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.
This essay was contributed by Peter Hayes, Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute. It originally appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on June 28. Dr. Hayes argues that, in the wake of the summit, the real work of economic cooperation will be fraught with difficulties, particularly in regards to providing the energy needed for ROK enterprises that want to do business in the DPRK. Hayes maintains that the problem of the DPRK’s electric grid will require a long-term, holistic solution. He calls on the US to remove the DPRK from the list of terrorism-sponsoring states to allow World Bank involvement in rehabilitating the DPRK’s infrastructure.
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Nautilus Institute PFO 00-05: Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems Nautilus Institute PFO 00-05: Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems PFO 00-05C: June 29, 2000 After the Korean Summit: Into Thick Air? By Peter Hayes CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Essay by Peter Hayes III. Nautilus Invites Your Responses Go to essay […]
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This article is by Professor Victor Cha, an East Asia security specialist in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He is currently a Senior Fulbright Scholar in South Korea. Cha argues that the summit meeting in Pyongyang was long on atmospherics and short on substance. He says that while the summit had important cathartic effects on the Korean psyche, the hard work has yet to be done. He maintains that reunification and withdrawal of US troops are not issues that are going to be solved in the near term.
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Nautilus Institute PFO 00-05: Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems Nautilus Institute PFO 00-05: Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems PFO 00-05B: June 27, 2000 Let’s Not Summit Slap-Happy in Korea By Victor Cha CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Essay by Victor Cha III. Nautilus Invites Your Responses Discussion Go to essay […]
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This article by Timothy L. Savage, Program Officer for Global Peace and Security at the Nautilus Institute, appeared in the Korea Herald on June 21. Savage argues that the summit was an important first step in breaking down the ideological barrier that separates the two Koreas. By embracing Kim Dae-jung, DPRK leader Kim Jong-il signaled a move away from the official designation of the ROK as a puppet state, thus opening up the space to a “Korean” solution to the ongoing problem of the divided peninsula.
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Nautilus Institute PFO 00-05: Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems Nautilus Institute PFO 00-05: Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems PFO 00-05A: June 26, 2000 Koreans Take Steps to Solve Their Own Problems By Timothy L. Savage CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Essay by Timothy L. Savage III. Nautilus Invites Your Responses […]
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