thayer consultancy annual activities report for 2012

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Thayer Activities Report for 2012

Emeritus Professor, The University of New SouthWales at the Australian Defence Force Academy,Canberra (January 2011-)

Director, Thayer Consultancy, (2002-present) Adjunct Global Faculty member, Center ofSoutheast Asian Studies, Ohio University (April 2009-present)

Member, International Advisory Board,Contemporary Southeast Asia (December 2008-present)

Table of ContentsPublications ...................................................................................................................................3

Major Publications ............................................................................................................................... 3

Minor Publications ............................................................................................................................... 4

Transcripts of Interviews ...................................................................................................................... 6Publications Completed (In Press) ....................................................................................................... 8

Publications (In Progress) ..................................................................................................................... 8

Conference Papers .........................................................................................................................9

Academic and Other Presentations................................................................................................ 12Manuscripts Reviewed.................................................................................................................. 13

Peer Reviews ...................................................................................................................................... 14

Higher Degree Examination........................................................................................................... 14

Higher Degree Supervision............................................................................................................ 14

Other Strategic Assessment Paper .................................................................................................. 15

Other Strategic Policy Paper............................................................................................................ 15

Other Visiting Fellow Essay ............................................................................................................. 15

Thayer Consultancy ...................................................................................................................... 16

Consultancies ..................................................................................................................................... 16Consultations ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Consultancy Reports .......................................................................................................................... 18Background Briefs .............................................................................................................................. 18

Other Activities ............................................................................................................................ 27

Media Interviews.......................................................................................................................... 27


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Highlights

2 Op Eds, Global Times (Beijing)

12 Major Academic Publications

19 International Conference Papers

20 Presentations (Lectures and Seminars)

26 full-length Published Interviews

34 Other Publications

218 Thayer Consultancy Background Briefs

426 Media Interviews (19 live TV appearances)

1. Professor Thayer addresses questions to Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong atthe headquarters of the Vietnam Communist Party, Hanoi, November 27, 2012


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Publications

Major Publications

The Apparatus of Authoritarian Rule in Viet Nam, SEARC Working Paper Series No.

118, Hong Kong: Southeast Asia Research Centre, College of Liberal Arts and SocialSciences, City University of Hong Kong, January 2012. 42pp.

"ASEANs Code of Conduct in the South China Sea: A Litmus Test for Community-Building?," The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 34, No. 4, August 20, 2012, 1-23.

Ban ve Quan He giua Cam-pu-chia va My (On Cambodia-United States Relations),Nghien Cuu Quoc Te [Hanoi: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam], 2(89), June 2012, 95-110.

Cambodia and Vietnam: Good Fences Make Good Neighbours, in Pou Sothirak,Geoffrey Wade and Mark Hong, eds., Cambodia: Progress and Challenges Since 1991.Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012. 62-77.

Cambodia-United States Relations, in Pou Sothirak, Geoffrey Wade and Mark Hong,eds., Cambodia: Progress and Challenges Since 1991. Singapore: Institute of SoutheastAsian Studies, 2012. 96-107.

The Five Power Defence Arrangements at Forty (1971-2011), Southeast Asian Affairs2012, edited by Daljit Singh and Pushpa Thambipillai. Singapore: Institute of SoutheastAsian Studies, 2012. 61-72.

The Rise of China and Maritime Security in Southeast Asia, IDE-JETRO. Tokyo:Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, 2012.http://www.ide.go.jp/Japanese/Publish/Download/Seisaku/120208.html

Security Cooperation in the South China Sea: An Assessment of Recent Trends, in TheSouth China Sea Reader, National Security Review special edition, Papers andProceedings of the Manila Conference on the South China Sea: Toward A Region of Peace,Cooperation and Progress, July 5-6, 2011, Manila, Philippines. Manila: National DefenseCollege of the Philippines, Foreign Service Institute and Diplomatic Academy ofVietnam, 2011. 13-40.

Strategic Relations in Asia: An Overview, International Studies [Hanoi: DiplomaticAcademy of Vietnam]. No. 26, July 2012, 65-90.

