The Vietnam Solution: How a former enemy became a crucial U.S. ally in balancing China’s rise

The Atlantic (June 2012) By Robert D. Kaplan   A woman tends her boat in the fishing village of Vung Tau, southeast of Ho Chi Minh City. (Darren Soh) Also see: Intrigue in the South China Sea A map of the most hotly contested territories in the waters surrounding China and Vietnam The effect of [...]

CSIS – Recent Interviews with U.S. Ambassadors to Southeast Asia

Chào các bạn Trung Tâm Nghiên Cứu Quốc Tế Và Chiến Lược vừa interview bốn đại sứ Mỹ tại Singpapore, Indonesia, Philippines và Việt Nam. Thông tin tốt về liên hệ giữa Mỹ và các quốc gia Đông Nam Á. Các bạn click vào tên các quốc gia trong bản tin dưới đây để nghe [...]

Tài liệu mới: Mekong Turning Point

The Stimson Center is pleased to release Mekong Turning Point: Shared River for a Shared Future A new publication from Stimson’s Mekong Policy Project, by project director Richard Cronin and Tim Hamlin. This timely report analyzes the dynamics of the proposed construction of hydropower dams on the mainstream of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia, [...]

Starting over with a clean slate

Hi everyone, ‘Slate’ is a board (usually made of porcelain enamel), the surface of which is used for chalk-writing. Wiping the board to write new stuff on it is “starting over with a clean slate”. This expression is often used to refer to circumstances when someone starts his life all over again, such as when [...]

Relationship is a matter of risk taking

Written by Trần Đình Hoành Translated into English by Nguyễn Hà Huyền Vân Dear Everyone, Our relationships – between us and our friends, lovers, wives/husbands, partners, comrades, brethren… or just anyone – are always a matter of risk taking. When we say “I love you and I trust you wholeheartedly”, that is a romantic feeling from [...]

Recent Developments in the South China Sea and Evolution of Vietnam’s Claims and Positions

Dear Everyone, This is Dr. Trần Trường Thủy’s presentation at the recent Conference on the East Sea in Manila, Philippines. Dr. Thủy is Director of Center for East Sea Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. This is a good presentation of the issues involved, Vietnam’s claims and positions on the issues, and China’s position [...]

Zuccotti Park Cleanup Canceled, Occupy Wall Street Protesters Claim Victory — Occupy Wall Street Park Cleaning Postponed

 

FBI, DEA thwart terror plot in U.S. involving Iran

CNN Two men are accused of conspiring to murder Saudi Ambassador Adel Al-Jubeir. October 11th, 2011 04:52 PM ET Editor’s note: The FBI and the DEA have disrupted a plot involving Iran to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Two men – one arrested, the other at [...]

What is Occupy Wall Street? The history of leaderless movements

Washington Post Alex Brandon/AP – Occupy Wall Street protests, which have spread nationwide, are the latest in a line of large-scale leaderless movements. nbsp;  By Heather Gautney,   This piece is part of an On Leadership roundtable on the Occupy Wall Street protests.Occupy Wall Street has arrived. Facebook is all-aflutter, and Twitter is all-atweeter, as [...]

THREE DISPUTES AND THREE OBJECTIVES – China and South China Sea (By Peter Dutton)

  Best Article on LOS and the South China Sea I have read many articles on the politics and law of the South China Sea, some short and pithy and others long and complex. I now have read what I think of as the best introduction to the issue of conflict, politics and international law [...]

Love Others

Written by Trần Đình Hoành Translated into English by Hồ Kính Đạt Hi everyone, Speaking of love, we oftentimes think of it as a one-sided action. We lend someone a helping hand, give someone a present and want nothing in return. It is true! However, the outcome of a humane deed is always reciprocal – [...]

GRATITUDE

Written by Trần Đình Hoành Translated into English by Nguyễn Hà Huyền Vân If we still have parents, we are more fortunate than the orphans. If we have a house, we are more fortunate than the homeless. If we have daily food, we are more fortunate than the hungry. If we have clothing, we are [...]

Massive cyberspying operation targeted U.S., U.N., others

TĐH: A security expert at McAffee has discovered a massive cyberspying operation, that looks like a state-spondered operation, that attacks 72 major agencies of 14 countries for the last 5 years. And some experts suspect the attacking state is China. By Barry Neild, CNN August 3, 2011 1:32 p.m. EDT | Filed under: Web McAfee [...]

