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.
by David von Hippel Contributing authors: Yi Wang, Kae Takase, Tetsunari Iida, Myungrae Cho, and Sun-Jin Yun 28 July 2015 I. Introduction David von Hippel writes that following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, there is an increasing ‘recognition that new paradigms are needed to deal with expanding complexity in the relationships between the issues and actors […]
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DETERRENCE: Effort to overhaul nuclear missile system expected to begin this fall DPRK: Why do North Koreans even vote? GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Debate over security bills masks clash of views on pacifist constitution CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: The Antalya report: Disaster risk reduction in a changing climate AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Australia and Indonesia: time for a rethink? DETERRENCE: Effort […]
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Potential Points of Entry The following links are a list of “Potential Points of Entry” for the insertion of sustainable and ethical investment rules. These points of entry are institutions and mechanisms at the global, national, and subnational level. These include the fora in which investor rights are negotiated and arbitrated, such as the WTO […]
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The Tesla Powerwall battery has the potential to demand further change of the utility industry, perhaps in some places shifting electricity provision to an entirely different business model. How the impact of the Tesla battery and related energy storage developments play out for traditional sources of power—including coal-fired and nuclear plants—will be fascinating to observe, and may force some hard choices and harder changes on the part of electric utilities.
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DETERRENCE: Only one Borei-class sub to join Russia’s Pacific Fleet this year — source DPRK: Kim Jong Un tours pesticide facility capable of producing biological weapons GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Draft law may test resilience of Chinese civil society CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Port Vila Climate Vulnerability Assessment – Abridged Report (draft) DETERRENCE: Only one Borei-class sub to join Russia’s […]
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by Peter Hayes and Richard Tanter 13 July 2015 I. INTRODUCTION This Special Report is an extract (Chapter 2) to the book Complexity, Security and Civil Society in East Asia, edited by Peter Hayes and Yi Kiho, published by Open Book Publishers in June 2015 (http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/326/). To read the entire book or download the free PDF […]
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DETERRENCE: When birds squawk, other species seem to listen DPRK: The national military strategy of the United States of America, 2015 GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: South Korea: Migrants and nationalism CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Application of GIS to support urban water management in adapting to a changing climate DETERRENCE: When birds squawk, other species seem to listen, Christopher Solomon (18 […]
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In this Policy Forum David von Hippel writes “With an eye on the Asian market, developers have proposed two LNG export terminals for the state of Oregon. Terminal developers and gas producers argue that there are substantial environmental and employment benefits to exporting LNG to Asia. The challenges faced by these proposed projects in receiving the myriad necessary construction and operation permits from federal, state, and local authorities, however, as well as consideration of the arguments going on between Oregon stakeholders at the state and local level, suggest caution is in order for East Asian nations in depending on substantial future LNG exports from the US before these (and other) terminals are actually built.”
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DETERRENCE: China’s People’s Liberation Army bans smartwatches GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: LDP media bashers put security bills in doubt CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: An ecology for cities DETERRENCE: China’s People’s Liberation Army bans smartwatches, Anthony Ware, C4ISR & Networks (13 May 2015) Software for battle management, command support, guiding smart weapons, uses millions of lines of code. State-run cyber-espionage […]
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by Peter Hayes, Yi Kiho and Joan Diamond 2 July 2015 I. INTRODUCTION This Special Report is an extract (Preface and Introduction) to the book Complexity, Security and Civil Society in East Asia, edited by Peter Hayes and Yi Kiho, published by Open Book Publishers in June 2015 (http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/326/). This book is devoted to improving our understanding […]
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