On the U.S strategic weapon policy and implications on world security
Saturday, January 24, 2026, 09:17 (GMT+7)
International public opinion hopes that, in the context of major challenges, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment is more urgent than ever. The United States and other major powers should find a balanced solution soon which can both ensure their national security and prevent the world from a new arms race.
Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 14:15 (GMT+7)
The most prominent features of the global political and military landscape in 2025 are the irreversible trend towards multipolarity of the world order and intense competition among major powers. Besides, worrying developments from the conflicts of Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, etc., and the risk of US military intervention in Venezuela are posing significant challenges to global security and stability.
The global political and security landscape viewed from the 2025 Munich Security Conference
Friday, April 11, 2025, 21:50 (GMT+7)
The 2025 Munich Security Conference took place against a backdrop of rapid and unpredictable changes in the global political and security landscape. The conference addressed numerous topics and issues related to current global security, indicating that the world is accelerating its transition from a unipolar to a multipolar order
Changes in Russia’s revised “nuclear doctrine”
Friday, January 24, 2025, 07:05 (GMT+7)
Russia's revised nuclear doctrine has been supplemented and amended in the direction of expanding the target, scope of deterrence and lowering the activation threshold. That will help Moscow have more options in using nuclear weapons; at the same time, it is an important basis for protecting the security, national interests, and territorial sovereignty of Russia.
10 Major Global Military and Defence Events of 2024
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:06 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global landscape witnessed unprecedented complexity and unpredictability, marked by intensifying strategic competition among major powers and escalating military conflicts across various regions. These developments further destabilised an already volatile global security environment. To provide a comprehensive overview of the global security landscape, the National Defence Journal presents a roundup of the 10 most significant military and defence events
A review of the global political and military landscape in 2024
Sunday, December 29, 2024, 14:44 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global political and military landscape underwent significant changes due to the impacts of various hot spots, conflicts, and strategic competition among major powers, particularly the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the escalating war in the Middle East, tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and increasing signs of US-China rivalry
European Union's defence industrial strategy and its impacts on the Asia-Pacific region
Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:46 (GMT+7)
According to international analysts, the EU's Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) aims to put the defence industry on a wartime footing by fostering cooperation in investment, research, development, production, procurement, and ownership among EU defence contractors. This marks a shift away from the EU's initial emergency responses to the Russia - Ukraine conflict and signifies a long-term commitment to bolstering the defence industry's readiness
General Secretary, Secretary of the Central Military Commission Nguyen Phu Trong - The architect of our country's fortune
Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 11:56 (GMT+7)
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, a great intellectual, a great talent of the Vietnamese revolution, an ideologist, a culturist, a theoretical flag bearer of the Party, an excellent student who constantly studied and followed the ideology, morality and style of the great President Ho Chi Minh, devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause of the Party and our nation, to the country and the people.
Main trends in international relations today
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:21 (GMT+7)
It is said that at present and in the coming years, there are emerging global challenges and risks that no single country can resolve. These include, climate change, natural disasters, international terrorism, energy crisis, food crisis, transnational crime, cybersecurity, food security, market security, monetary security, intellectual property security, educational security, cultural security, health security, etc. Therefore, more than ever, countries around the world should strengthen cooperation to resolve these challenges and risks.
Top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023
Friday, January 12, 2024, 08:37 (GMT+7)
The world continued to witness complex developments in 2023. While the Russia – Ukraine conflict intensified, new flashpoints arose from military coups, conflicts, local wars, and increasingly fierce strategic competition among major powers, making global security outlook further bleak. To illustrate that picture, the National Defence Journal has selected the top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023.