Keeping a low profile does not necessarily mean indifference
Troubled waters in South China Sea
The waters of the South China Sea are troubled. The latest weeks have not been that quiet in that geopolitical area.... ... will not undermine his country’s sovereignty by withdrawing its vessels from patrolling national waters.
As tensions mount, Vietnam is not twiddling its thumbs. Lately, Hanoi has in fact been building up its own
maritime militia
, which patrols the ...
A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea
A more concise version of this article was published as a CCTV Panview Oped.
The rhetorical war between the China ... ... actively being lured towards this end via the offer of generous stints at prestigious American universities and think tanks.
Vietnam is the suitor du jour in America’s new carousel game called the “Asian Pivot.” While China is financing ...
... the region and drive Southeast Asia toward Indonesia and Vietnam. Accordingly, it would help to more evenly distribute influence within the ASEAN and bring about a new nonaligned bloc supported by Russia.
Viewed through the prism of the evolving U.S.-China confrontation in Asia-Pacific, Russia appears to be the world's largest
swing state
, with Vietnam playing a similar role in the regional dimension. This makes the two share a common agenda. Within this environment, Vietnam may become the first country to enter the Russian orbit of states that are neither pro-Chinese nor pro-American. If neither ...
