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Carl Thayer
Carl Thayer is Emeritus Professor at The University of New South Wales and Director of Thayer Consultancy.
He is a Southeast Asia regional specialist who taught at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Australian Command and Staff College, and Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College.
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July 22, 2014
4 Reasons China Removed Oil Rig HYSY-981 Sooner Than Planned
By Carl Thayer
The reasons China withdrew oil rig HYSY-981 sooner than planned are complex but revealing about its intentions.
July 04, 2014
Lawfare or Warfare?: History, International Law and Geo-Strategy
By Carl Thayer
The Diplomat's Carl Thayer reports on Vietnam's Da Nang conference on the status of the Paracel Islands.
June 16, 2014
China’s Information Warfare Campaign and the South China Sea: Bring It On!
By Carl Thayer
As its dispute with Vietnam continues, China is trying to have it both ways at the United Nations.
May 28, 2014
Vietnam Mulling New Strategies to Deter China
By Carl Thayer
What is Vietnam's strategy for resisting Chinese coercion?
May 12, 2014
China's Oil Rig Gambit: South China Sea Game-Changer?
By Carl Thayer
China's placement of a state-owned oil rig in the South China Sea was unexpected, provocative and illegal.
May 02, 2014
Analyzing the US-Philippines Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement
By Carl Thayer
What precisely does the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and the Philippines do?
April 25, 2014
ASEAN and UN Peacekeeping
By Carl Thayer
ASEAN will slowly develop and evolve regional peacekeeping coordination capacity.
April 11, 2014
US-ASEAN Defense Ministers Meet in Hawaii
By Carl Thayer
The meeting marks the first time ASEAN ministers have met in the United States.
April 07, 2014
South China Sea: Regional States Push Back Against China
By Carl Thayer
South China Sea claimant states have begun pushing back against China’s assertiveness.
March 28, 2014
Is a Philippine-Vietnam Alliance in the Making?
By Carl Thayer
Trends indicate that cooperation between the Philippines and Vietnam is expanding, but is an alliance on the horizon?
March 18, 2014
Flight MH370 Shows Limits of ASEAN’s Maritime Cooperation
By Carl Thayer
The limits of regional Search and Rescue cooperation were evident following the disappearance of MH370.
March 10, 2014
Why Singapore Wants the F-35
By Carl Thayer
Singapore is studying the F-35B Lightning as part of its larger effort to gain air dominance in its neighborhood.