Strategic mistakes made by the U.S. and NATO during the war in Afghanistan

Sunday, September 12, 2021, 09:11 (GMT+7)
In spite of the fact that America and a number of NATO member states always had absolute superiority in terms of personnel and equipment, they failed to gain victory in a war which had been thought to happen “one-way” only in Afghanistan. According to many analysts around the world, the U.S. and NATO made a lot of strategic mistakes during the war in this South Asian country

Fragile peace and stability in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops

Friday, August 13, 2021, 14:47 (GMT+7)
After 20 years of the “global war on terror” in Afghanistan, the U.S. and NATO will have withdrawn all of their troops from this country by the 11th of September, 2021. However, the public is wondering whether the withdrawal will bring peace and stability to Afghanistan or not

Refuting the argument that “Vietnam shall follow capitalism to develop itself in line with the trend of the times”

Monday, August 09, 2021, 13:15 (GMT+7)
Constant upheavals all over the world in several past decades have greatly impacted on everyone’s’ mind and perception. Especially after the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe countries and Soviet Union, a large number of reactionaries and people believe that socialism and Communist ideal are totally out of date, claiming that Vietnam shall follow capitalism to develop itself in line with the trend of the times

The role and significance of the East Sea to the world, the region and Vietnam

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 17:14 (GMT+7)
East Sea, the shortest route connecting the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, acts as a gateway for international trade. The international shipping route through the East Sea is considered the 2nd busiest one in the world (only after the Mediterranean), accounting for more than half of the global maritime trade shipping tonnage which is crucial for not only its surrounding countries and territories, but also for the East Asia and the world.

Hybrid warfare and its implications for defence policy

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 07:55 (GMT+7)
New conditions with the strong development of science, especially military science, have given rise to a number of new types of war, including hybrid warfare. In order to successfully deal with this type of war, it is necessary to promote research to accurately identify and promptly make sound decisions to protect the national interests.

On the foreign policies and diplomatic potential building of the U.S., Russia, and China

Monday, June 14, 2021, 13:28 (GMT+7)
Researches into the history of diplomatic policies of the U.S., Russia, and China reveal that the building of diplomatic potential is of great importance to these countries and carried out with different contents, forms and scales, but connected with military activities and wars to achieve their political and economic goals in accordance with the development process of each country

A look back on the world’s political - military situation in the first two decades of the 21st century

Monday, May 31, 2021, 09:11 (GMT+7)
Despite any development in the world’s political-military situation, Viet Nam will remain steadfastness in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, and development as well as the diplomatic guidelines on diversifying and multilateralising its external relations in order to protect national interests based on the basic principles of the UN Charter and international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Future path of US-Iranian relations

Sunday, May 23, 2021, 06:48 (GMT+7)
In the short run, President Joe Biden’s administration is highly likely to keep the policy of “maximum pressure” through economic sanctions in order to weaken Iran. The US will also strengthen cooperation with European allies and other parties concerned, including Russia and China, to impose pressure on Iranian nuclear issue.

Risk of widened Eurasian arc of instability

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 07:55 (GMT+7)
Over the past few years, major powers have escalated competition for expanding influence in part of the Eurasia. Nevertheless, due to the rise of globalisation, strategic competition within a broad space spreading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean becomes increasingly fierce, which leads to the formation of an arc of instability. In fact, this arc covers a wide geographical area and is divided into subregions, including the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, East Europe, West Europe, Caucasus, and Arctic.

Pacific Deterrence Initiative and implications for regional security

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 10:07 (GMT+7)
According to the Pentagon, what has been proposed in the PDI is not totally new but the collection of the content within a policy will enable the US to foster necessary military deterrence against increasingly diversified, complex, unforeseeable security threats, especially those arising from a more and more assertive China.