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.
United States 1. US Missile Defense The US Pentagon that is developing defenses against missile attack has decided to skip two tests of its ability to intercept mock warheads in space, saving about US$200 million, an official said Wednesday. The tests were to have been held this winter and spring. Pentagon officials have said they […]
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United States 1. Iraq Arms Declaration In a surprise decision late Sunday, the Security Council agreed to give the US, Russia, France, the PRC, and Britain full access to Iraq’s arms declaration, U.N. officials and diplomats said. The other 10 council members, will only see the declaration once it is translated, analyzed and gleaned of […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. US ROK Schoolgirls Apology US President George W. Bush has apologized to the ROK people for the death of two schoolgirls killed by US soldiers in a traffic accident. The June 13 deaths inflamed anti-US passions here and the acquittal of the soldiers last week of negligent homicide sparked widespread protests. “President […]
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United States 1. US on Agreed Framework The Washington File carried the following report and transcript: “The U.S. government has not made any final decision about the status of its Agreed Framework with North Korea following North Korea’s admission that it has been working on a uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons, says a top […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Nuclear Issue The DPRK said on Wednesday it would not make the first move to defuse a dispute over its nuclear weapons program, and insisted the US sign a non-aggression pact first. Consul General Ri To Sop, the DPRK’s top diplomat in Hong Kong, also told Reuters that any move to […]
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United States 1. Powell on ‘Global Unity’ on DPRK Nuclear Issue The US State Department Information Services carried a transcript of US Secretary of State Colin Powell on the DPRK Nuclear Issue which read: Secretary of State Colin Powell says he believes there is global agreement on the need to exert pressure on the DPRK […]
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United States 1. US-RF Response to DPRK Nuclear Weapons Development US Under Secretary of State John R. Bolton briefed Russian officials for a second day today on US intelligence evidence that the DPRK has an active nuclear weapons program. Russian officials, who indicated on Monday that the initial evidence fell short of proof, were silent […]
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Republic of Korea 1. DPRK on SEZ Chief The DPRK has worked out a compromise with the PRC to sack Chinese-born Dutch businessman Yang Bin from his post of governor of the DPRK’s fledgling capitalist enclave. The deal was aimed at defusing a diplomatic row as DPRK leader Kim Jong-Il plans to visit Beijing this […]
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United States 1. Smallpox Possession US intelligence believes four nations other than the US – Iraq, the DPRK, Russia and France – probably possess hidden supplies of the smallpox virus, a US official said. Al-Qaida is also believed to have sought samples of smallpox to use as a weapon, but US officials don’t believe the […]
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United States 1. US Congress on PRC Human Rights The US Congress urged President George W. Bush to impose new pressure on the PRC over its human rights record, in a new report which top senators claimed pulled no punches. The report was the first issued by the Congressional Executive Commission on the PRC, established […]
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