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.
Nonproliferation and Arms Control 1. Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference The Acronym Institute continues its ongoing coverage of the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The conference President, Abdallah Baali of Algeria, is determined that the Conference should be successful in adopting some “realistic” recommendations by consensus. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei stressed the […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. ROK-DPRK Summit The ROK and the DPRK failed to reach agreement in their latest round of preparatory talks for the scheduled June summit meeting. The next round of talks is scheduled for May 8. The DPRK has indicated that it wants to include the issue of US troop withdrawal on the agenda, […]
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Nonproliferation and Disarmament 1. NPT Review Conference The Acronym Institute has a number of briefings on the ongoing Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. “What went wrong?” “The Nuclear Weapon States” “NPT Opens Smoothly” “Testing the NPT” BASIC is making available official speeches, draft texts, and related documents from the Review Conference. “The 2000 NPT Review […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. ROK-DPRK Summit The ROK and the DPRK reportedly made significant progress at a second round of talks at Panmunjom to prepare for June’s summit meeting. ROK officials dismissed media speculation that DPRK leader Kim Jong-il was planning to meet only briefly with ROK President Kim Dae-jung, and would leave the actual negotiations […]
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Nonproliferation and Arms Control 1. NPT Review Conference The UN has established a website for the 2000 Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The website will be updated with meeting agendas, background documents, press releases, and official statements. The US State Department International Information Program has opened a NPT website providing background information and […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. ROK-DPRK Summit The DPRK agreed to an ROK proposal to hold preliminary talks among working level officials at Panmunjom on April 22 to discuss preparations for the June summit meeting. “DPRK-ROK Summit” (Daily Report, April 21, ROK) “DPRK-ROK Summit” (Daily Report, April 20, ROK) “ROK-DPRK Summit” (Daily Report, April 20, PRC) “ROK-DPRK […]
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Disarmament 1. Russian Ratification of START II The Russian Duma on Friday voted 228 to 131 with four abstentions to ratify the START II nuclear arms reduction treaty. “Russia Lawmakers OK START II” “Federal Law On Ratification Of START II [Unofficial translation]” “Breakdown of Voting in Russia Duma on START-2” US arms control expert Don […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. ROK-DPRK Summit The ROK announced that it had reached an agreement for President Kim Dae-jung to visit Pyongyang June 12-14 to hold summit talks with DPRK leader Kim Jong-il. “Preparations for ROK-DPRK Summit” (Daily Report, April 12, US) “DPRK-ROK Summit” (Daily Report, April 12, PRC) “ROK-DPRK Summit” (Daily Report, April 11, US) […]
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Arms Control 1. International Arms Control Agreements Jozef Goldblat writes that the significance of the arms control agreements reached to date has been overshadowed by negative trends which threaten to bring the nuclear disarmament process to a halt. Thus he argues that several alternatives for reversing such trends should be considered. Daniel Plesch, of BASIC […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. Japan-DPRK Talks Japan and the DPRK concluded talks in Pyongyang on Friday without reaching any major breakthroughs. The two sides agreed to hold a second round of talks in late May in Tokyo. “DPRK-Japan Talks” (Daily Report, April 7, US) “Japan-DPRK Talks” (Daily Report, April 7, Japan) “DPRK-Japan Talks” (Daily Report, April […]
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