CAPP Newsletter Archive: March 2004
March 2004 Table of Contents
Message from the Director
CAPP
in the News
New RAND Publications on Asia
CAPP
News and Events
Recommended
Resources
Message
from the Director
Korea and China are the focus of this edition of the newsletter. Below you
will find links to a new report by Dr. Norman Levin on the future of the
U.S.-South Korea alliance, an op-ed from the International Herald Tribune
on North Korea, and a description of a new project on the future of Korea's
science and technology policy. A commentary by Bill Overholt discussing China's
new role as the scapegoat for the world's economic ills is also included.
As always, please send me your comments.
-Nina Hachigian, CAPP Director
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Don't
Try Regime Change in North Korea
Commentary by Bruce Bennett and Nina Hachigian
International Herald Tribune - January 31, 2004
While the regime change in Iraq has prompted some to call for a U.S.-enforced
regime change in North Korea, RAND analyst Bruce Bennett and CAPP Director
Nina Hachigian argue in a recent International Herald Tribune op-ed that
precipitating regime change now, rather than working towards peaceful reunification
in the long run, could have dangerous consequences and will not make the
world any safer.
It's
So Easy to Blame China for Everything
Commentary by William Overholt
International Herald Tribune - January 22, 2004
Overholt opines that while China has recently become a scapegoat for the world's economic ills, inflated views of China's omnipotence collapse under economic analysis and represent convenient diversions from the real precipitators.
China
Seeking to Beef Up Its Nonproliferation Credentials
Reuters quote by Evan Medeiros - February 19, 2004
Although
recent reports have implicated Beijing in Libyan, Pakistani
and Saudi arms programs, Beijing's muted response to the charges
reflects a slow but significant shift toward becoming a responsible
and leading member of the international community, matching
its burgeoning economic might. Medeiros comments on the evolution
of China's attitudes towards nonproliferation in the last fifteen
years.
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Do
the Ties Still Bind? The U.S.-ROK Security Relationship
After 9/11
by Norman Levin
The
U.S.-ROK security relationship is being severely tested at
precisely the same time that its importance in advancing
critical U.S. and South Korean interests is arguably greater
than ever. This report addresses the challenges facing both
the long-term future of the alliance and its management today
and argues that sustaining the relationship for the long
haul will require focused efforts to adapt it to new global
and domestic conditions.
Read the report
A
Poverty of Riches: New Challenges and Opportunities in
PLA Research
James
C. Mulvenon and Andrew N.D. Yang, editors
This report is a compendium of papers from a conference sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, held in Washington, D.C., on June 22-24, 2001. The conference brought together many of the world's top experts to evaluate new methodologies and trends in research on the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), especially with regard to Internet- and primary source-based inquiries on PLA affairs.
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CAPP
News and Events
Korea's
Science and Technology Policy
Somi Seong, a senior economist at RAND, is leading a new project on Korea's
Science and Technology Policy in the Era of a Rising China. The project's
goal is to analyze areas of competition and cooperation between Korea and
China in technology and Research and Development (R&D) capability and
to determine potential policy implications of these areas for Korea. For
more information, contact Somi Seong.
CAPP
Board Meeting
The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) held its Winter 2003 board
meeting on December 4. Board members Roy Doumani, Matthew Fong, Lalita Gupte,
Benny Hu, Robert Oehler, Nicholas Rockefeller, Cyrus Tang, Donald Tang, Ratan
Tata, and Daniel Yun attended. Read
more
Dr.
John Park, Harvard: " China's Role in Resolving the
North Korea Nuclear Crisis"
On
January 26, CAPP hosted a seminar by Dr. John Park, a postdoctoral
research fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs, at RAND's Santa Monica office. Park
discussed his efforts to construct a model Chinese road map
for resolving the North Korea crisis that represented a synthesis
of the analyses Park collected from policymakers and elites. Read
more
RAND
Welcomes High Level Delegation from China
On
February 26, 2004, RAND welcomed a high level delegation from
China that discussed the future of the U.S.-China relationship,
and the current focus of China's diplomacy, Taiwan and Hong
Kong with a group of RAND researchers. Read
more
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