Special Reports are longer, often more technical, documents consisting of entire articles, government statements, and other documents relevant to security and peace in Northeast Asia.
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DATA AND MODELING REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICITY GRID INTERCONNECTIONS
JAY GIRI MAY 9, 2019 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, Jay Giri “describes real-time grid management, control center EMS functions and inter-utility data exchange. It also describes the benefits and challenges of inter-utility grid management and examples of international utilities working together. It specifically addresses modeling requirements for international inter-utility operation. Finally, it describes an innovative […]
Go to the articleSYNTHESIS REPORT–NC3 SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIC STABILITY: A GLOBAL OVERVIEW
PETER HAYES, BINOY KAMPMARK, PHILIP REINER, DEBORAH GORDON MAY 5 2019 I. INTRODUCTION This essay is the Synthesis Report of a workshop of fifty NC3 experts held at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on January 22 to 23, 2019. Nine states have nuclear weapons and fourteen states have nuclear command, control, and communications […]
Go to the articleREDUCING NUCLEAR DANGERS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA: BILATERAL VERSUS MULTILATERAL APPROACHES
THOMAS GRAHAM APRIL 8 2019 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, Thomas Graham concludes: “As the two Koreas and the great powers, especially the United States, consider their options of the best political and legal framework in which to realize a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, it is prudent to note the strengths and weaknesses of the […]
Go to the articleRECENT ACTIVITIES IN THE DPRK MINERALS SECTOR
EDWARD YOON APRIL 3, 2019 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, Edward Yoon describes DPRK’s mineral resources with a special focus on the coal mining and iron ore industries, and their exports to China, focusing on where minerals are found and how they might be developed with financial input by overseas investors, and addresses the […]
Go to the articleDPRK INVESTMENTS IN COAL GASIFICATION DRIVEN BY LONG-RUN JUCHE AND AND SANCTIONS PROOFING
DAVID VON HIPPEL AND PETER HAYES FEBRUARY 6, 2019 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, David von Hippel and …
Go to the articleBEYOND THE SECOND TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT: TIME FOR REALISTIC NEXT STEPS
MORTON HALPERIN, PETER HAYES, CHUNG-IN MOON, THOMAS PICKERING, LEON SIGAL, PHILIP YUN FEBRUARY 1 2019 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, the authors conclude: “Although a U.S.-DPRK alliance is certainly not likely or even desirable, we have a chance to explore a US-DPRK security partnership if these overtures have substance; and if they do, we can […]
Go to the articleSOCIAL MEDIA STORMS AND NUCLEAR EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS: A DEEP DIVE AND SPEED SCENARIOS WORKSHOP REPORT
NAUTILUS INSTITUTE, TECHNOLOGY FOR GLOBAL SECURITY, PREVENTIVE DEFENSE PROJECT JANUARY 8, 2019 I. INTRODUCTION This workshop concluded that: “[I]ndividuals, organizations, and even states may start to use social media to try to provoke nuclear attacks against their adversaries; or for other political-ideological or religious reasons; that they will be effective in terms of reaching some […]
Go to the articleCITIES, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PREPAREDNESS FOR MAJOR THREATS
SUNIL DUBEY NOVEMBER 15, 2018 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, Sunil Dubey notes that by 2030, over 65% of total world population will live in cities. Cities confront the rising influence and penetration of social media platforms on all aspects of urban life. Although this virtual urban life makes cities smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable in many […]
Go to the articleOF VIRALITY AND VIRUSES: THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA
RENÉE DIRESTA NOVEMBER 8 2018 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, Renée DiResta argues that a confluence of three factors – mass consolidation of audiences onto a handful of social networks; the adoption of curatorial algorithms as a primary means of disseminating and engaging with content; and the ease of precision targeting of users via the leveraging of proprietary […]
Go to the articleDPRK IMPORTS OF GENERATORS IN RECENT YEARS: AN INDICATION OF GROWING CONSUMER CHOICE AND INFLUENCE ON ENERGY SUPPLY DECISIONS?
DAVID VON HIPPEL AND PETER HAYES NOVEMBER 2, 2018 I. INTRODUCTION In this Special Report, the authors find that “the data on generator imports …reinforces a picture of a DPRK in which a more vibrant, modernizing, increasingly (at least functionally) market-based economy is providing households, business, and institutions with the wherewithal to invest in both […]
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