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Vietnam Quiet, Firm and Resilient in the South China Sea December 09, 2024

The South China Sea has long been a cauldron of tension and ambition, with overlapping claims from several nations converging in the resource-rich and strategically vital waterway. At the heart of the geopolitical theater is the fraught and historica...

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Vietnam: Tycoon Must Pay $9 Billion To Avoid Execution December 03, 2024

Vietnam Imitating China’s Island-Making October 10, 2024

Satellite imagery shows Vietnam rapidly expanding reclaimed land in contested sea but China’s response has been muted ...

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What Would Victory in Ukraine Look Like? October 09, 2024

Victory in war is sometimes easy to define. World War Two ended with Allied troops in control of Berlin and Tokyo, and with the German and Japanese leadership removed. The Vietnam War, on the other hand, ended in a clear defeat for the United States:...

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Taiwan Needs To Start Taking Its Defense Seriously October 08, 2024

It is no secret that China would like to get out of the first island chain into which it has been hemmed in for decades, or arguably even longer. They have long claimed much of the South China Sea, which includes territory claimed by multiple other s...

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Vietnam’s Economy Defies Expectations October 07, 2024

Vietnam Fishing Boat Attacked Near Contested South China Sea Islands October 01, 2024

The Domino Theory Refuses To Fall September 27, 2024

The theory behind the Vietnam disaster is still current among policymakers. ...

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Iran Plays the Long Game While the U.S. Focuses on Side-Shows September 26, 2024

When mayhem erupts in the Middle East, the Biden Administration reflexively reaches for the band-aid of a ceasefire as if a small strip could staunch a hemorrhage. For months, the U.S. has invested in a hapless Hamas deal. Yet Antony Blinken, the Sec...

Russia’s Gateways into the Indo-Pacific July 26, 2024

In September 2022, after both the invasion of Ukraine and a military takeover in Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met with Russian President Vladimir Putin under the umbrella of the Eastern Economic Forum (an event held in Vladivostok) to expl...

Vietnam To Hold State Funeral for Late Communist Party Leader July 20, 2024

Intelligence: The God That Failed July 15, 2024

On October 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy invited the publisher of the New York Times for lunch. During the meal he suggested that the Times transfer its correspondent in South Vietnam, David Halberstam, to another posting. ...

Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong Resigns After A Year In Office March 20, 2024

Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after holding the position for just over a year, state media reported on Wednesday. The ruling Communist party has accepted his resignation, state media said. Thuong is the second president to resign in ...

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Corruption Purge And Tycoon’s $12bn Bank Fraud Trial Shake Vietnam March 20, 2024

In 2021, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy jumped at an offer by Vietnam’s Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) to invest in a new savings product offering high interest rates. The former factory worker did not hesitate to move her entire savings of 800mn do...

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Vietnam Secret Document Warns of “Hostile Forces” March 01, 2024

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How Vietnam Balances the U.S. and China February 26, 2024

Pursuing a proactive but principled approach could successfully safeguard Vietnamese sovereignty while avoiding the scourge of war. ...

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Republicans Will Regret Not Helping Ukraine February 23, 2024

Ask historians to name America’s greatest foreign policy blunders, and you’ll often hear a litany of misbegotten interventions — Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other wars that went awry. But some of America’s biggest failures have been errors of omis...

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India Risks Losing Out to China and Vietnam Over Smartphone Exports February 13, 2024

India risks losing out to China and Vietnam as it seeks to become a major smartphone export hub and must "act fast" to lure global companies with lower tariffs, the deputy IT minister said in government documents seen by Reuters....

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Vietnam Pushes U.S. To Grant It ‘Market Economy’ Status February 06, 2024

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U.S..-Vietnam Relations With Do Hoang November 04, 2023

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Vietnam: The Next Asian Tiger? November 03, 2023

To become the next Asian tiger, Vietnam will need to overcome its overreliance on foreign innovation inputs. ...

Can Vietnam Help America Counter China? October 07, 2023

In the weeks since U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Hanoi to announce a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Vietnam, many commentators have described it as a historic turning point in U.S.-Vietnamese relations....

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U.S., Vietnam, & Rare Earth Elements October 05, 2023

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Vietnam’s Plans to Dent China’s Rare Earths Dominance October 04, 2023

Vietnam plans to restart its biggest rare-earths mine next year with a Western-backed project that could rival the world's largest, according to two companies involved, as part of a broader push to dent China's dominance in a sector that helps power ...

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Hanoi’s American Hedge September 13, 2023

On September 10, U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Hanoi to announce a historic agreement with Vietnam’s Communist leader, Nguyen Phu Trong....