Strategic competition among major powers in the Asia-Pacific region and implications for ASEAN
Monday, November 24, 2025, 15:14 (GMT+7)
According to international observers, the formation of the US-led sub-multilateral security mechanisms QUAD, AUKUS, and other "trilateral, quadrilateral" security cooperation mechanisms can increase the risk of US-China confrontation and affect ASEAN's centrality in the regional security structure as shown through ARF, ADMM, ADMM+, etc. The risk of "securitising" cooperation areas will increase with the increasing momentum of strategic competition between major powers.
BRICS expansion: opportunities and challenges for ASEAN
Monday, March 24, 2025, 13:05 (GMT+7)
Since being founded by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in the early 21st century, BRICS has increasingly strengthened its role as a key driver of global economic growth. The group has garnered attention and aroused desire for membership from the international community, including ASEAN countries
On 2024 NATO Summit
Friday, September 27, 2024, 08:19 (GMT+7)
The 2024 NATO Summit, held in Washington on 9-11 July 2024, reached consensus on many things to guide the development of this military alliance. In the context of fundamental changes in international political and military affairs, the agenda of the Summit has drawn great attention from researchers and international community.
Key tasks of international integration and defence diplomacy in 2024
Friday, March 08, 2024, 19:54 (GMT+7)
On grasping diplomatic guidelines and policies of the Party and State, international integration and defence diplomacy were carried out synchronously, actively, and proactively; recorded comprehensive achievements both bilaterally and multilaterally; continued to be one of the vital pillars of Party, State, and people-to-people diplomacy; and contributed to defence of the Fatherland from afar.
New approach of the US in its implementation of policies in South East Asia
Friday, June 23, 2023, 14:16 (GMT+7)
International researchers believe that, in the coming time, the US - ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will be continuously boosted in the fields that the two sides concern, but the speed will partly depend on the relations among powerful countries in the region and the internal issues of the US.
“Asian NATO” and its implications for ASEAN
Monday, October 25, 2021, 09:23 (GMT+7)
In spite of the fact that the Quad is currently just a cooperative mechanism between the countries sharing common viewpoints and interests in the Indo-Pacific Region, it is probable that in the future this organisation will become a military alliance like a NATO in Asia - in other words, “Asian NATO”
RCEP and its impacts on the Asia Pacific Region
Friday, January 15, 2021, 08:55 (GMT+7)
RCEP will not only create a favourable condition for its member states to work with one another effectively to overcome the economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but will serve as a victory of multilateralism and free trade over the emerging isolationism and anti-globalisation movement
ASEAN and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
Thursday, December 13, 2018, 20:15 (GMT+7)
Since the introduction of the concept “free and open Indo-Pacific” (more than one year ago), this concept has been developed into a quite comprehensive Strategy. The implementation of this Strategy has opened up many opportunities but posed a lot of challenges to the regional security, particularly the Southeast Asia’s security
PM calls for joint efforts for world of sustainable development
Friday, September 28, 2018, 11:45 (GMT+7)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has addressed the High-level General Debate of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, calling on countries to continue highlighting the role of the United Nations and join hands for a world of peace, equality and sustainable development
On the US Indo-Pacific Strategy
Sunday, July 01, 2018, 10:28 (GMT+7)
In 2017, US President Donald Trump paid a visit to a series of Asian countries in company with the “free and open Indo-Pacific Strategy” in a bid to implicate these countries. This is among the central parts of the U.S. National Security Strategy 2017 and its Defence Strategy 2018. In this paper, we will research the Indo-Pacific strategy’s objectives and nature