The Number-One Cause for Success: Persistence

Written by Trần Đình Hoành Translated by Nguyễn Hà Huyền Vân Hi folks,

Teaching Positive Thinking

Written by Trần Đình Hoành Translated by Hồ Kính Đạt Perhaps you have been a regular reader of the theme “positive thinking”, but have you ever played the part of a teacher on this topic? Did it ever occur to you that the best way to learn is to teach others? When I was young [...]

Gaddafi subject to ICC arrest warrant

Libya: Muammar Gaddafi subject to ICC arrest warrant Muammar Gaddafi is accused of personally ordering attacks on civilians Libya Crisis The story so far Gaddafi’s own goal Misrata rebels call for help Nato’s man against Gaddafi The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes [...]

US helps Vietnam to eradicate deadly Agent Orange

BBC 17 June 2011 Last updated at 08:44 ET Millions suffered deformities as a result of the herbicide sprayed over Vietnam Continue reading the main story Related Stories Agent Orange campaign in Vietnam Canada to get Agent Orange probe The legacy of Agent Orange Vietnam and the United States have taken the first step towards [...]

China’s Troubled Neighbors

By PHILIP BOWRING HONG KONG — Appropriately, the meeting straddled the anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Defense ministers and top brass from the United States, China and a host of lesser regional powers were in Singapore for meetings known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. Just as June 4 in Beijing ended many illusions about [...]

Speech of US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, June 4, 2011

International Institute for Security Studies (Shangri-La Dialogue) As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, Saturday, June 04, 2011 Thank you, John, for that kind introduction. And congratulations to the International Institute for Strategic Studies on reaching this important milestone with the tenth Shangri-La Security Dialogue.  This conference, in that relatively [...]

Gates to unveil plans to increase U.S. military involvement in SE Asia

TĐH: The text in red is my coloring The Cable Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, June 3, 2011 – 12:06 AM Share SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, Singapore – The U.S. and China are both striving to portray a warm bilateral relationship as they headline a huge international security conference in Singapore this weekend. Meanwhile, the U.S. side [...]

28 năm sau gặp lại ân nhân

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General Stanley McChrystal talks about leadership

With a remarkable record of achievement, General Stanley McChrystal has been praised for creating a revolution in warfare that fused intelligence and operations. A four-star general, he is the former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan and the former leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which oversees the military’s most sensitive forces. [...]

Global food prices hit new record highs, says UN food agency

BBC Food markets are “already precarious”, the UN says Global food prices have hit record highs, and could rise even further, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Food Price Index rose 2.2% in February to the highest level since the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began monitoring prices in 1990. It also warned [...]

Libya unrest: US repositioning forces in region

BBC 28 February 2011 Last updated at 15:43 ET The USS Enterprise (right) is currently in the Red Sea The US defence department says it is repositioning forces in the Libya region as the West weighs potential intervention against Muammar Gaddafi. The Pentagon said it was moving forces to “provide for that flexibility once decisions [...]

Defiant Gaddafi refuses to quit amid Libya protests

BBC 22 February 2011 Last updated at 13:23 ET Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has refused to stand down amid widespread anti-government protests which he said had tarnished the image of the country. In his first major speech since unrest began last week, Col Gaddafi said the whole world looked up to Libya and that [...]

Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa — country by country

By the CNN Wire Staff February 16, 2011 12:25 p.m. EST STORY HIGHLIGHTS The winds of unrest have swept through North Africa and the Middle East The demonstrations started in Tunisia in December The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt have resigned amid mass protests Protests were held Wednesday in Yemen, Libya and Iraq Are there [...]

Abortion causing huge gender imbalance in Vietnam, UN admits

by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:24 EST VIETNAM, December 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After decades of involvement in coercive population control measures, including abortion, contraception, and sterilization of women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is admitting that policies it has championed are causing a serious imbalance in the ratio of male [...]

We Are Witnessing An Arab People’s Revolution

Brookings January 28, 2011 — We are in the midst of a brave new world. The uprisings raging from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen are heralding a new Arab, post-Islamist revolution. Protesters shout anti-goverment slogans during a demonstration in Cairo January 29, 2011 Reuters/Asmaa Waguih   President Hosni Mubarak’s days, like those of deposed Tunisian [...]

Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution

Biogas in Vietnam