“East Asian Regional Security Futures: Theater Missile Defense Implications” The United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, June 24-5, 2000 NMD, TMD, Arms Control by GU GuoliangAfter the end of the Cold War, the United States became the only superpower in the world. While the international situation as a whole is relaxing, the United States, which possesses […]
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South Asia Papers
The Nautilus Institute South Asia Scenarios Li Zhimin and Li Feizhi, Science & Technology Information Center of China Academy of Engineering Physics Impact of South-Asia’s Nuclear Tests upon CTBT Robert S. Norris, Natural Resources Defense Council India and Pakistan, At the Crossroads Robert S. Norris and William M. Arkin of the Natural Resources Defense Council, […]
Selected Criteria for Inter-Governmental and Non-Governmental Groups
Prepared for the “Forging New Links: Promoting and Protecting Human Rights and the Environment” Roundtable held in San Francisco, CA, on January 14, 1999. 1. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): These guidelines were developed to be of use to industry, governments and NGOs in the development and implementation of voluntary initiatives. This effort builds upon UNEP’s […]
The Internet and International Systems: Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decision-making Workshop: Authors / Conference Contributors
The Internet and International Systems: Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decisionmaking December 10 – San Francisco, CA Philip Agre UCLA Associate Professor Department of Information Studies Philip E. Agre is an associate professor of information studies at UCLA. He received his PhD in computer science from MIT in 1989, having conducted dissertation research in […]
Department of Defense Responds to Proposal to Homeport U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Japan Without Nuclear Weapons 1999 July 19
july 19, 1999 Department of Defense Responds to Proposal to Homeport U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Japan Without Nuclear Weapons Original FOIA document In response to a proposal from the U.S. Ambassador to Japan that homeporting of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Japan be done without nuclear weapons onboard, U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird responded […]
NAPSNet Daily Report February 26, 1998
IN TODAY’S REPORT: I. United States 1. US Reaction to Kim Dae-jung’s Inauguration 2. DPRK Defectors 3. US MIAs 4. Confirmation of ROK Prime Minister 5. Russian Nuclear Safety I. United States 1. US Reaction to Kim Dae-jung’s Inauguration State Department Spokesman James Rubin (“STATE DEPARTMENT NOON BRIEFING,” USIA Transcript, 02/25/98) stated that […]
Technological Alternatives to Reduce Acid Gas and Related Emissions from Energy-Sector Activities in Northeast Asia November, 1996
1.Introduction and Background Of the many environmental concerns currently facing the nations of Northeast Asia, the problem of “acid rain” or “acid precipitation” presents perhaps the most potent combination of immediate and ongoing impact and regional scope. “Acid rain” , (as described in more detail in other papers in this series) is a general, though […]
NPR Working Group #5: The 1994 Nuclear Posture Review
NPR Working Group #5: The Relationship Between Alternative Nuclear Postures and Counterproliferation Policy Disclosure of portions of the Bush administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) has resurfaced the issue of what role the US nuclear posture should have in deterring and, if necessary, defeating, the acquisition and use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD by so-called […]
1992 CINCPAC China Assessment
Following the demise of the Soviet Union, the United States was struggling with analyzing its new security situation and foreign challenges. James Woolsey, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, said that, “We have slain a large dragon. But now we live in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.” In listing […]