Viet Nam Tren Con Duong Hoi Nhap Toan Cau: Thuc Day Quan He Doi Tac Chien

Luoc Thong Qua Hop Tac An Ninh Quoc Te, in Viet Nam Tren Duong Hoi Nhap vaPhat Trien Ben Vung, Hoi Thao Quoc Te Viet Nam Hoc Lan Thu IV. Hanoi: Viet KhoaHoc Xa Hoi Viet Nam and Dai Hoc Quoc Gia Ha Noi, 2012. 197-205.

Vietnam, in Joel Krieger, editor-in-chief, The Oxford Companion to ComparativePolitics. 2 Volumes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Vol. 2, 468-470.

Vietnam, in Karen J. Sparks, ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica 2012 Book of the Year.Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2012. 490-491.
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Vietnam On the Road to Global Integration: Forging Strategic Partnerships ThroughInternational Security Cooperation, in Vietnam on the Road to Integration andSustainable Development, The Fourth International Conference on Vietnamese Studies.Hanoi: Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and Vietnam National University, 2012.

206-214.Minor Publications

Aggressive Assertiveness: Beijing Ratchets Up Pressure in South China Sea, DefenseNews, January 18, 2012.http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120118/DEFFEAT05/201180306/Aggressive-Assertiveness?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

The China-Philippines Face Off at Scarborough Shoal: Back to Square One?, e-International Relations, April 26, 2012. http://www.e-ir.info/2012/04/26/the-china-

philippines-face-off-at-scarborough-shoal-back-to-square-one/Code of Conduct in the South China Sea Undermined by ASEAN Disarray, U.S.Naval Institute, July 19, 2012. http://news.usni.org/news-analysis/news/code-conduct-south-china-sea-undermined-asean-disarray

Collateral Damage:Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Allianceby Nicholas Khoo (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012), Review by Carlyle A.Thayer, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews, 13(4), January 2012, 15-18. http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-XIII-14.pdf

Diplomatic Currents Running Strong in the South China Sea, East Asia Forum, April4, 2012.http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/04/04/diplomatic-currents-running-strong-in-the-south-china-sea/

Hanoi and the Pentagon: A Budding Courtship, U.S. Naval Institute, June 11, 2012.http://news.usni.org/news-analysis/hanoi-and-pentagon-budding-courtship

Is the Philippines an Orphan?, The Diplomat, May 2, 2012. http://the-diplomat.com/2012/05/02/is-the-philippines-an-orphan/

Staking claims in the South China Sea, The Security Times [Times Media],Supplement for Munich Security Conference, September 2012, 14.

The Shangri-La Dialogue 2012, e-International Relations, June 12, 2012.http://www.e-ir.info/2012/06/12/the-shangri-la-dialogue-2012/.

Standoff at Scarborough Shoal: Implications for US-China Relations, China-US Focus,May 9, 2012.http://www.chinausfocus.com/print/?id=15784
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Standoff in the South China Sea: Scarborough Shoal standoff reveals blunt edge ofChinas peaceful rise, Yale Global Online, June 12, 2012.http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/standoff-south-china-sea

Nhung gi dang sau vu Vinalines, BBC Vietnamese, May 23, 2012.http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2012/05/120523_thayer_vn_politics.shtml

Mc ch chuyn thm Vit Nam ca b trng Quc phng M, Radio FranceInternationale, May 25, 2012. http://www.viet.rfi.fr/viet-nam/20120525-muc-dich-chuyen-tham-viet-nam-cua-bo-truong-quoc-phong-my

Myanmar: Lifting Sanctions Is More Difficult Than Imposing Sanctions,AFG VentureDispatches, June 2012. http://www.afgventuregroup.com/dispatches/afg-venture-group-newsletter/myanmar-lifting-the-sanctions-is-more-difficult-than-imposing-

sanctions-carlyle-a-thayer-emeritus-professor-the-university-of-new-south-wales-at-the-australian-defence-force-academy-canberra/

Vietnam looking to play pivotal role with both China and US, Asian Review, TheGlobal Times (Beijing), July 25, 2012, 13.

Behind the scenes of ASEANs Breakdown, Asia Times Online, July 27, 2012.http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NG27Ae03.html.

