Abstract This monograph is divided into seven parts: history, defence and security challenges, defence and military organization, defence budget/expenditure, defence procurement, development and modernization, and…
Country or Region: Vietnam
From the publisher: The ‘hub-and-spoke’ alliance structure led by the United States was – and remains – a major feature of security politics in the Asia-Pacific.…
From the publisher: There is growing interest among scholars and advocates in the way that the nascent norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is diffusing…
From the publisher: Asia has emerged as the global center for energy demand growth and now accounts for more than two-thirds of the worldwide market for…
Continue reading Bradshaw, Michael , Mikkal E. Herberg, Amy Myers Jaffe, Damien Ma, and Nikos Tsafos
From the publisher: The risk of conflict escalating from relatively minor events has increased in the South China Sea over the past two years with disputes…
Abstract Competition and conflict in the South China Sea involves many nations due to its resources and vital sea lanes. However, it is China which…
Abstract This paper examines the regional security implications of China’s realpolitik approach in its territorial claim over the South China Sea. It observes that China…
Abstract The improvement of bilateral relations between Vietnam and the United States has added a fresh dynamic to the geopolitics of Southeast Asia. This article…
Abstract Ever since the Vietnamese nation-state emerged as an independent entity in the first millennium it has had to contend with “the tyranny of geography”.…
Abstract This article analyses Vietnamese strategies to constrain China in the South China Sea. It tests Brantly Womack’s theory of asymmetry as a framework for…
Summary Shadow of the Dragon examines the long historical cycle of tribute, domination, and independence that has shaped Sino-Vietnamese bilateral relations. After generations of bloody struggle…
Abstract For more than 40 years, India and Vietnam have consistently stood together in resisting Chinese domination of Indochina. The relationship represents one of the…
Abstract This article examines Vietnam’s strategy toward China since 1990. The study suggests that Vietnam’s China policy has been informed by a changing mix of…
Summary In their three thousand years of interaction, China and Vietnam have been through a full range of relationships. Throughout all these fluctuations the one…
Summary After communist North Vietnam’s victory over U.S.-backed South Vietnam in 1975, the United States and Vietnam had minimal relations until the mid-1990s. Since the…
