The Political Economy of Hydropower Dam Construction in Vietnam
…Cambodia and Their Meaning in International Law, https://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/documents/down_river.pdf [3] Liberated Saigon, “Central Highlands to Become Country’s Largest Hydropower Source in 2010,” April 27, 2007; https://www.sggp.org.vn/daututaichinh/2007/4/97019/ [4] Vietnam News Agency, Joint…
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
…to Asia first and foremost required “sustained commitment” to what she called “forward-deployed diplomacy.”7Hillary Clinton, “America’s Pacific Century,” Foreign Policy, October 11, 2011, https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/americas-pacific-century/. In her words, this meant “continuing…
Sudan: How One of the Most Severe Humanitarian Crises Became Marginalized in the Global System
…parties realize that the international community is content with statements of concern without tangible punitive measures, “escalation” becomes the least costly and most feasible option, creating a vicious cycle of…
A Selective Chronology of US Space Policy and International Diplomacy
…treaty. September 15, 1966 The National Security Council meets to discuss the remaining points of contention on the draft outer space treaty: access to facilities on celestial bodies, requirements for…
North Korea: So If the Banking Issue Is Resolved, What’s Next?
…“beginning” and “advancing” mean in this context is likely to be somewhat contentious, with the North trying to push in the direction of “completion” while the United States will take…
Taiwan and U.S. Policy: The Diplomatic Dimension
…mean that the U.S. recognizes the PRC government as the legal government of Taiwan? Do we accept the PRC contention that it speaks in the international community for Taiwan? In…
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…