Southeast Asia
Is Quad 2.0 transforming into a Pentad?
The reinvigoration of Quad Security Dialogue as Quad 2.0 including US, Japan, and Australia along with India during the 12th East Asia Summit in...
Does ASEAN still play an important role?
The five Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) founders sought regional harmony in several dimensions, including economy, collaboration, prosperity, socio-cultural development, security concerns, and...
Middle Power Conundrum: The Case of a Rising Vietnam
The Indo-Pacific is a dynamic concept that has come into the picture of great power politics. In the last two decades, an Indo-Pacific identity...
Chinese manoeuvres at Whitsun Reef: What Vietnam and ASEAN need to do?
Whitsun reef, a V-shaped reef, which is also known as Julian Felipe Reef, has been at the centre of international attention. China has encroached...
New Leadership Takes Charge in Vietnam: Challenges and Prospects
On 05 April Vietnam’s National Assembly officially elected Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, member of the Politburo as the Prime Minister of Vietnam replacing the...
Application of PLTU Batubara in the Perspective of Kalimantan people
Indonesia is one of the largest coal producers and exporters in the world. Since 2005, there have been many small pockets of coal reserved...
The Impacts of the Covid-19 on Vietnam’s Workforce
By March 2021, Vietnam has experienced 3 phases of the Covid-19 pandemic (phase 1: from March to April 2020; phase 2: from July to...
Why Indonesia is keeping a distance from the Indo-Pacific “Quartet”
Japan and Indonesia agreed to expand defense cooperation and conduct joint exercises in the South China Sea. Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi stated so...
Need for humanitarian intervention in Myanmar
The time has come to heed former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s call for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on...
China’s activities in South China Sea: What Vietnam, ASEAN and the international community do?
In early March 2021 Chinese maritime militia has swarmed its boats closer to all the contentious islands under Philippines, and has tried to intimidate its littoral neighbours particularly Vietnam, Philippines,...