Topic for April 16th

This week's topic is "North Korean Nukes: Japan's Response"

The first week we'll take a look at what happened, and what Japan's response has been.  We'll also begin the first part of negotiating a treaty between North Korea and Japan, covering:

• Pre-negotiation preparation (what does each side want from the negotiation)
• Opening statements (basically, how to say politely what you want from the negotiation)

If you would like to do some pre-reading, here are some suggestions for resources.  **Please remember, there IS NO REQUIRED READING!**  If you don't feel like doing research before coming to class, you don't need to. (unlike uni professors, I realize people have jobs)  This is mostly a discussion based class, so we can mostly brainstorm and pool our knowledge.  Please just enjoy!!

Japan Times: Japan will accept U.N. rocket statement: Aso

The Financial Times: Sanctions will have no effect on North Korea

The New York Times: U.N. Council May Rebuke North Korea

United Nations Resolution 1718 (2006)

**All these documents can be found by a Google search in English**

*Other documents are, of course, encouraged.*