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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Security Implications for an Independent East Timor
September 9, 1999 This is the latest in an ongoing series of articles on the crisis in East Timor. This article was contributed by John B. Haseman, former US defense attache to Indonesia. It will be published in a forthcoming issue of Jane’s Defense Weekly. ———————————– Security Implications for an Independent East Timor John B. […]
Go to the articlePress Release by US Representative Benjamin Gilman, Republican-New York
September 7, 1999 This is the seventh in an ongoing series of articles on the crisis in East Timor. The following is a statement by US Representative Benjamin Gilman, Republican New York, chairman of the House International Relations Committee. ———————————————— Press Release by US Representative Benjamin Gilman, Republican-New York Statement on East Timor by Rep. […]
Go to the articleWhat Jakarta’s Papers Say About East Timor
September 7, 1999 This is the third in an ongoing series of articles on the crisis in East Timor. This article is by Gerry van Klinken, editor of “Inside Indonesia” magazine in Australia. It appeared in The Age (Melbourne), on 8 September 1999. The article can also be found on the Inside Indonesia website at: […]
Go to the articleThe East Timor Disaster: A Failure of Asian Security
September 7, 1999 The following is the first in a series of analyses on last Friday’s independence vote in East Timor, and the resulting violence by paramilitary groups. This article is by Richard Tanter, Professor of International Relations at Kyoto Seika University, Japan, who has written widely on Indonesian politics and East Timor. ——————————- I. […]
Go to the articleFor East Timor, a Tough Transition to Independence
September 7, 1999 The is the second in a series of analyses on the current crisis in East Timor. This article is by Alan Dupont, director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at Australian National University’s Strategic and Defense Studies Center in Canberra. It originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune on Monday, September 6. ———————————————– […]
Go to the articleA Dark Scenario
September 7, 1999 This is the fourth in an ongoing series of articles on the crisis in East Timor. This article is by Gerry van Klinken, editor of “Inside Indonesia” magazine in Australia. It appeared in The Courier Mail (Brisbane), 7 September 1999. The article can also be found on the Inside Indonesia website at: […]
Go to the articleJakarta Must Prevent the Escalation of Violence
September 7, 1999 This is the fifth in an ongoing series of articles on the crisis in East Timor. This article is by Donald K. Emmerson, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Asia/Pacific Research Center. It originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune on September 6. ————————————— Jakarta Must Prevent the Escalation of Violence International […]
Go to the articlePress Release by US Senator Jack Reed, Democrat-Rhode Island
September 7, 1999 This is the sixth in an ongoing series of articles on the crisis in East Timor. This report is a statement from US Senator Jack Reed, Democrat-Rhode Island, who just returned from a trip to East Timor. ——————————— Press Release by US Senator Jack Reed, Democrat-Rhode Island Statement by Senator Jack Reed […]
Go to the articleWorld Media on East Timor, September 7, 1999
Tuesday, September 7, 1999, from Berkeley, California, USA The United States Information Agency (USIA) distributed the following digest of international media reports on the violence in East Timor. The digest includes items on PRC-Taiwan tensions, the expected DPRK missile test, and other regional security issues. The digest is comprised of an overall summary followed by […]
Go to the articleJapanese Nuclear Fuel Accident
Current Analysis Initial reports from wire services and Japanese sources indicate that the accident causing extensive evacuation in and around the town of Tokai in Japan was at a facility inside the Tokai Mura nuclear fuel fabrication facility. At this complex, plutonium is extracted and mixed with uranium oxide to make mixed oxide fuel. Nautilus […]
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