Hoang Thi Ha is Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator of the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Articles by Hoang Thi Ha (64)
Vietnam’s Gaza Board of Peace Gambit: To Lam’s Confident New Foreign Policy
Hoang Thi Ha
Vietnam’s decision to join the Trump-led Gaza Board of Peace speaks less about its Middle East policy and more about its evolving foreign policy.
Japan’s Growing Hard-power Profile: Implications for Southeast Asia
Hoang Thi Ha|Eugene R.L. Tan
Japan is emerging as a consequential hard-power player, expanding its deterrence and defence-industrial capabilities, as well as its regional and global defence networks. As Japan strengthens its military posture, Southeast Asian states are under mounting pressure to navigate the intensifying Tokyo-Beijing rivalry while carefully managing domestic sensitivities.
Infrastructure as Strategy: How Vietnam Rewires Indochina through Ports and Roads
Hoang Thi Ha
Vietnam is often portrayed as losing influence in Laos and Cambodia to China. But the construction of key infrastructure gives Hanoi some measure of agency.
Southeast Asia Navigates Trumpian Storms: Disruptions, Recalibrations and Adaptations
Hoang Thi Ha
The 2nd Trump administration has overturned long-standing pillars of US foreign policy, slashing aid, weaponising tariffs, and dismantling multilateral and normative commitments. Southeast Asia – with deep ties to the US economically, strategically, and developmentally – has been particularly vulnerable to these shocks.
Implications of the Venezuela Case for Southeast Asia: Parallels and Limits
Hoang Thi Ha|Aries A. Arugay
What can Southeast Asia learn from the US' recent actions in Venezuela?