The Nautilus Peace and Security Network (NAPSNet) is a non-governmental information network launched by the Nautilus Institute in November 1993. NAPSNet covers the key areas of research and policy work of the Nautilus Institute nodes in San Francisco, Melbourne and Seoul, including Austral security, nuclear deterrence, energy security, climate change adaptation, the DPRK, governance and civil society and the links between these themes and the three regions in which our nodes are found—North America, Northeast Asia, and the Austral-Asia region.
The Weekly Report succinctly presents six items each week that we believe every reader should know about these fields.
Options For Rehabilitation Of Energy System & Energy Security & Energy Planning In DPR Of Korea This report by the DPRK delegation was presented at the Nautilus Institute’s Asian Energy Security Workshop in Beijing, China from May 12th to the 14th, 2004. The report states, “the most important task for the sustainable development of the […]
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NAPSnet Top Story: Rice, China’s NAPSNet Top Story: U.S.: No Normal Relations With N. Korea Citing concerns over human rights, a top State Department official said the US will not establish normal relations with the DPRK even if it fully meets U.S. demands for nuclear disarmament. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly made that point […]
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NAPSnet Top Story: Rice, China’s Jiang Discuss N.Korea Nuclear Issue U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice discussed the urgent issue of the DPRK’s nuclear ambitions with the PRC’s military chief Jiang Zemin in Beijing Thursday, but her host showed more interest in Taiwan. Rice and Jiang “discussed the need for North Korea to give up […]
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NAPSNet Top Story: Powell: No N. Korea Aid Until Disarmament Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the DPRK would be wasting its time if it holds out for economic benefits from the US before showing serious intent to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. “Powell: No N. Korea Aid Until Disarmament” AESNet Top Story: PIINTEC […]
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Compton Awards Nautilus $25,000 For DPRK Briefing Book Initiative The Compton Foundation has awarded the Nautilus Institute $25,000 in continued support for the DPRK Briefing Book. The DPRK Briefing Book is a set of briefing materials outlining US Policy options aimed at a peaceful resolution of the Korean Peninsula. The DPRK Briefing Book is the […]
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United States 1. Pakistan on DPRK Nuclear Devices Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who sold nuclear technology around the world, has told his interrogators that during a trip to the DPRK five years ago he was taken to a secret underground nuclear plant and shown what he described as three nuclear devices, according to […]
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United States 1. US on DPRK Attack Deterrence The US is capable of repulsing any swift attack from the DPRK in the Korean peninsula, the US military commander in the ROK confidently told a congressional hearing. General Leon Laporte said that aside from US and ROK troops, he was confident that US forces in the […]
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United States 1. US Vice President Asia Tour US Vice President Dick Cheney intends to visit Japan, South Korea and China next month to discuss the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program, the war in Iraq and trade policy. “US Vice President Asia Tour” (NAPSNet Daily Report, March 25, 2004) 2. UN Resolution on Weapons Proliferation The […]
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United States 1. US Missile Shield Democratic senators Thursday criticized the administration’s budget request for the missile defense program, questioning anew whether the system will ever work. Supporters urged continued funding for the program still in development. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., called the request for $10.2 billion “truly staggering” – the largest single-year funding request […]
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United States 1. US Post-Multilateral Talks Assessment US President Bush’s chief negotiator with the DPRK told a Senate panel on Tuesday that it was “quite possible” that the country had turned all 8,000 of its spent nuclear fuel rods into plutonium to fuel nuclear weapons. The assessment, by James A. Kelly, the assistant secretary of […]
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