vietnam

Hanoi’s new defense white paper reflects fears of Chinese encroachment.

A kid’s movie has turned into a geopolitical nightmare for DreamWorks.

The Russian oil giant Rosneft is quietly backing Hanoi in its clash with Beijing.

Globalization is alive and well. It’s just the United States sitting on the sidelines.

The evidence shows that supposed fishing boats around contested islands are part of an extensive maritime militia.

The trade war has been good for Hanoi—but the boom has its limits.

Bitter memories of impunity for U.S. soldiers still rankle even close allies.

On the podcast: George Packer, in conversation with Stephen M. Walt, on America’s long-serving diplomat.

Chronic poverty may be on the decline, but too many families still face cyclical poverty.

A new biography of Richard Holbrooke is a portrait of an era when the United States was at the center of the world—and assumed it should be.

China's closest ideological neighbor wants its own 5G network.

As Hanoi welcomes Trump, it shuts down a key reformist think tank.

A freeze-for-freeze deal is exactly what the administration once swore it would not accept.

At the U.S.-North Korea summit, the host may be the biggest winner.

Successive U.S. administrations failed to heed the lessons of a forgotten counterinsurgency success story from Vietnam.

President Nguyen Phu Trong is drawing from Xi Jinping's playbook.