Behind the scenes of ASEANs Breakdown, Asia Policy Blog, cogitASIA [Center forStrategic & International Studies, Washington, D.C.], July 26, 2012.

http://cogitasia.com/behind-the-scenes-of-aseans-breakdown/

Reader Riposte: South China Sea and ASEAN, The Interpreter, July 31, 2012.http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/07/31/South-China-Sea-let-ASEAN-work-it-out.aspx?p=true

Vit Nam: Biu tnh trong qu kh v hin ti, Ba Sm, July 26, 2012.http://anhbasam.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/bieu-tinh-trong-qua-khu-va-hien-tai-o-vn/

Russian Subs in Vietnam, U.S. Naval Institute, August 21, 2012.http://news.usni.org/news-analysis/news/russian-subs-vietnam

Tu ngm Nga ti Vit Nam, Radio France Internationale, August 22, 2012. http://www.viet.rfi.fr/viet-nam/20120822-tau-ngam-nga-tai-viet-nam

Ham i tau ngm Vit Nam, BBC Vietnamese Service, August 25, 2012.http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2012/08/120825_viet_submarines.shtml
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Vietnams regional growth tied to renewed Russian relations, Asian Review, GlobalTimes (Beijing), September 25, 2012, 13.

Vietnams regional growth tied to renewed Russian relations, The Nelson Report,

September 28, 2012.The Russia-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership, East Asia Forum, October 9, 2012.http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/10/09/the-russia-vietnam-comprehensive-partnership/

The Senkaku Islands Dispute: Risk to U.S. Rebalancing in the Asia -Pacific?, U.S.Naval Institute, October 16, 2012.http://news.usni.org/news-analysis/news/senkaku-islands-dispute-risk-us-rebalancing-asia-pacific

Vietnams Anti-Climatic Showdown at the Sixth Party Plenum, Asia Policy Blog,

cogitASIA [Center for Strategic & International Studies], October 23, 2012.http://cogitasia.com/vietnams-anti-climatic-showdown-at-the-sixth-party-plenum/

Transcripts of Interviews

Quan h M - Trung s theo kiu 'n ming, tr ming', Bao Dat Viet, January 14,2012, 9-10. http://quocphong.baodatviet.vn/Home/QPCN/Quan-he-My--Trung-se-theo-kieu-an-mieng-tra-mieng/20121/187886.datviet

'Khng qu nng, khng qu lnh', Bao Dat Viet, March 21, 2012.http://quocphong.baodatviet.vn/Home/QPCN/Khong-qua-nong-khong-qua-lanh/20123/199064.datviet

Diplomatic Alignment, Vietnam Economic Times, April 2012, 10-11.

Trung Quc mun Philippines phi nhng bc, Dat Viet Online, May 17, 2012.http://quocphong.baodatviet.vn/home/qpcn/trung-quoc-muon-philippines-phai-nhuong-buoc/20125/210612.datviet

Vit - M trong bi cnh bin ng cng thng, Bao Dat Viet, June 4, 2012.http://baodatviet.vn/Home/QPCN/Viet--My-trong-boi-canh-bien-Dong-cang-thang/20126/214512.datviet

i thoi hiu ng v bin ng, Nguoi Lao Dong Online, June 2, 2012.

http://nld.com.vn/20120602114130258p0c1002/doi-thoai-de-hieu-dung-ve-bien-dong.htm

Quan h M-Vit v chuyn i Vit Nam ca B trng Quc Phng M, Voice ofAmerica, Vietnamese Language Service, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012.http://www.voatiengviet.com/content/quan-he-my-viet-va-chuyen-di-vietnam-cua-bo-truong-quoc-phong-my/1211201.html
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China and Vietnam An Unsteady Modus Vivendi?, ISN Podcast, InternationalRelations and Security Network, Zurich, July 6, 2012.http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Podcasts

Vietnam Seeks U.S. Equipment to Close Military Gaps, Global Insider, World PoliticsReview. July 6, 2012.http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/12136/global-insider-vietnam-seeks-u-s-equipment-to-close-military-gaps

