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.
Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, writes: “As a Hong Kong wisecrack has it, China has just had a couple of bad centuries and now it’s back. The world needs to adjust peacefully to its legitimate claims — one of which is for other nations to stop militarizing the Taiwan problem — while checking unreasonable Chinese efforts to impose its will on the region.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 24, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 24, 2005 I. United States 1. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. Sino-DPRK Relations 3. DPRK Economic Reforms 4. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. DPRK Nuclear Transfer Allegations 6. Hyundai and DPRK Nuclear Program 7. ROK on Inter-Korean Relations 8. Inter-Korean Cultural […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 23, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 23, 2005 I. United States 1. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. Sino-DPRK Relations 3. Inter – Korean Economic Cooperation 4. Russian Oil Exports to the DPRK 5. DPRK Economic Reforms 6. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 7. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 8. […]
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Kenneth Lieberthal is a professor of political science and of business administration at the University of Michigan, and is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was special assistant to the US president for National Security Affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council, 1998-2000. Kenneth Lieberthal writes: “North Korea is both morally repugnant and a maddening adversary in negotiations. But simply going through the motions of negotiation in the hope that regime change will somehow happen enhances Kim Jong-Il’s opportunity to develop and proliferate nuclear capabilities.”
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Discussion of “The Folly of Forcing Regime Change” Discussion of “The Folly of Forcing Regime Change” PFO 05-25A: March 22nd, 2005 Discussion of “The Folly of Forcing Regime Change” Kenneth Lieberthal CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Comments on Essay by Kenneth Lieberthal Comments by Ralph Cossa Response by Kenneth Lieberthal III. Nautilus invites your responses Go […]
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Discussion of “What is the Goal of the U.S. Policy toward North Korea: Nonproliferation or Regime Change?” Discussion of “What is the Goal of the U.S. Policy toward North Korea: Nonproliferation or Regime Change?” PFO 05-30A: March 22, 2005 Discussion of “What is the Goal of the U.S. Policy toward North Korea: Nonproliferation or Regime […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 22, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 22, 2005 I. United States 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Issue 2. US, Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 3. Japan on DPRK Nuclear Talks 4. DPRK on Japan Role in DPRK Nuclear Talks 5. DPRK on Nuclear Talks 6. Sino – DPRK Relations […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 21, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 21, 2005 I. United States 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. US on Sanctions on the DPRK 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. US on Military Option for DPRK 5. US on PRC Role in DPRK Nuclear Talks 6. PRC on […]
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The following is text of a speech given on March 8, 2005 by Desaix Anderson at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Desaix Anderson writes: “Kim Jong Il has repeatedly claimed, again last week, that North Korea seeks a solution that would eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs in exchange for ending U.S. hostility. Given the stakes, the U.S. is irresponsible not to test Kim’s real intentions by serious negotiations.”
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Young-Sun Lee, Professor of Economics at Yonsei University, and Deok Ryong Yoon, research fellow at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KEIP), write: “To make sure that North Korea does not return to its past state, more people must continue to show interest in the market system development in the North. Investment in various forms will help enlarge the basement for international cooperation as well.”
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