Environmental Volunteerism on the Rise in Vietnam
Environmental volunteerism is taking center stage in Vietnam in the lead-up to World Environment Day.
Marginalized or Pivotal Middle Power? Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategic Choice
In crafting an Indo-Pacific Strategy, Canada has the opportunity to differentiate itself from its powerful southern neighbor and assert its role as a middle power.
UNCLOS Ratification Issue Looms over US-ASEAN Summit
What better way for the U.S. to bolster a ‘rules-based international order’ than to join with the 162 other countries that have adopted the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)?
Cambodia Naval Base Gets a Chinese Upgrade
Cambodia insists work on a newly-dredged port and shipyard at Ream Naval Base is not being carried out to enable a permanent Chinese military presence. Washington is not so sure.
Analyzing Bangladesh’s Response to the US Sanctions
Was Dhaka’s response to recent US sanctions mature or imprudent?
The Greening of Vietnam and Environmentalism 2.0
Smart phones and social media are changing the way that Vietnamese people view – and advocate about – their environment.
The Limits of Hydropower in Laos
Laos has reduced its reliance on fossil fuels by building dams on a mass scale, and aims to export the electricity generated to its neighbours. Yet the plan comes with economic and environmental risks.
Can China’s Belt and Road Open Up Landlocked Laos?
As a 420 km high-speed railway nears completion, two Chinese-built highways have been given the green light. Will these projects open up Laos, or make it a crossing point on China’s Belt and Road?
Vietnam Faces Watershed Moment ahead of COP26
For a sense of the stakes involved at the upcoming COP26 climate conference, look no further than Ho Chi Minh City’s fight against rising seawaters.
India’s Act East Policy: Warning to China or Flawed Strategy?
Modi’s Act East Policy has boosted naval capacity and morale, but fallen short on overland connectivity and trade promotion.