich companies from bribing officials 3. Mandatory social reporting–an idea whose time has come? 4. Philippines Back On US CalPERS Pension Fund Invest List OECD re-launching the MAI? Contributed by […]
INVnet Biweekly Update, May 7, 2002
LATEST REPORT May 7, 2002 Volume 2, #03 Ethical Governance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. Extracting the Bank from the Extractives 2. Global Warming and the Risks to Shareholder Value 3. The Environmental Legacy of Enron 4. Occidental Petroleum Cancels Columbia Plans 5. California Leads the Way in Corporate Governance Reform Extracting the Bank from […]
INVnet Biweekly Update, January 14, 2002
LATEST REPORT January 14, 2002 Volume 2, #01 Ethical Governance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. Review: “Pollution and capital markets in developing countries” 2. Global Reporting Initiative: new sectoral report released 3. Bush Calls for Review of Disclosure Rules Amid Concerns Over Enron Collapse 4. International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site Review: “Pollution and capital markets […]
INVnet Biweekly Update, November 9, 2001
LATEST REPORT November 9, 2001 Volume 1, #02 Ethical Governance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. Disconnect at Doha: INVnet feature by Globalization and Governance Program Director Lyuba Zarsky 2. An Optimistic View of the WTO Ministerial? 3. The negative impact of foreign investment on children’s health 4. Reforming the international financial architecture 5. Speaking out […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 26 October, 2001
Koreas 1. Inter-Korean Talks The DPRK notified the ROK that it would suspend the meeting until the ROK accepts the DPRK’s request to hold the sixth inter-Korean meeting in its resort mountain of Kumgang. The ROK made a compromise proposal to the DPRK saying the two sides could hold ministerial talks, scheduled for October 28-31, […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 28 September, 2001
DPRK 1. DPRK and Anti-Terrorism US officials confirmed that the US may ask the DPRK to provide intelligence on terror groups in its probe into the recent attacks in the US. ROK officials said that the DPRK contacted the US immediately after the attacks, andthat the DPRK’s private communication was more strongly worded than its […]
SANDNet Weekly Update, September 26, 2001
CONTENTS September 26, 2001 Volume 2, #38 Terrorist Attacks 1. Alleged PRC Links with Taliban 2. Alleged Terrorist Threats to PRC 3. Iraqi View of US Attacks Nuclear Issues 1. Pakistan Nuclear Policy 2. Nuclear Deterrence India 1. Indian Cooperation with US 2. Indian Anti-Militant Drive 3. Indian View of Pakistani Role in US Terrorism […]
US Post-Cold War Nuclear Planning in Korea
Following the ending of the Cold War and the withdrawal of nuclear weapons from South Korea, US planning has continued for nuclear strike missions against North Korea. Delivery of non-strategic bombs is now the responsibility of fighter wings based in the continental United States. In 1998, for example, F-15E fighter bombers of the 4th Fighter […]