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 30 July, 2010

  1. US-DPRK Military Talks
  2. DPRK Nuclear Program
  3. Sino-DPRK Relations
  4. Cross Strait Relations
  5. US Troops in Japan
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NAPSNet Daily Report 30 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. US-DPRK Military Talks
  3. DPRK Nuclear Program
  4. Sino-DPRK Relations
  5. Cross Strait Relations
  6. US Troops in Japan
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NAPSNet Daily Report 29 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. US on Sino-DPRK Relations
  3. DPRK-Burma Relations
  4. ROK Civil Society on Naval Ship Sinking
  5. US-Japan Nuclear Agreement
  6. PRC Military Exercises
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NAPSNet Daily Report 29 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. US on Sino-DPRK Relations
  3. DPRK-Burma Relations
  4. ROK Civil Society on Naval Ship Sinking
  5. US-Japan Nuclear Agreement
  6. PRC Military Exercises
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NAPSNet Daily Report 28 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. DPRK on Nuclear Program
  3. Russia on ROK Ship Sinking
  4. ROK-Libyan Relations
  5. Japan Defense Posture
  6. PRC-Russia Nuclear Cooperation
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NAPSNet Daily Report 28 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. DPRK on Nuclear Program
  3. Russia on ROK Ship Sinking
  4. ROK-Libyan Relations
  5. Japan Defense Posture
  6. PRC-Russia Nuclear Cooperation
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Policy Forum 10-041: Will North Korea Be Able to Overcome the Third Wave of Its Collapse?

Suk Hi Kim, Professor of Finance and Editor of North Korean Review at the University of Detroit Mercy, addresses the problem of the third wave of the North Korean collapse in the first decade of the 2000s and asks if North Korea will overcome it.  The author explains that a combination of unique cultural and historical factors, including the part played by Neo-Confucianism, the principle of self-reliance (Juche), and the military-first policy (Songun), have contributed to the survival of the crisis-ridden and impoverished North Korean state in the post-Soviet era.  Examining these factors in conjunction with established prediction scenarios, the paper argues that the collapse of North Korea in the near future is an unlikely event.  Because North Korea will be around for sometime to come, confidence-building initiatives are needed to resolve longstanding security, energy, and economic issues between the country, the major powers, and other regional actors.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 27 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. DPRK Nuclear Program
  3. PRC on DPRK Sanctions
  4. Japan Defense Policy
  5. PRC Energy Security
  6. ROK Climate Change
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NAPSNet Daily Report 27 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. DPRK Nuclear Program
  3. PRC on DPRK Sanctions
  4. Japan Defense Policy
  5. PRC Energy Security
  6. ROK Climate Change
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NAPSNet Daily Report 26 July, 2010

  1. I. Napsnet
  2. US Sanctions on DPRK
  3. US, ROK on DPRK Regime Change
  4. ROK Green Energy
  5. Japan-PRC Environmental Cooperation
  6. PRC Energy Security
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