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Why Vietnam Will Not Balance Against China

Why Vietnam Will Not Balance Against China

By Khang Vu
Vietnam is different from the rest of Asia in that it does not depend on the U.S. for security and China for trade. In fact, the opposite is true.
US Pressuring Vietnam to Downgrade Economic Ties With China: Report

US Pressuring Vietnam to Downgrade Economic Ties With China: Report

By Sebastian Strangio
Washington is driving a hard bargain in its ongoing trade and tariff negotiations with Hanoi.

‘Comrades and Brothers’: Is China Pulling Vietnam Back Into Its Orbit?

‘Comrades and Brothers’: Is China Pulling Vietnam Back Into Its Orbit?

By Nguyen Hong Thach
Despite welcoming China's Xi Jinping with unprecedented pomp, Hanoi will avoid overdependence on any single great power.

China’s Xi Hails Ties With Indonesia Ahead of Southeast Asia Tour

China’s Xi Hails Ties With Indonesia Ahead of Southeast Asia Tour

By Sebastian Strangio
The Chinese leader will this week visit Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia, where he will attempt to contrast China's steady economic engagement with the volatility of the current U.S. administration.

China’s Xi to Visit Three Southeast Asian Nations This Month, Report Claims

China’s Xi to Visit Three Southeast Asian Nations This Month, Report Claims

By Sebastian Strangio
The Chinese leader will visit Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia at a time of great uncertainty about the course of U.S. policy toward the region.
Vietnam Island Building in South China Sea Continuing At ‘Breakneck Pace’

Vietnam Island Building in South China Sea Continuing At ‘Breakneck Pace’

By Sebastian Strangio
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly Islands since June.

What Southeast Asian Countries Can Learn from Vietnam’s History of Negotiating Territorial Disputes with China

What Southeast Asian Countries Can Learn from Vietnam’s History of Negotiating Territorial Disputes with China

By Khang Vu
The involvement of an extra-regional great power in a small power’s territorial disputes with China may prove counterproductive.
Vietnam’s ‘Era of National Rise’ and the Risk of Imperial Overreach: Lessons from 1975

Vietnam’s ‘Era of National Rise’ and the Risk of Imperial Overreach: Lessons from 1975

By Khang Vu
Despite its growing prosperity and ambition, the country still has to tread a careful line between larger regional and global powers.

How Much Risk Can Vietnam Run in the South China Sea?

How Much Risk Can Vietnam Run in the South China Sea?

By Khang Vu
If China lowers the threshold of what Vietnamese activities it deems acceptable, Vietnam will find it more difficult to maintain the balance between deferring and defying China.

Vietnam’s Grand Strategic Architecture Amid the Russia-Ukraine War

Vietnam’s Grand Strategic Architecture Amid the Russia-Ukraine War

By Alexander L. Vuving
The Russia-Ukraine war has rearranged the configuration of Vietnam’s web of partnerships but has not drastically changed its foreign policy approach. 

Vietnam Protests ‘Brutal’ Chinese Attack on Fishermen in Paracel Islands

Vietnam Protests ‘Brutal’ Chinese Attack on Fishermen in Paracel Islands

By Sebastian Strangio
Beijing claims that the Vietnamese fishing boat was operating illegally in Chinese waters, and that its actions caused "no injuries."
With China Visit, Vietnam’s To Lam Reinforces Bilateral Political Trust

With China Visit, Vietnam’s To Lam Reinforces Bilateral Political Trust

By Khang Vu
The new party chief's first overseas visit reflects the divergent positions that China and the United States occupy in Vietnam's foreign policy.

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