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2021
![The Limits of Vietnam’s Labor Reforms The Limits of Vietnam’s Labor Reforms](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-23-163926.jpg)
The Limits of Vietnam’s Labor Reforms
By Joe Buckley
Contrary to much reporting, Vietnam has not authorized independent workers’ unions.
![North Korea: A Decade Under Kim Jong Un North Korea: A Decade Under Kim Jong Un](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-23-163912.jpg)
North Korea: A Decade Under Kim Jong Un
By Rachel Minyoung Lee
What has the past decade revealed about Kim’s leadership style and goals for North Korea?
![Myanmar Junta Orders Judges to Ignore Correspondence From International Courts Myanmar Junta Orders Judges to Ignore Correspondence From International Courts](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-31-050024.jpg)
Myanmar Junta Orders Judges to Ignore Correspondence From International Courts
By Sebastian Strangio
A leaked memo offers some insight into how the military administration views the advancing criminal cases against its top leaders.
![Surviving Saigon in 1945 and a Dog Named Mephisto Surviving Saigon in 1945 and a Dog Named Mephisto](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-31-041045.jpg)
Surviving Saigon in 1945 and a Dog Named Mephisto
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with author Thierry de Roland Peel.
![Indonesian Foreign Policy in 2021: The Year in Review Indonesian Foreign Policy in 2021: The Year in Review](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-31-010508.jpg)
Indonesian Foreign Policy in 2021: The Year in Review
By Noto Suoneto
From Myanmar to the Natuna Islands, Jakarta's foreign policymakers had their hands full this year.
![What the National Defense Authorization Act Means for US Policy Toward Myanmar What the National Defense Authorization Act Means for US Policy Toward Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-31-002859.jpg)
What the National Defense Authorization Act Means for US Policy Toward Myanmar
By Zachary Abuza
The legislation calls for Washington to adopt a more robust and cohesive approach toward the country's military junta.
![Indonesia Records First Local Transmission of Omicron Variant Indonesia Records First Local Transmission of Omicron Variant](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-31-001529.jpg)
Indonesia Records First Local Transmission of Omicron Variant
By Sebastian Strangio
The arrival of the fast-spreading strain of COVID-19 threatens to unwind months of progress in containing the virus.
![In 2022, The World Must Hold China to Account for Genocide In 2022, The World Must Hold China to Account for Genocide](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-30-191019.jpg)
In 2022, The World Must Hold China to Account for Genocide
By Omer Kanat
A focus on imposing consequences on those responsible is key to dismantling the apparatus of genocide.
![No Dragons in the Title Please: A Survey of Indian Scholarship on Indo-Chinese Relations No Dragons in the Title Please: A Survey of Indian Scholarship on Indo-Chinese Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-12-124612.jpg)
No Dragons in the Title Please: A Survey of Indian Scholarship on Indo-Chinese Relations
By Krzysztof Iwanek
The long tradition of scholarship on Indo-Chinese relations is finally encountering growing interest in the subject.
![Duterte’s Sluggish Typhoon Rai Recovery Spending Duterte’s Sluggish Typhoon Rai Recovery Spending](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-30-162127.jpg)
Duterte’s Sluggish Typhoon Rai Recovery Spending
By Michael Beltran
Frustration is growing two weeks after a devastating typhoon struck the Philippines, with government assistance slow to reach the affected areas.
![Addressing Challenges Faced by Taiwan’s Migrant Workers Addressing Challenges Faced by Taiwan’s Migrant Workers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-30-135253.jpg)
Addressing Challenges Faced by Taiwan’s Migrant Workers
By Huynh Tam Sang
The Taiwanese government has not paid sufficient consideration to migrant workers.
![Is China Fishing in India’s Troubled Waters? Is China Fishing in India’s Troubled Waters?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-30-130139.jpg)
Is China Fishing in India’s Troubled Waters?
By Sudha Ramachandran
The Chinese ambassador’s public diplomacy in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province would have won the hearts of the local Tamil population.
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