Issue Brief posted July 9, 2012 by Brett D. Schaefer
U.S. Should Hold WIPO Accountable and Dissuade Future Violations of U.N. Sanctions
It is becoming increasingly clear that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has transferred technology to North Korea and Iran that are prohibited by United Nations Security Council sanctions and U.S. law. These violations have spurred a State Department investigation and were raised at a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing on June 27. The…
Backgrounder posted May 20, 2010 by Bruce Klingner
U.S. Must Respond Firmly to North Korean Naval Attack
Abstract: The evidence is clear: North Korea is responsible for the torpedo attack that sank the South Korean naval frigate Cheonan. Now that North Korea’s culpability for this heinous act of aggression has been proven, South Korea and the United States must respond resolutely by imposing a comprehensive package of unilateral and multilateral actions. These sanctions…
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Video Recorded on June 2, 2009
Gov. Romney's Call for Stronger Missile Defense System
Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney calls for a stronger
ballistic missile defense system to protect the American people
against nuclear threats. He calls on Congress to fund and deploy a
multi-layered missile defense shield.…
Lecture posted October 3, 2007 by the Honorable Lamar Smith
Immigration: Many Questions, A Few Answers
Delivered July 30, 2007
immigration has become the most controversial, complex, and
sensitive subject we face today. It directly affects our economy,
our culture, and our future. To ensure that any action we take on
immigration policy is in our national interest, we need to approach
the subject with reason and facts. The astronomer Carl Sagan once
said,…
Lecture posted February 14, 2007 by Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
North Korea Nuclear and Missile Issues: What's the Solution?
Delivered on February 13, 2007
With the Six-Party Talks just concluding in Beijing, it
certainly is a good time to discuss North Korea. We are fortunate
indeed that, as always, the Institute for Corean-American Studies
is focusing Washington's attention on a grave matter that concerns
both Americans and America's friends in South Korea and
Japan.
When…