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. Global Nuclear Material International researchers have compiled what they say is the world’s most complete database of lost, stolen and misplaced nuclear material — depicting a world awash in weapons-grade uranium and plutonium that nobody can account for. “It truly is frightening,” Lyudmila Zaitseva, a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Institute for […]
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United States 1. US Nuclear Policy The Bush administration is no longer standing by a 24-year-old US pledge not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, a senior administration official said yesterday. John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, said in an interview, “The idea that fine theories of deterrence work […]
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United States 1. US Policy and the “Axis of Evil” US President George W. Bush said he would keep “all options available” for dealing with Iran, Iraq and the DPRK. “Make no mistake about it, if we need to, we will take necessary action to defend the American people. And I think that statement was […]
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United States 1. US Anti-terror War US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday held out the possibility that US commandos will still be in Afghanistan next year hunting down Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee that one purpose of President Bush’s request for US$10 billion advance for the war […]
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United States 1. Afghanistan Reconstruction Afghanistan’s interim government is seeking US$22 billion over 10 years from international donors meeting in Japan next week. Charge d’Affaires Haron Amin said that his government had estimated needs of US$45 billion over 20 years but was asking for $22 billion for the first decade. “Afghanistan Reconstruction” (NAPSNet Daily Report, […]
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United States 1. US Nuclear Policy US President George W. Bush remains committed to upholding the moratorium on underground nuclear weapons testing, he says that the country should reduce the time it will take to resume such tests should they be needed. Bush has not ruled out conducting nuclear testing to make sure the stockpile, […]
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United States 1. US-Philippines Anti-Terrorism The US intensified its military build-up in the southern Philippines on Friday. Colonel William Ball, deputy chief of the US special forces command in the Pacific region arrived in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga along with 30 other officers. Arroyo insists that the 660 US troops coming to the […]
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United States 1. US Withdrawal from ABM Treaty US President George W. Bush gave formal notice on Thursday that the US will withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. Bush said that the September 11 attacks proved the need to develop ways “to protect our people from future terrorists or rogue state missile attacks.” […]
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Korea 1. DPRK-US Relations The DPRK accused the US of increasing tensions on the Korean peninsula and said that it would resist what it called the US’s hostile policy. The DPRK warned the US it would build up its military to counter what it said was the US “strong-arm policy” against the DPRK. “ROK-DPRK-US Relations” […]
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Koreas 1. Inter-Korean Relations DPRK ruling party’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland attributed the breakdown of the ministerial talks to ROK Unification Minister Hong Soon-young’s “imprudent anti-North attitude.” “Inter-Korean Relations” (NAPSNet Daily Report, November 26, ROK) “Inter-Korean Relations” (NAPSNet Daily Report, November 28, US) “ROK-DPRK Relations” (NAPSNet Daily Report, November 29, US) […]
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