Cam Bt b t co chiu Trung Quc ph hoi ASEAN, Radio FranceInternationale, July 14, 2012. http://www.viet.rfi.fr/chau-a/20120714-cam-bot-bi-to-cao-chieu-y-trung-quoc-de-pha-hoai-asean

Asean to Integrate Warts and All, While Vietnam Faces Instability Over Land,Thayer Says, Bloomberg Brief, Economics Asia, One on One, July 20, 2012.S thc v tht bi ca Hi ngh Ngoi trng ASEAN ln th 45, Radio FranceInternational, July 27, 2012.http://www.viet.rfi.fr/viet-nam/20120727-su-thuc-ve-that-bai-cua-hoi-nghi-ngoai-truong-asean-lan-thu-45

Put to the Test, Vietnam Economic Times, August 2012, 10-11.

Vit Nam c th tr thnh mt trc xoay?, Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2012.http://www1.vietinfo.cz/cung-suy-ngam/viet-nam-co-the-tro-thanh-mot-truc-xoay.html

'M ang ngn Trung Quc hnh ng ba bi', Dat Viet, August 7, 2012.http://quocphong.baodatviet.vn/Home/QPCN/My-dang-ngan-Trung-Quoc-hanh-dong-bua-bai/20128

Gy chin, uy tn ca Trung Quc s trt dc, Dan Tri, August 8, 2012.http://dantri.com.vn/c36/s36-627645/gay-chien-uy-tin-cua-trung-quoc-se-truot-doc.htm

Bin ng hay chuyn sp gh?, Tuan Viet Nam, August 8, 2012.http://vietnamnet.vn/vn/chinh-tri/tuanvietnam/83777/bien-dong-hay-chuyen-sap-ghe-.html

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Trung Quc ht 'bt nt lng ging', Dan Tri, August 11, 2012.http://vietnamnet.vn/vn/chinh-tri/tuanvietnam/83833/de-trung-quoc-het--bat-nat-lang-gieng-.html

Trung Quc s b c lp nu bt hp tc v Bin ng, VNExpress, August 17, 2012.http://vnexpress.net/gl/the-gioi/phan-tich/2012/08/trung-quoc-se-bi-co-lap-neu-bat-hop-tac-ve-bien-dong/

ng m chin dch t ph lm g?, BBC Vietnamese Service, August 17, 2012.http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/2012/08/120817_thayer_criticism_analysis.shtml

Gio S Carl Thayer Ni V Tng Lai Vit Nam V Chnh Sch Chu Ca M, DaiTieng Noi Hoa Ky (Voice of America), August 20, 2012.http://www.voatiengviet.com/articleprintview/1491791.html.

Publications Completed (In Press)

The Expanding Roles of the Vietnam Peoples Army, 1975-2002, in Gilles de Gantsand Tobias Rettig, eds.,Armes et socits en Asie de Sud-Est XIXe-Xxe. Paris: ditionsLes Indes Savantes. 455-470.

Positioning ASEAN between Global Powers, in Regional Outlook Forum 2012,Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Sovereignty Disputes in the South China Sea: Diplomacy, Legal Regimes andRealpolitik, in Vladimir Kolotov ed., Proceedings of the International Conference onTopical Regional Security Issues in East Asia. St. Petersburg: Faculty of Asian andAfrican Studies and the Ho Chi Minh Institute, St. Petersburg State University.

The United States and the Challenge of Non-Traditional Security Issues in SoutheastAsia, in K. S. Nathan, ed., The United States and the New Asia: Towards Partnershipand Multilateral Engagement in the 21stCentury.

Vietnam, in Karen J. Sparks, ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica 2013 Book of the Year.Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2013.

Vietnams Security Outlook, in Security Outlook of the Asia-Pacific Countries andIts Implications for the Defense Sector. The NIDS International Workshop on AsiaPacific Security, NIDS Joint Research Series. Tokyo: The National Institute for DefenseStudies, 2012.

Publications (In Progress)

The Apparatus of Authoritarian Rule in Viet Nam, in Jonathan London, ed., Politics inContemporary Viet Nam: Party, State, and Authority Relations. London: Palgrave, 2013.

