The Political Economy of Hydropower Dam Construction in Vietnam
…by the state-owned Electricity Corporation of Vietnam (EVN) – the sole provider of electricity in the country – under the Ministry of Industry (now the Ministry of Industry and Commerce)….
A Handbook of Confidence Building Measures for Regional Security (ed. 1)
Michael Krepon, Dominique M. McCoy and Matthew C.J. Rudolph, eds, A Handbook of Confidence-Building Measures for Regional Security (Washington, DC: The Henry L. Stimson Center, September 1993). Contents Project on…
Broken Pivot: Examining Changes to the U.S. Diplomatic Footprint in the Indo-Pacific
…Office of the President of the United States, Office of the Press Secretary, Joint Statement by President Obama And Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia, 27 April 2014, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/27/joint-statement-president-obama-and-prime-minister-najib-malaysia-0. 58 American…
Sudan: How One of the Most Severe Humanitarian Crises Became Marginalized in the Global System
…Sea, which is a vital artery through which about 25% of the world’s container traffic passes. It is one of the richest countries replete with gold and strategic minerals, making…
A Selective Chronology of US Space Policy and International Diplomacy
…liability in space. March, 7 2009 Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechei both emphasize the need to keep weapons out of outer space…
North Korea: So If the Banking Issue Is Resolved, What’s Next?
…the question of “disablement” is very likely to prove contentious. The United States clearly has in mind some action that will make it very difficult (i.e., time-consuming and expensive) to…
Taiwan and U.S. Policy: The Diplomatic Dimension
…as they have “transited” the United States is a case in point. Similarly, although the level of expressed unhappiness was considerably higher when Taiwan’s defense minister, Tang Yao-ming, “visited” the…
The Lahore Declaration and Beyond: Maritime Confidence-Building Measures in South Asia
…been the least contentious of the three dimensions of military conflict and because there is a wide scope of non-contentious issues upon which maritime cooperation may be achieved,” including search…