Daily Report Archives

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.

NAPSNet

NAPSNet Daily Report 11 March, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. Republic of Korea

1. Bilateral or Multilateral with DPRK?
2. DPRK’s Criticism against Grand National Party
3. ROK Support to Iraq War
4. ROK Labor Representative to Pyeongyang
5. DPRK’s Criticism on ROK’s Response to Plane Interception
II. Japan 1. Japan on War against Iraq
2. US Bases in Okinawa
3. Japanese Logistic Support in Arabian Sea
4. Japan-ASEAN Free Trade Area
4. DPRK Missile Exercise
5. Japan-DPRK Relations

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NAPSNet Daily Report 10 March, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Missile Fire Test
2. US Domestic Politics
3. DPRK on US Plane Interception
4. Japan on UN Iraq Resolution
5. Russia UN Iraq Resolution Opposition
6. US Approval of Moscow Treaty
7. Japan Spy Satellite
8. PRC National People’s Congress on Economic Restructuring
9. PRC Li Peng Retirement
10. DPRK Japan Humanitarian Funds
11. Japan Domestic Economy
II. Japan 1. Japan on War against Iraq
2. Anti-war Movement in Japan
3. Japan on its Nuclearization
III. People’s Republic of China 1. US-DPRK Relations
2. Nations’ Response towards the US-DPRK Air Confrontation
3. PRC’s Diplomatic Policy
4. ROK-DPRK Relations
5. US’s Security Policy
6. US-ROK War Games
7. US-Russia Relations

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Policy Forum 03-17A: A Bad Idea in Vietnam, an Even Worse Idea Today

Peter Hayes, Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute and Nina Tannenwald of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University argue that the 1966 JASON study on the first use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam is a stark warning that using or threatening to use nuclear weapons against Iraq, North Korea or transnational terrorists would make more likely increase the risk of nuclear weapons against the United States and its allies.

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Policy Forum 03-16A: Making the Case Against Calamity

In the essay below, Weinberg recounts his participation in the 1966 report that urged against the first-use of tactical nuclear weapons in the Vietnam war. Weinberg concludes that today the US should beware of moving beyond nuclear deterrence by developing low-yield weapons for attacking underground facilities. Steven Weinberg won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1979 and present teaches at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Nautilus Institute Policy Forum Online: A Bad Idea in Vietnam, an Even Worse Idea Today

Nautilus Institute Policy Forum Online: A Bad Idea in Vietnam, an Even Worse Idea Today Nautilus Institute Policy Forum Online: A Bad Idea in Vietnam, an Even Worse Idea Today PFO 03-17: March 9, 2003 A Bad Idea in Vietnam, an Even Worse Idea Today By Peter Hayes and Nina Tannenwald CONTENTS I. Introduction II. […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report 07 March, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK New Missile Tests?
2. US on DPRK Diplomacy
3. ROK on DPRK Missile Launch
4. ROK on US Troop Presence
5. DPRK on DPRK Nuclear Stand-off
6. Senator Lugar on US-DPRK Bilateral Talks
7. PRC Military Spending
8. PRC National People’s Congress
9. Japan Iraq Embassy Closure
10. Japan Domestic Economy

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NAPSNet Daily Report 06 March, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Missile Test Preparation
2. ROK on the DPRK Nuclear Threat
3. ROK on US Troop Presence
4. ROK-Japan DPRK Talks
5. Russia on US DPRK Attack
6. PRC on Iraq Resolution
7. PRC Domestic Economy
8. PRC on Oil Production
9. PRC on US and Cross-Straits Relations
10. PRC on US-DPRK Diplomacy
11. PRC Internet Development
12. ROK Internet Media
13. Japan Domestic Economy
14. KCNA Call for Non-Aggression Treaty
II. Japan 1. Japan’s View on US Policy to DPRK Kyodo
2. US-DPRK Relations Kyodo
3. Castro’s Visit to Japan
4. Japan’s Position to Iraq
5. Japan’s View to Iraq Situation
6. Japan-US Relations over Iraq and DPRK Issues
7. Japan-US Relations over DPRK Abductions’ Issue

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NAPSNet Daily Report 04 March, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK US Plane Interception
2. ROK-US Joint Military Exercise
3. PRC National People’s Congress
4. PRC-Taiwan Relations
5. PRC Domestic Economy
6. PRC on UN Iraq Veto
7. Japan Spy Satellite
8. DPRK World Cup Documentary
II. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. Issue #118

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Policy Forum 03-15A: The Reagan Solution to the North Korean Puzzle: Strategic Benign Neglect and Back-breaking Arms Race

Alexandre Y. Mansourov argues that Kim Jong Il is engaged in a two-level game whereby his domestic political and economic considerations are as important to him, if not more, as the signals, which he sends to and receives from the international community. The author believes that at the current stage of confrontation, Kim Jong Il is not interested in any sort of negotiations with the United States. Kim wants the Bomb, and North Korea will do its utmost to become a nuclear state, whether it will officially declare it outright or not. On its part, Washington refuses to negotiate with Pyongyang because it pursues a Reaganesque strategy, reminiscent of the old Cold War days, of mounting international isolation and an escalating arms race that will hopefully lead to an implosion of the bankrupt North Korean state. The author argues that the real danger from such an uncontrolled escalation of tensions is an accidental outbreak of hostilities contrary to the real intentions of all the parties concerned. Mansourov outlines the initial steps to be required to jump start constructive negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington at the time of total mutual distrust, zero credibility, and personal enmity among leaders. Mansourov is Associate Professor of Security Studies Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

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NAPSNet Daily Report 26 February, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Powell Asia Trip
2. DPRK on US War
3. ROK New Prime Minister
4. ROK Subway Arson Attack
5. US DPRK Humanitarian Aid
6. DPRK US Air Space Intrusion
7. DPRK Chemical Weapons
8. PRC Domestic Terrorism?
9. PRC-Russia DPRK Talks
10. US on PRC-Russia Iraq Resolution Status
11. Japan on DPRK Missile Test
12. Japan on Cost of Iraq War
II. Republic of Korea 1. New ROK Presidency Begins
4. Development of Gaeseong Complex in DPRK
6. Food Aid to DPRK from US and Australia
III. Japan 1. DPRK’s Fired Ground-to-Ship Missile
2. Japan-ROK Relations
3. US-DPRK Relations Kyodo
4. Japan-DPRK Relations

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