Vietnam-India Relations and South China Sea arbitration – By Carl Thayer

C3S Paper No.2094

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“India and Vietnam Advance Their Strategic Partnership,” The Diplomat, December 11, 2014.http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/india-and-vietnam-advance-their-strategic-partnership/.

“Vietnam Files Statement of Interest with the Permanent Court of Arbitration,” cogitAsia, December 15, 2014. http://cogitasia.com/vietnam-files-statement-of-interest-with-the-permanent-court-of-arbitration/.  Adds new information to Background Brief previously circulated.

(Article reprinted with the permission of the author Carlyle A. Thayer, Emeritus Professor,The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra email: Carlthayer@webone.com.au)