Vietnam’s broken rice bowl

For generations farmers and their families harvesting their rice paddies in the fertile Mekong Delta have relied for the river’s bountiful fish resources and grain production for their subsistence. For millions, the particular pulse of life is the constant flow from the river. Those living along the Mekong as well as Delta tributaries have got recognized their “water […]

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US sanctions reversing Russian gains in SE Asia

HANOI – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become a main strategic concern just for much of the West, but its knock-on effects are extending nicely beyond Europe. This really is particularly the case within Southeast Asia, exactly where Moscow has sought over the past decade in order to carve out a new network of strategic relationships. Leveraging its robust strategic […]

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Biden postmortem on Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

(Present: President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and White House aide Tara Write) Joe Biden: Let me bring this little meeting to purchase.   We are all here.   And this is a new White House aide, Tara Compose, who will provide visuals if we need them. The […]

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How will US-Taiwan trade initiative affect cross-Strait ties?

Reuters reported on August 18 that Washington and Taipei had begun talks under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade (USTI) agreed in June. The USTI was reached after Taiwan was excluded from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) that US President Joe Biden announced during his visit to Asia in May. The IPEF and USTI are […]

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