Is BRICS Re-Defining World Order?

Why the negotiations for the Philippines-China joint energy development in the South China Sea has not come to fruition

Is China Providing Public Goods, Strengthening Maritime Claims, or Both?

A Quick Showdown between France’s Submarines and AUKUS’s Submarines

On March 15th, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating affirmed that the AUKUS’s deal was “worst deal in all history” by an Australian Labor government and said that the previous French proposal to Australia was far better, after the leaders from AUKUS members announced the detailed cooperation plan two days earlier.

The UK’s 2023 Integrated Review Refresh New Points

On March 13, 2023, the British government published its 2023 Integrated Review Refresh (IRR23) - the updated version of the 2021 Integrated Review Refresh (IRR21). Comparing the two versions, the IRR23 have several new points. 

AUKUS: the Ultimate Option?

Some scholars from Southeast Asia, Australia, the US, and Russia recently published commentaries on AUKUS’s weaknesses.

ASEAN’s Different Responses to the New AUKUS Announcement

On March 13, 2023, the US, the UK, and Australia announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) - the first major project of AUKUS pact. 

FROM THE SEA Ep 3 | EU's Approach in the South China Sea & the Pacific (with Giulio Pugliese)

Dr. Giulio Pugliese (Oxford School of Global and Area Studies) had a chat by the sea (literally) with our host Hoang Do about what he characterized as the EU's "mercantilism" approach in the Indo-Pacific and the South China Sea.

FROM THE SEA Ep2 | Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy - New Kid on the Block (with Stephen Nagy)

Dr. Stephen Nagy (Internation Christian University of Tokyo) analyzes Canada's interests and distinctive approach in the Indo-Pacific - its management of the relations with the Quad, China and Southeast Asian countries.

FROM THE SEA Ep1 | Philippines' South China Sea Policy under Marcos (with Richard Heydarian)

FROM THE SEA is the first podcast from Vietnam to focus on geopolitical and security developments with regard to the South China Sea as a connected area in the regional maritime landscape. In our first episode, Professor Richard Heydarian (University of the Philippines) shares his thoughts about the new Philippine president's first steps in managing ties with China, with respect to the South China...