Vietnam

Bamboo in the Wind: Vietnam’s Quest for Neutrality

Nguyen Khac Giang • Jul 12 2024 • Articles

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vietnam’s foreign policy has gradually transformed from an ideologically-driven approach to a more interest-based one.

Thinking Global Podcast – The Laid-Back Book Club (Ep.1.)

E-International Relations • Jun 5 2023 • Features

Members of the E-International Relations podcast team speak about what they have been reading recently as part of ‘The Laid-Back Book Club’.

Review – Time Is A Mother

Martin Duffy • Sep 22 2022 • Features

This poetry collection includes themes of personal loss and mortality that also provide insights into broader political struggles and conflicts in IR.

Review – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Martin Duffy • May 12 2022 • Features

It is a happy irony that families like Ocean’s who have sacrificed so much, bequeath to their host society a narrative not only gorgeous, but priceless.

Interview – Tuong Vu

E-International Relations • May 7 2022 • Features

Tuong Vu sheds light on the economic performance and policy choices of East Asian countries, and the extent to which they are influenced by political regimes.

What is Happening in Afghanistan?

Grant Farr • May 12 2018 • Articles

The US is losing the war and has become a part of the problem. Perhaps there are lessons to be learned from the US experience in Vietnam.

String of Pearls: India and the Geopolitics of Chinese Foreign Policy

Ashay Abbhi • Jul 26 2015 • Articles

At the cusp of energy security balances the diplomatic battle in the Indian Ocean has generated enough interest for the world to watch the passive stand-offs keenly.

India’s Incremental Balancing in the South China Sea

David Scott • Jul 26 2015 • Articles

India’s strategic-military arrangements are implicitly China-centric, and with increasing significance for the balance of power in the South China Sea.

The Role of Victimisation in the Vietnam-China War of Words

Huong Le Thu • Jul 5 2014 • Articles

Analysis of Vietnamese and Chinese mass media reveals how the narrative of victimization is an important tool for gaining international support in the current dispute.

Contradictions Implicit in the Idea of Global Civil Society

Ricardo Villanueva • Jul 2 2014 • Articles

Because the idea of Global Civil Society is in an embryonic stage, there are fundamental contradictions within its global, civil and societal dimensions.

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