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Troubles on the Mekong

The communities that depend on the Mekong River find themselves at the nexus of seemingly implacable forces: the consequences of climate change, the geopolitical ambitions of China, and the indifference of their governments.

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Climate Change Nov 7, 2019 Snapshot

Troubles on the Mekong

The communities that depend on the Mekong River find themselves at the nexus of seemingly implacable forces: the consequences of climate change, the geopolitical...

Sam Geall

From the Archives Aug 15, 2017 Snapshot

Why Tensions Are Rising Between Vietnam and China

Vietnam now appears to be an outlier in its vociferous opposition to China’s push for control over the South China Sea.

Hunter Marston

A ship of Chinese Coast Guard is seen near a ship of Vietnam Marine Guard in the South China Sea, about 130 miles off shore of Vietnam, May 2014.

U.S. Foreign Policy May 19, 2016 Snapshot

Two Myths About the United States and Vietnam

Two big myths persist about the United States and Vietnam. The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain. The...

Jonathan Zimmerman

Obama Administration May 17, 2016 Snapshot

Obama in Hanoi

U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. Obama's trip could prove to be a milestone in a two-decade path toward...

David Brown

Students wave Vietnamese national flags during a military parade as part of the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, April 30, 2015.

U.S. Foreign Policy Mar 2, 2016 Snapshot

Safe Harbor

The clash of interests between China and the United States in the South China Sea has become more tense, and the situation is only going to get worse. The time has...

Michael H. Fuchs

A ship (top) of Chinese Coast Guard is seen near a ship of Vietnam Marine Guard in the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) off shore of Vietnam May 14, 2014.

Strategy & Conflict Jun 25, 2014 Snapshot

Pivot Problems

To protect its core interests in Asia, the United States should start being honest about the things it doesn't care about. That includes China's harassment of...

Jennifer Lind

A Chinese naval guard stands beside a guided missile destroyer in Hong Kong, April 30, 2004.

Human Rights Jun 1, 2014 Snapshot

How Activists Changed Washington

The ubiquity of human rights rhetoric in American political life today obscures the relatively recent origins of the U.S. human rights movement. It wasn’t...

William Michael Schmidli

A human rights protester Washington, D.C., 2011.

Environment Feb 5, 2014 Snapshot

Africa’s Anti-Poaching Problem

Wildlife trade bans are failing because they have run into the same basic problem as the war on drugs. Prohibitions on trading wildlife products such as tusks and...

Alexander Kasterine

A White Rhino awaits buyers in a pen at the annual auction in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi national park, September 18, 2010.

Political Economy January/February 2014 Comment

Six Markets to Watch: The Mekong Region

The Southeast Asian countries that line the Mekong River -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, along with China’s southern Yunnan Province -- are finally fending...

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Nixon Administration November/December 2012 Review Essay

What Really Happened in Vietnam

A pathbreaking history of the Vietnam War reveals that the Northern government was far more divided and discouraged than commonly believed. Yet the fact remains that...

Reviewed by Fredrik Logevall

Security July/August 2012 Letter

When Military Advisers Fail

S. J. Deitchman

Vietnam January 1957 Essay

South Viet Nam Finds Itself

William Henderson

Vietnam October 1954 Essay

Ho Chi Minh: Disciplined Communist

Ruth Fischer

Cambodia April 1951 Essay

Indo-China on the Razor's Edge

Editor's Note: For a French view of the situation in Indo-China see "Indo-China and Korea: One Front," by Jacques Soustelle, Foreign Affairs, October...

Seymour Topping

Cambodia October 1944 Essay

The Future of French Indo-China

Gaston Rueff

War & Military Strategy March/April 2009 Comment

The Precedents for Withdrawal

As Washington ponders how long to stay in Iraq, it would do well to remember the limited impact of the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s...

Bennett Ramberg

Media January/February 2006 Response

The Cost of War

How Many Casualties Will Americans Tolerate?...

Christopher Gelpi and John Mueller

War & Military Strategy November/December 2005 Essay

Iraq: Learning the Lessons of Vietnam

During Richard Nixon's first term, when I served as secretary of defense, we withdrew most U.S. forces from Vietnam while building up the South's ability to defend...

Melvin R. Laird

War & Military Strategy November/December 2005 Essay

The Iraq Syndrome

Public support for the war in Iraq has followed the same course as it did for the wars in Korea and Vietnam: broad enthusiasm at the outset with erosion of support...

John Mueller

Economics November/December 2000 Essay

Vietnam's Contradictions

Despite recently signing the long-awaited trade deal with the United States, Vietnam's communist leadership is split by uncertainty about the country's economic and...

Andrew J. Pierre

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