Image Courtesy: China Briefing C3S Paper No. 2078 The all powerful polit bureau (PB) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) met on 30th...

Carlyle A. Thayer, C3S Paper No.2075 The Vietnamese Foreign Minister and Chinese State Coucilor met in Hanoi on Monday (October 27) and...

Col R Hariharan. C3S Paper No.2072 India expressed “serious concern to India’s national security” to Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Gotabaya...

Bhaskarroy, C3S paper No. 2071 The docking of two Chinese submarines in Sri Lanka within a space of two months raises pertinent...

Bhaskar Roy, C3S Paper No.2070 An explosion in a house in Khagragram, Burdwan district, West Bengal, on October 02 opened the eyes of the...

Col R Hariharan, C3S Paper No. 2069 Here are my answers given to an columnist’s e-mail questions on the subject. 1. The main source of...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2068 In managing relations with India and China, Vietnamese diplomacy has grown dynamic and creative....

Ravi Dutt Bajpai,  Weekly Column No. 1003/2014 Why Asian Pivot In 2011, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton writing for the magazine...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2067 We are preparing a report on why Communism survived in Southeast Asia following the fall of the Berlin...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2066 According to the following press release: At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2065 Vietnam has just released blogger Dieu Cay on what appears to be a “get out of jail, go straight to the...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2064 The most important outcome of the talks between the two defense ministers was agreement on a protocol...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2063 We request your assessment of the visit to China by the Vietnamese Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh....

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2062 Q1. Why does the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) send troops on UN peacekeeping missions? ANSWER:...

By Carl Thayer, C3S Paper No.2061 Beijing and Hanoi are looking to reset bilateral relations following a turbulent year. When the...

Carlyle A. Thayer , C3S Paper No. 2060 ANSWER: Ever since the oil rig HD 981 broke out in May Vietnam has repeatedly sought to engage...

Carlyle A. Thayer, C3S Paper No. 2059 Recently, China has put forth a two-channel initiative, or two-orbit approach, tohandle South China...

Carlyle A. Thayer, C3S Paper No. 2058 This news report was placed unobtrusively among other more mundane reports of activities concerning...

Carlyle A. Thayer, C3S Paper No. 2056 We are currently prepapring a backgrounder on the South China Sea conflict. The reason is Prime...

Carlyle A. Thayer, C3S Paper No.2055 It has been reported that China has completed an air strip on Woody Island. How will this improve...