On May 24, 2022, Former Japanese State Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, one of leader of AI World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net), will visit Boston from May 23 to May 25, 2022. Mr. Nakayama will discuss at the Global Alliance for Digital Governance High Level Dialog...
On may 14, 2022, at Harvard Kennedy School, the Ash Center’s Vietnam Program hosted a discussion with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Vietnam’s economic development strategy. Following his remarks, the Vietnam Program hosted an expert panel to respond to...
(BGF) - China's "nine-dashed line" maritime claims in the South China Sea has been a key source of disputes with its neighbors, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia. M. Taylor Fravel, an Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the Security Studies...
(BGF) - The Strait Times reported Vietnam's acquisition of more fighter weapons to counter a potential adversary of superior military capability. This initiative shows that Vietnam would be no pushover to try seizing the South China Sea. Click here to read the full...
(BGF) - The Wall Street Journal reported the fared tensions in the potentially resource-rich South China Sea as China warned its neighbors to stop looking for oil while Vietnam accused China of sabotaging a seismic survey boat. Beijing has contributed to mounting...
(Photo Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (BGF) - Recently, China's Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong accused the United States and Japan of attempting to sow controversy and incite tensions in Asia. General Wang's comments came in reaction to speeches by U.S. Secretary of...
(Photo Credit: The Japan Times) (BGF) - According to The Japan Times Australian Defense Minister David Johnston has backed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's statement that China's actions in the South China Sea are 'destabiilizing'. Secretary Hagel's comments were...
(Photo Credit: The IISS Asia Security Summit) (BGF) - The IISS Asia Security Summit has posted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's keynote address from the Shangri-La Dialogue 2014 on their website. An excerpt of the keynote address is provided below. Click here to...