ASEAN, Southeast Asian Nations and the Future Role of the United States, in Frans-Paul vander Putten and Elena Atanassova-Cornelis, eds., Changing Security Dynamics inEast Asia.
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China-ASEAN and the South China Sea: Chinese Assertiveness and Southeast AsianResponses, in Song Yann-huei, ed.,Major Powers and Policy Issues in the South China Sea:European and American Perspectives. Taipei: Institute of European and American Studiesand Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Academia Sinica, 2012.

Chinas Influence in Vietnam, in John Ciorciari and Evelyn Goh, eds., Chinas Influencein Developing Asia.

East Asia Territorial Disputes, The Security Times [Munich Security Conference[,January 2013.

Navigating the Currents of Legal Regimes and Realpolitik in East Asias MaritimeDomain, in Wu Shicu and Nong Hong, eds., Charting a Cooperative Mechanism for theSafety of Navigation in the East Sea. Heikou: National Institute of South China SeaStudies, 2012.

The South China Sea Disputes and Their Impact on the Security Environment of

Southeast Asia: What Lies Ahead? in Ian Storey, ed, The Political and SecurityImplications of the South China Sea Dispute. Singapore: Institute of Southeast AsianStudies.

Vietnam: Defence Policy and Capabilities, The Military Balance 2013. London:International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2013.

Vietnam and Peacekeeping Operations, in Chiyuki Aoi and Heng Yee Kuang, eds.,Peace Support/Stability Operations and Asia-Pacific Nations.

Vietnam: Strategic Posture Review, World Politics Review, January 2013

Will the Guidelines to Implement the DOC Lessen Tensions in the South China Sea?An Assessment of Developments Before and After Their Adoption , in Tran TruongThuy, ed., The South China Sea: Cooperation for Regional Security and Development:Proceedings of the 3rdInternational Workshop on the South China Sea.

Conference Papers

Positioning ASEAN between Global Powers, Presentation to the 14th RegionalOutlook Forum, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Shangri-la Hotel, Singapore,January 5, 2012.

The South China Sea Disputes and Their Impact on the Security Environment of

Southeast Asia: What Lies Ahead?, Presentation to the International Conference on thePolitical and Security Implications of the South China Sea Dispute, co-sponsored bythe Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies and the East-West Center, Academia Sinica,Taipei, Taiwan, January 12-13, 2012.

Vietnams Security Outlook, Presentation to International Workshop on Asia-PacificSecurity, National Institute for Defense Studies, Tokyo, Japan, January 17-18, 2012.


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Strategic Relations in Asia: An Overview, Presentation to 4th East Asia SecurityOutlook Seminar, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and StrategicStudies, Ministry of Defence, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, February 2,2012.

"The Rise of China and Maritime Security in South East Asia," Presentation to 11th IDEForum, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)Headquarters, Ark Building, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2012.

Political Role of the Vietnam Peoples Army: Corporate Interests and MilitaryProfessionalism, Paper delivered to Panel on Understanding Vietnamese Politics, NewApproaches and Issues from the Field, Association for Asian Studies, Toronto, Canada,March 15-18, 2012 (in absentia).

Efforts to Ensure Maritime Security, Presentation to 2nd Tokyo Defense ForumSeminar, organized by the Ministry of Defense, Galaxy Hotel, Chinzan-so, Tokyo,

Japan, March 16, 2012.Do Confidence Building Measures Really Address the Major Challenges to MaritimeSecurity?, Presentation to Panel IV: Maritime Confidence Building and PreventiveDiplomacy, Joint Meeting of the 36th Australia Council for Security Cooperation in Asiaand the Pacific (AUS CSCAP) Meeting and ANU Centre of Excellence in Policing andSecurity (ANU-CEPS) Maritime Expert Networks Meeting, The Common Room,University House, The Australian National University, Canberra, March 22-23, 2012.

Cambodia-Vietnam Relations: Good Fences Make Good Neighbours, Paper toInternational Conference on Cambodia: Progress and Challenges since the Paris PeaceAgreement of 1991, convened by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Traders Hotel,Singapore; March 29-30, 2012.

