New Taiwan's Leader and Early Policy Indicators

The inauguration of Lai Ching-te, the new leader of the Taiwan, on May 20, 2024, has attracted significant debates about the future of cross-strait relations, U.S.-Taiwan ties, and Taiwan's potential policy shifts toward the region.

China’s “Grey Zone” Activities in the Taiwan Strait: A “Greyer” Future for Cross-Strait Relations?

In his inaugural speech on May 20, the new Taipei leader Lai Ching-te mentioned China a total of seven times. Notably, Lai openly criticised China’s “grey zone” activities, stating that “China’s military actions and “grey zone” activities are considered the greatest strategic challenges to peace and stability in the world”.

Maritime Domain Awareness in Cooperation and Competition in the South China Sea

US-Cambodia Relations: What Drives the New Shifts?

Forecasts suggest that while continuing to maintain and strengthen its relationship with China, Cambodia will seek to enhance ties with the US because of numerous factors.

Strengthening Connectivity with the Indo-Pacific: Proposals for the Development of Submarine Cables in Vietnam

Vietnam should consider constructing submarine cable lines connecting to Sydney and Chennai, as well as a domestic coastal cable system, and facilitate joint ventures between Vietnamese enterprises

[NEW LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA] The Philippines’s new submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

On June 14, the Philippines submitted to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) a submission on the extended continental shelf in the Western Palawan region. This is the second submission by the Philippines; previously, the country had submitted a claim in 2009 for the Benham Rise region in the Pacific Ocean. On June 19, the Summary of the Submission was made public...

The Philippine Submission: Third Round of Note-Verbal Battle?

On 14 June 2024, the Philippines Permanent Mission in New York presented to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) a partial submission containing information on the outer limits of a portion of its continental shelf extending beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines used to measure the breadth of the territorial sea. This submission is in accordance with the 1982 United Nations...

Roundtable Discussion on Artificial Intelligence Governance

On June 25th, 2024, the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam (DAV), in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) of Switzerland, organized the roundtable discussion "AI Governance in Southeast Asia".

Collision between China and the Philippines in Second Thomas Shoal: Developments and Consequences

On June 17, the Philippine special forces and civil rescue forces used a transport ship and five high-speed rubber boats to supply soldiers stationing on the stranded BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal. In response, China deployed coast guard ships and boats to block, ram, spray water cannons, board the deck, tow away two rubber boats, seize eight infantry guns, injure eight people, and temporarily...

The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam participates in CSIS’s 14th Annual South China Sea Conference

On July 11, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) organized the 14th Annual South China Sea Conference in Washington D.C. Dr. Nguyễn Hùng Sơn, Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, was a panelist at Session 1 on “State of Play in the South China Sea”.