Harvard University Faculty Club, March 11, 2025 Distinguished guests, esteemed colleagues, and friends, As we conclude today’s roundtable, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to all our distinguished speakers, panelists, and organizers. A special thank you to...
Organizers: Boston Global Forum, Harvard University, Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations Venue: Harvard University Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Date & Time: March 11, 2025, 3:00 PM – 7:30 PM Moderator: Professor Thomas...
(BGF) - In China government's official website, it warned the joint military exercises and joint patrol over the Spratly Islands of neighbor countries, the Philippines and Vietnam, and described these activities as "illegal", which infringed upon its sovereignty over...
(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...