CAPP Newsletter Archive: March 2005
March 2005 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
We feature two new reports on India and the India-Pakistan relationship
in this issue of the newsletter. Also included are two op-eds on the
North Korea nuclear crisis. We've redesigned our web site, and we invite
you to see the new version here: http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/
—Nina Hachigian, CAPP Director
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China's Stake In A Nonnuclear North Korea
By Nina Hachigian
Christian Science Monitor - February 17, 2005
North Korea's declaration that it has nuclear weapons is bad
news not just for
the U.S., but for China. Already sharing borders with nuclear-armed
Russia,
India, and Pakistan, the last thing China wants is an expansion
of Asia's nuclear
neighborhood. China's leaders must now decide how far they are
willing to go
to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle in North Korea.
Read Commentary >> http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/02/17/CSM.html
The Multilateral Path To Disarming North Korea
By Charles Wolf Jr.
Asian Wall Street Journal - February 16, 2005
The U.S. is often criticized for favoring a multilateral approach
in the six-party
talks aimed at reversing North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
The critics
favor what they call a bilateral approach, but which in reality
amounts to a
unilateral one. Securing a non-nuclear North Korea entails a
collective burden.
It's only right to expect China, Japan, South Korea and Russia
to play their part,
and wrong to leave the entire burden on the U.S.
Read Commentary >> http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/02/16/AWSJ.html
Counterterror Coalitions: Cooperation with Pakistan and India
By C. Christine Fair
The study examines U.S. strategic relations with India and Pakistan
both historically
and in the current context of the global war on terrorism. An
inescapable conclusion
of the report is that the intractable dispute over the disposition
of Kashmir remains
a critical flashpoint between India and Pakistan and a continual
security challenge.
The author offers five policy options on how the United States
might proceed.
Research Brief >> http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB136/
Full Document >> http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF201/
U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue
By Rollie Lal and Rajesh Rajagopalan
This document reports on a meeting that brought together scholars,
diplomats,
and functionaries from the governments of India and the U.S.
to discuss policy
issues important to both countries. It was designed to keep decisionmakers
informed of the current thinking of leading intellectuals on
important issues, to
acquaint them with areas of consensus, and to provide insights
that will help them
understand how each country's strategic perspective on each issue
could affect the
bilateral relationship between the two nations.
Full Document >> http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF201/
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CAPP News
and Events
CAPP Co-Hosts Conference on Chinese Economic Trends
The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, in conjunction with the Asia
Society
Southern California, co-hosted a half-day conference entitled "Chinese
Economic Trends: What Do They Mean For Investment, Trade, and Finance?"
Read More >> http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/events/05/trends.html
CAPP Welcomes Asia Foundation India Regional Security Studies
Fellow
CAPP welcomed Mr. Debnath Shaw, the Asia Foundation India Regional
Security
Studies Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies.
Read More >> http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/events/05/fellow.html
Leadership and the Role of the Prime Minister in Japan
The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy held its first event
of the year,
featuring Tomohito Shinoda, associate professor of international
relations at
the International University of Japan. He spoke about political
reforms that
have strengthened the role of Japan's Prime Minister in policy
formulation.
Read More >> http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/events/05/minister.html
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The following online resources relate to Asia-Pacific policy.
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for their content. They are provided for convenience of reference
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and government leaders meet and exchange views on contemporary
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in documents
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