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.
On visits to North Korea since Kim Jong Un came to power, Rudiger Frank has seen growing evidence of a more diverse and cash-based economy. These signs of creeping reform are evidence of North Korea’s desire for change, but achieving real transformation remains a long and delicate process.
Rudiger Frank is Chair Professor of East Asian Economy and Society at the University of Vienna and Head of the Department of East Asian Studies. He has visited North Korea numerous times.
This report was originally published by Global Asia in June of 2013 (V8N2).
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Roger Cavazos asks, “What happened to Ambassador Robert King’s invite to North Korea?” How could things have gone so disastrously off-track in 72 hours and what does it mean for the future of the relationships between the U.S. and North Korea? Roger Cavazos is a Nautilus Institute Associate and retired US military officer with assignments in the intelligence and policy communities.
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DETERRENCE: Statement on Chemical Weapons Use in Syria and the International Response DPRK: Engaging enemies: Fraught with Risk, Necessary for Peace ENERGY SECURITY: Climate at Five Minutes to Midnight: IPCC Head GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Assembly Mulls Rebellion Arrest CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Supporting Decision-Making for Effective Adaptation AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Australian Spies in Global Deal to Tap Undersea Cables DETERRENCE: […]
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Heonik Kwon writes: China and North Korea have varying and even contradictory interests in the history of thei…
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Saleem Janjua advocates an analysis of how organizations learn from their own experience, other organizations, and how they develop their own internal understanding and framework for action under climate change.
Saleem Janjua is the Climate Change Adpation contributor to the NAPSNet Weekly Report, and the Editor of AdaptNet.
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DETERRENCE: Legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons DPRK: N.Korea Seeks Four-Party Nuclear Talks ENERGY SECURITY: The Next Hurricane, and the Next GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: China VP tells S. Korea he’s ‘very furious’ over Japan’s rightward shift CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Using Science for Disaster Risk Reduction: Report of the ISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Group DETERRENCE: Legality of […]
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Hayes and Cavazos suggest that a DMZ Peace Park could be a valuable and attractive element of inter-Korean coo…
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DETERRENCE: How to Deter Terrorism DPRK: Sustainable security in the Korean Peninsula: Envisioning a Northeast Asian Biodiversity corridor ENERGY SECURITY: Climate panel cites near certainty on warming GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Thousands rally in Seoul over relations with North Korea CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Risk management and climate change: The role of the financial services sector AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Pine Gap’s role […]
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In this policy forum essay, Peter Hayes argues that a determined non-state nuclear terrorist can choose to threaten any one of hundreds of cities, with a nuclear weapon, with a radiological weapon, or by attacking nuclear facilities. The key risk reduction measures are to reduce numbers and increase security of nuclear weapons; favor urban form that increases urban resilience; and ensure spent fuel and reactors are extremely difficult to attack.
Peter Hayes is Professor of International Relations, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia and Director, Nautilus Institute.
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James Goodby and Markku Heiskanen assess the significance of the recently reached agreement to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex. They write: “it shows a readiness to negotiate on both sides and could be seen as a first success for “trustpolitik,” President Park’s description of her hopes for North-South relations. Perhaps it signals the beginning of a new day in Korea.”
James Goodby is a former US ambassador to Finland now affiliated with Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and with the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.
Markku Heiskanen is a retired Finnish diplomat, now program director of The Asia Institute in Seoul.
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