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.
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This essay is by Leon V. Sigal, Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council and author of “Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea.” This is the third in a series on the future of US relations with Northeast Asian countries under the administration of incoming US President George W. Bush. Sigal argues that the proposed US missile defense system is too far off to protect the United States from a possible DPRK missile attack, and, therefore, it is in the US interest to conclude a deal to terminate the DPRK’s missile program. Sigal outlines six myths, which he argues have prevented the conclusion of such a missile deal.
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Korea 1. ROK-US Coordination in DPRK Policy ROK President Kim Dae-jung’s office announced on Thursday that Kim will meet US President George W. Bush in Washington on March 7 for talks focusing on the DPRK. “ROK-US Summit” (NAPSNet Daily Report, February 15, US) “ROK-US Summit” (NAPSNet Daily Report, February 15, ROK) “ROK-US Summit” (NAPSNet Daily […]
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Missile Defense 1. Rumsfeld at Munich Conference According to the Washington Post, when US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld spoke at the Munich Conference on European Security Policy, he hoped to create a perception that the US-proposed NMD system was inevitable, in order to stop the issue from dividing NATO and to block Russian […]
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Korea 1. Inter-Korean Relations The militaries of the DPRK and the ROK reached full agreement on arrangements to reconnect a cross-border railway. The 41-point agreement called for opening a hotline between the two militaries and two checkpoints on either side of the military demarcation line (MDL), but not to allow military facilities in the area. […]
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