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 (43)
Japan and Southeast Asia Set to Co-Create an Interwoven Future
Hoang Thi Ha|Pham Thi Phuong Thao
Japan’s decades of cultivating relations with Southeast Asia have not only strengthened their diplomatic and economic ties but also deepened interpersonal and societal interactions, ultimately shifting postwar animosity towards Japan into a prevailing positive sentiment today.
Marcos’s Visit to Vietnam: When Manila’s Pivot Meets Hanoi’s Pragmatism
Hoang Thi Ha|Aries A. Arugay
Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to strengthen maritime cooperation in the South China Sea. Digging deeper, however, the two countries are taking distinct approaches in countering the Chinese coercion in the maritime area.
Late to the Party: Vietnam and the Belt and Road Initiative
Hoang Thi Ha
Chinese-funded investments into Laos and Cambodia have transformed the geo-economic landscape in Vietnam’s immediate neighbourhood. This has caused Hanoi to give China’s Belt and Road Initiative another look.
Nguyen Phu Trong’s ‘Bamboo Diplomacy’: Legacy in the Making?
Hoang Thi Ha
Vietnam’s General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is actively promoting “Vietnamese bamboo diplomacy” as his foreign policy legacy. The concept is not altogether new but it has been riding upon Trong’s political ascendency and Vietnam’s geopolitical fortunes.
India’s Expanding Global Influence Has Limited Reach in ASEAN
Hoang Thi Ha|Eugene R.L. Tan
India is seizing strategic opportunities to emerge as a new global power but its influence in Southeast Asia is not keenly felt yet.