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Vietnam’s Flexible Foreign & Security Policies to Protect its Interests in South China Sea

Nearly 14 years after it signed the ‘Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea’ (DOC) with ASEAN countries--it also signed in October 2003--the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia -- China’s approach to the Sou....

June 03, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , South China Sea , Security Policies , ASEAN countries

Malabar 2016 - Ruffling Feathers in South China Sea

Commodore Gopal Suri

The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet is ‘Acting East’ with four of its ships en route to the seas east of the Malacca Straits, an area of maritime interest to the Indian Navy. In a press release, the MoD has stated that the four ships, the I....

May 26, 2016 Defence , China , South China Sea , Vietnam , Malabar , Malacca Straits

China’s Fishing Vessels in the Natuna Island: Implications for the Regional Security

Dr Teshu Singh

Amid heightened tension in the South China Sea (SCS) over China’s land reclamation in the region, last month, fishing vessel MV Kwang Fey 10078 and a Chinese Coast Guard vessel were found fishing in the exclusive economic zone of Indonesia. This is....

April 29, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , South China Sea , Natuna Island , Regional Security

Upping the Ante in the South China Sea

Commodore Gopal Suri

The political climate in the South China Sea has become more charged with the US Navy sending a destroyer, the USS Lassen, on a Freedom of Navigation patrol (FONOP) within 12 nm of the Subi Reef, a Chinese occupied natural formation in the con....

October 30, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , South China Sea , USA Navy

Sixth Xiangshan Forum

1. The Xiangshan, or Fragrant Hills, conference was held from 16 to 18 October 2015 at China National Convention Center in Beijing. Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney was invited from the Vivekananda International Foundation to attend this conference. His observati....

October 26, 2015 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , South China Sea , Asia Pacific , Sixth Xiangshan Forum , China Military Science Society

Rising Tensions in the South China Sea

Commodore Gopal Suri

The South China Sea has been an area of friction for the last couple of decades with regular flare ups between states that ring this area due to competing territorial and sovereignty claims. The Spratly Islands have often been in the news with contes....

October 21, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , South China Sea , Vietnam

VIF Visit to Vietnam

A VIF delegation led by its Director, Gen (Retd) N C Vij, visited Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city from 02 to 05 Nov 2014. The delegation included Vice Admiral (Retd) KK Nayyar, Chairman, Board of Trustees, VIF, Lt Gen (Retd) R K Sawhney, Ambassador TCA Ra....

November 19, 2014 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , South China Sea , Vietnam , Asia Pacific Region , Indo-Vietnam Defence

Round Table Discussion on “Implications of the likely Leadership Change(s) in the PRC and PLA Strategy on the South China Sea Issue”

A Taiwanese delegation visited Vivekananda International Foundation on 18 May 2012 to hold a Round Table Discussion on “Implications of the likely Leadership Change(s) in the PRC and PLA Strategy on the South China Sea Issue”. The delegation com....

May 22, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , South China Sea , CPC , PLA , PRC , Shanghai Gang