CAPP Newsletter Archive: July 2002
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July 2002 Table
of Contents
July 2002
Table
of Contents
Message from the Director
CAPP
in the News
New RAND Publications on Asia
RAND
Research Highlights
CAPP News and Events
Recommended
Resources
Message
from the Director
July's newsletter highlights RAND research ranging from reunification politics
in Korea, to economic issues in China, to IT in Asia. Enjoy the newsletter
and please
send any comments you have to Nina_Hachigian@rand.org.
-Nina Hachigian, CAPP Director
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How
and What Is Al Qaeda Doing?
Jerrold Green on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
May 31, 2002
Jerrold Green, senior political scientist and director of RAND's Center for
Middle East Public Policy, was part of a panel discussion on Al Qaeda and
the apprehension of a suspect accused of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack
on the United States. Read the Transcript...
U.S.
Wants Closer Ties with KL, Jakarta
Angel Rabasa in the Straits Times (Singapore)
May 4, 2002
According to the Straits Times, the United States is taking steps to foster
closer military ties with Malaysia and Indonesia. Angel Rabasa, a RAND analyst,
noted in the article that the September 11 attacks "have accentuated
the geopolitical importance of Southeast Asia, and showed that the two moderate
Muslim nations can be valuable allies in the struggle against terrorism." Of
Malaysia, he said, "It is a fact that although Prime Minister Mahathir...has
sometimes been very critical of the US, at the military level, the relationship
[between the US and Malaysia] is as excellent as ever."
Crisis
in Kashmir
David Shlapak and Chris Fair in the San Francisco Chronicle
June 7, 2002
This
article, examining the possible consequences of a nuclear conflict
between India and Pakistan, mentions co-author David Shlapak's
report that describes a RAND wargaming scenario depicting a
hypothetical India-Pakistan war that breaks out in 2005. Chris
Fair, an associate political scientist at RAND, said about
the tension between the two nations that "[the situation
is] more stable than you'd think. . . Pakistan well knows that
if it were to use its nuclear weapons and India were to retaliate
(with nuclear bombs), Pakistan would never be able to recover." Read
the Article...
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The
South Korean Debate over Policies toward North Korea: Internal
Dynamics
by Norman D. Levin and Yong-Sup Han
The Center for Asia Pacific Policy recently released the latest report in
a series about the debate in South Korea over the Kim administration's "sunshine" policy
towards North Korea. This second report focuses on the debate's internal
dynamics - the major actors involved and their roles in shaping the debate's
evolution. Read More...
The
Internet and Power in One-Party East Asian States
by Nina Hachigian
Washington Quarterly, Summer 2002
(Reprinted by permission)
The Internet poses a dilemma to authoritarian states. While it promises enticing
commercial advantages, it can also help politically empower populations and
potentially threaten regimes. Contrary to popular assumption, however, not
all one-party states try to maximize their control of the Internet. Leaders
of East Asian one-party states use a wide variety of strategies to retain
their power in the age of information technology. This article examines the
subtle choices regimes make about how to treat information technology. Read
the Article
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RAND
Research Highlights
SEC's Exemptive Power in Regulating Investment
Companies and Implications for China's Future Investment Fund
Law
In the United States, the use of exemptive power by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) has been integral to its oversight role. Pardee RAND Graduate
School student Feng Zeng argues that granting exemptions is an important
part of successful investment company regulation and that China's legislators
should consider a similar clause in China's upcoming Investment Fund Law.
This research was published in the May 2002 issue of the Economic Herald,
Beijing (reprinted by permission).
Read
the original article (in
Chinese) or the English translation
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CAPP
News and Events
CAPP
Advisory Board Meets
The
RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy held its 2002 board meeting
on May 10. Sandy Berger, former National Security Advisor,
was the keynote speaker at dinner. Read
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Pakistan's
Nuclear Future: How to Maintain Stability
in an Unstable Region?
CAPP
hosted a roundtable with Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan, Director
of the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Division, Strategic
Plans Division of the Joint Services Headquarters of Pakistan,
and current Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow. Brigadier Khan discussed
the effects of current tensions in South Asia on Pakistan's
current and future nuclear policies and the prospects of attaining
greater stability in the region. Read
More
Australian
Defence College Hosts Middle East Expert from RAND
Jerrold Green, Director of RAND's Center for Middle East Public Policy, recently
served as a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies
at the Australian Defence College, which is overseen by the Australian Department
of Defence. He delivered lectures on "US Policy Toward the Israel-Palestine
Dispute" and "Changing Trends in US Middle East Policy in Light
of the Events of September 11" to senior Australian military officers
and defense officials, representatives of foreign militaries, including the
United States Army and Air Force, and military forces from several Middle
Eastern and Asian countries. Read
more
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The following are newsgroups, magazines, portal sites, and other online resources that policy analysts, researchers, and others studying Asia-Pacific policy may find helpful. Please note that CAPP has no control over these sites and is not responsible for their content. Links to other sites are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by CAPP or RAND.
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