The 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum: Dialogue for peace and cooperation amid competition
Monday, November 09, 2026, 13:09 (GMT+7)
This year's Forum demonstrated efforts to build consensus among the parties amid deepening divisions in the international security environment, particularly as China continues to promote initiatives aimed at expanding its role in regional and global security governance.
Latin America in the vortex of strategic competition among major powers
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 20:51 (GMT+7)
According to researchers, in the long term, great-power competition has exerted and continues to exert pressure on Latin American countries’ ability to exercise autonomy in formulating their development policies.
2026 NATO Summit - Strategic adjustment and implications for global security
Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 16:05 (GMT+7)
The 2026 Ankara Summit can therefore be seen as marking a significant adjustment in NATO’s thinking about its future development, while simultaneously reflecting the transition of the international security environment into a new phase. As major-power competition increasingly evolves into a comprehensive contest over national capabilities, strategic advantage will depend to a greater extent on the ability to generate and sustain national power across multiple domains.
Reality and implications behind rising US defence budget
Monday, July 20, 2026, 09:01 (GMT+7)
Against the backdrop of intensifying strategic competition among major powers, further escalation of military conflicts and wars in several regions, and complex developments of non-traditional security challenges, the US has been steadily expanding its defence budget to preserve its military superiority, strengthen its deterrence capabilities, and reinforce its position as the world's leading superpower
Strategic autonomy - a core factor in defending the Socialist Vietnamese Fatherland early and from afar
Thursday, June 18, 2026, 09:22 (GMT+7)
Strategic autonomy does not mean isolation or self-imposed seclusion; rather, it means proactively integrating into the world while maintaining the right to make decisions on fundamental issues. This capacity encompasses political, defence - security, economic, scientific - technological, and foreign affairs; any decline in one of these areas directly affects the capability to safeguard the Fatherland
Vigilance against the rhetoric of “neutralising” the Military in international integration
Monday, June 15, 2026, 14:09 (GMT+7)
In the context of deepening international integration and defence diplomacy, Vietnam has continuously expanded cooperation, actively participated in multilateral mechanisms, promoted dialogue, built strategic trust, and enhanced its international position. Taking advantage of this process, hostile forces have intensified the propaganda promoting the rhetoric of “neutralising” the Military with sophisticated interpretations that easily breed misconceptions.
US UAV development efforts
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 11:32 (GMT+7)
The US was the first country to develop and employ UAVs. As early as the First World War, the US tested Kettering Bug, a suicide UAV capable of carrying weapons to a target and detonating on impact. During the Second World War, the country continued to develop and use UAVs controlled via radio signals. During the Cold War, Washington tested and deployed a number of advanced unmanned systems, such as the Ryan Firebee system for reconnaissance missions over enemy airspace
Global political–military landscape through the lens of the Munich Security Conference 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10:31 (GMT+7)
Munich Security Conference 2026 has laid bare a stark reality: the unipolar world order of the post–Cold War era is disintegrating, while a stable multipolar order has yet to take shape. In this high-risk transitional period, the combination of traditional military strength with flexible diplomacy, alongside economic and technological capabilities, will determine each nation’s position.
Measures to improve the quality of defence foreign affairs in the new era
Friday, April 10, 2026, 15:00 (GMT+7)
Defence foreign affairs play a crucial part in the process of the country’s international integration, in which, the Vietnam People’s Army plays a core role. Given the requirements of building and safeguarding the Fatherland in the new era, it is necessary to further improve the effectiveness of this task with several synchronous solutions.
NATO strengthens defence industrial cooperation
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:07 (GMT+7)
Strengthening cooperation in the defence industry is one of the key priorities emphasised at the NATO Summit held in the Netherlands in June 2025, aimed at enhancing the Alliance’s collective defence capabilities, unity, and long-term sustainability. The context, achievements, difficulties, challenges, and emerging cooperation trends in this field within NATO are what have drawn significant international attention