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 […]
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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 […]
Withdrawal of US Nuclear Weapons from Korean Peninsula
As a result of President Bush’s unilateral disarmament initiatives in 1991, all U.S. nuclear weapons were withdrawn from South Korea. Yet U.S. authorities have never publicly confirmed the withdrawal from the Peninsula, and rumors have persisted — particularly in North and South Korea — that nuclear weapons might still be present. This excerpt from the […]
US-Korean Nuclear Relations
The Korean peninsula has played a central role in US nuclear planning since the Korean War. Cold War nuclear deployments in South Korea by the United States are documented in the article “Where They Were.” Examples of modern planning are available here. FOIA Documents >> Post-Cold War nuclear planning >> US nuclear strike training and […]
The Nautilus Institute Nuclear Strategy Project: The Sun City Study
After the signing of the START II treaty in January 1993, the Clinton administration’s goal of further cutting the military budget and the Bottom-up Review prompted STRATCOM to conduct a study of alternative force structures. The study examined nine different force structures, six of which were at the 3,500 START II accountable limit. Option 1 […]
The Nautilus Institute Nuclear Strategy Project: STRATCOM’s View
In November 1992, shortly after the Washington Summit Agreement between the United States and Russia — and a few months before the START II Treaty was signed, representatives for US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) went to Washington, DC, to brief Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell about the implications […]