Daily Report Archives
Established in December 1993, the Nautilus Institute’s *N*ortheast *A*sia *P*eace and *S*ecurity *N*etwork (NAPSNet) Daily Report served thousands of readers in more than forty countries, including policy makers, diplomats, aid organizations, scholars, donors, activists, students, and journalists.
The NAPSNet Daily Report aimed to serve a community of practitioners engaged in solving the complex security and sustainability issues in the region, especially those posed by the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program and the threat of nuclear war in the region. It was distributed by email rom 1993-1997, and went on-line in December 1997, which is when the archive on this site begins. The format at that time can be seen here.
However, for multiple reasons—the rise of instantaneous news services, the evolution of the North Korea and nuclear issues, the increasing demand for specialized and synthetic analysis of these and related issues, and the decline in donor support for NAPSNet—the Institute stopped producing the Daily Report news summary service as of December 17, 2010.
John Parker, is a freelance writer based in Thailand, writes: “The nuclear cat is well and truly out of the bag, which means that the military option for reunification has slipped from Seoul’s fingers for good; and will only be possible for Pyongyang if the US pulls out of South Korea completely without leaving any nuclear weapons behind – still a very unlikely scenario, recent force cuts notwithstanding. That leaves the other option: restore nuclear weapons to the South in full awareness that this could start an arms race which might lead to the collapse of the DPRK.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 03, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 03, 2005 I. United States 1. DPRK on Nuclear Talks / Missile Program 2. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 3. DPRK on Missile Program 4. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. US on DPRK Missile Program 6. US, PRC on DPRK Nuclear Issue 7. […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 02, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 02, 2005 I. United States 1. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 2. PRC, ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks 4. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 6. IAEA on DPRK Nuclear Talks 7. Pakistan […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 01, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 01, 2005 I. United States ——— 1. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. ROK, PRC on DPRK Nuclear Issue 4. DPRK on Nuclear Program 5. IAEA on DPRK Nuclear Program 6. Japanese Regulations on DPRK Shipping 7. DPRK […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 28, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 28, 2005 I. United States 1. US, ROK, and Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. PRC, Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 4. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 6. PRC, ROK on DPRK […]
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Adam Miles, staff member at the East Asia Policy Education Project for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, writes: “Concerns about North Korea’s nuclear proliferation and human rights abuses will be better addressed through policies that promote engagement. After years of resistance to negotiating with North Korea, it may be up to Congress to help get the situation back on track.”
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Dr. Soyoung Kwon, post-doctorate fellow at the Asia-Pacific Research Centre of Stanford University, and Glyn Ford, member of the Korean Peninsula Delegation in the European Parliament, write: “Security and the economy are North Korea’s two top priorities. All of which seems to indicate that Kim Jong Il is firmly behind and committed to the economic reform process. For those who favor a changing regime rather than regime change the message is clear. Now is the time to engage.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 24, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 24, 2005 I. United States 1. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 2. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. US, ROK, Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 4. Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Issue 6. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Issue 7. […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 23, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 23, 2005 I. United States 1. US, ROK, Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 4. US, PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 6. US on DPRK Nuclear […]
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Ralph A. Cossa, president of the Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu-based non-profit research institute affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, writes: “North Korea has effectively played a ‘divide and conquer’ game throughout the nuclear stand-off. If it receives conflicting signals from Washington, Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, and Moscow in the face of this latest provocation, it will be encouraged to continue this tactic. The time has come for the other five finally to begin speaking with one voice to Pyongyang, to hold it accountable for its own words and actions.”
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