The Many “Firsts” in Philippines - US Salaknib and Balikatan 2023 Exercises

The prospects of Philippines’ joint patrols in the South China Sea

'Pieces' of Biden’s Indo-Pacific Visions via US Policy Documents in 2022

If 2021 was the year for the Biden administration to stabilize the apparatus of the government and draft the policy visions, 2022 was a year to announce and implement those policies. In the second half of 2022 alone, a series of major foreign policy documents and statements were released, many of which are related to the Indo-Pacific, such as the new Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), the statement on The...

10th Ocean Dialogue: “Offshore Renewable Energy: Opportunities and Challenges to Green Transition”

On March 23, 2023, in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) co-organized the 10th Ocean Dialogue under the theme “Offshore Renewable Energy: Opportunities and Challenges to Green Transition”.

FROM THE SEA Ep1 | Philippines' South China Sea Policy under Marcos (with Richard Heydarian)

FROM THE SEA is the first podcast from Vietnam to focus on geopolitical and security developments with regard to the South China Sea as a connected area in the regional maritime landscape. In our first episode, Professor Richard Heydarian (University of the Philippines) shares his thoughts about the new Philippine president's first steps in managing ties with China, with respect to the South China...

FROM THE SEA Ep2 | Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy - New Kid on the Block (with Stephen Nagy)

Dr. Stephen Nagy (Internation Christian University of Tokyo) analyzes Canada's interests and distinctive approach in the Indo-Pacific - its management of the relations with the Quad, China and Southeast Asian countries.

FROM THE SEA Ep 3 | EU's Approach in the South China Sea & the Pacific (with Giulio Pugliese)

Dr. Giulio Pugliese (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies) had a chat by the sea (literally) with our host Hoang Do about what he characterized as the EU's "mercantilism" approach in the Indo-Pacific and the South China Sea.

ASEAN’s Different Responses to the New AUKUS Announcement

On March 13, 2023, the US, the UK, and Australia announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) - the first major project of AUKUS pact. 

AUKUS: the Ultimate Option?

Some scholars from Southeast Asia, Australia, the US, and Russia recently published commentaries on AUKUS’s weaknesses.

The UK’s 2023 Integrated Review Refresh New Points

On March 13, 2023, the British government published its 2023 Integrated Review Refresh (IRR23) - the updated version of the 2021 Integrated Review Refresh (IRR21). Comparing the two versions, the IRR23 have several new points.