Vietnamese Villagers Are Holding Police Hostage in a Rare Protest Over Land Seizures

A standoff between villagers and Vietnams communist authorities escalated this week after dozens of people were taken hostage, about a third of them police officers, by residents fuming over a land dispute.

How the Soviet Union Thought Itself to Death

ALONGSIDE THE balance of power is a balance of ideas, and even a hegemony of ideas.

A Timeline of North Korea’s Missile Launches and Nuclear Detonations

The North Korean weapons program now testing U.S. President Donald Trump stretches back decades, when the regime began reverse-engineering Scud missiles acquired from Egypt. International efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear threat were dealt a setback in 2006 with the country’s first successful bomb test, and former leader Kim Jong Il abandoned talks a few years later. His son and successor, Kim Jong Un, has only accelerated the program, testing more sophisticated technology in defiance of international sanctions.

HAVE WE ALREADY LOST THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?

China can increasingly project power throughout the South China Sea thanks to its new dual-use bases in the Spratly Islands and upgraded facilities in the Paracels. Beijing remains firmly committed to securing extensive but ill-defined “historic rights” throughout the nine-dash line in contravention of international law.

Recreating China’s Imagined Empire

Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power

Tang poems and folk tales: Historys role in the Trump-Xi reset

PALM BEACH, U.S. -- The primary goal of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the first face-to-face meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, was to seek a new beginning for his "major powers" initiative. But he got off to a rather rocky start; the summit was overshadowed by a series of unexpected events.

Vietnam: Evaluating Government Performance on its First Anniversary in Office

We are writing a review assessing the first year anniversary of the new Vietnamese government led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The Baby Boomer War

Of all the tropes about the Vietnam War, one stands out far above the rest in American memory: It was the baby boomers’ war. By the spring of 1967, most American soldiers being killed in combat had been born in 1946 or after.

The Modernization of the Vietnam Peoples Navy: Grand Goals and Limited Options

The Vietnam Peoples Navy (VPN) on Feb. 28 deployed the last of six Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines ordered from Russia in 2009. In deploying the full fleet, the VPN became the owner of the largest submarine fleet in Southeast Asia. But it is worthwhile to compare both the size and quality of the VPNs submarine force with those of its neighbors.

In Asias Infrastructure Race, Vietnam Is Among the Leaders

Vietnam is spending billions to attract foreign investors