Cambodia-United States Relations, Paper to International Conference on Cambodia:Progress and Challenges since the Paris Peace Agreement of 1991, convened by Instituteof Southeast Asian Studies, Traders Hotel, Singapore; March 29-30, 2012.

Sovereignty Disputes in the South China Sea: Diplomacy, Legal Regimes andRealpolitik, Paper to International Conference on Topical Regional Security Issues inEast Asia, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Asian and African Studies and the Ho ChiMinh Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, April6-7, 2012.

Enhancing Transparency? U.S.-China Military-to-Military Contacts and StrategicDialogues, Paper to International Conference on The U.S. and China in RegionalSecurity: Implications for Asia and Europe, co-sponsored by Stiftung Wissenshaft undPolitik and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, June 18-19,2012.

From Aggressive Assertiveness to All Quiet on the EastSea Front: The South China Sea as an Issue in China-


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Vietnam Relations, Paper to Conference on The South China Sea and Asia Pacific inTransition: Exploring Options for Managing Disputes, sponsored by the Center forStrategic & International Studies, Washington, D.C., June 27-28, 2012.

The Contrasting Cases of Cambodia and Vietnam: Active Engagement andConsidering Engagement in United Nations Peace Support Operations, Paper toInternational Conference on Peace Stability Operations in Asia-Pacific Project, Lee KuanYew School, National University of Singapore, July 20, 2012

A New Wave of Chinese Assertiveness: Roping off Scarborough Shoal, Oil Leases inVietnams EEZ, Military Garrison on Land and Fishing Armada at Sea, Paperpresented to the 2nd MIMA South China Sea Conference on Geo-Strategic Developmentsand Prospects for Disputes Management, sponsored by the Malaysian Institute ofMaritime Studies, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 4-5, 2012.

Vietnam and the United States: Convergence but not Congruence of Strategic Interestsin the South China Sea, Keynote Address to The Fourth Engaging With Vietnam AnInterdisciplinary Dialogue Conference, Australian Night, co-sponsored by theAustralian Consulate General, Monash University, and the East-West Center, WailanaRoom, The Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, East-West Center, Honolulu,Hawaii, U.S.A., November 8-9, 2012.

"Deference/Defiance: Southeast Asia, China, and the South China Sea," Paper to theworkshop The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century, co-sponsored by Southeast Asia Forum, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, StanfordUniversity and the China Programme, Institute of Defence and Security Studies, S.

Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore, November 15-16, 2012.

Chinas Naval Modernization and U.S. Strategic Rebalancing: Implications forStability in the South China Sea, Paper to The South China Sea: Cooperation forRegional Security and Development, 4th International Workshop on the South ChinaSea, co-sponsored by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Vietnam LawyersAssociation, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 18-21, 2012.

Vietnam on the Road to Global Integration: Forging Strategic Partnerships ThroughInternational Security Cooperation, Keynote Paper to the Opening Plenary Session, 4th

International Vietnamese Studies Conference, co-sponsored by the Vietnam Academyof Social Sciences and Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 26-30,2012.

Can the Centre Hold? ASEAN in the Midst of China-United States Strategic Rivalry,Paper to China in Transition, The Asan China Forum 2012, sponsored by The AsanInstitute for Policy Studies, The Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, South Korea, December11-12, 2012.


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Academic and Other Presentations

"Field Work in South East Asia and Southeast Asian Studies," Seminar presentation toSoutheast Asia specialists, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, February 7, 2012.

"The Rise of China and Maritime Security in South East Asia," Presentation to IDEPolicy Seminar, Research Project on The Rise of China and India and the Implicationsfor East Asia, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), Tokyo, February 8, 2012.

The Rise of China and the New U.S. Defence Strategy: What Role for Small Powers?,Briefing to the Vietnam Centre for International Study and Cooperation delegation,Canberra, A.C.T., February 21, 2012.

The Declaration on Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea and the Code ofConduct for the South China Sea, Briefing for Senior Lt. General Nguyen Chi Vinh andMinistry of National Defence delegation, Department of Defence, Russell Offices 1,Canberra, A.C.T., February 22, 2012.

What is the Asia-Pacific? Presentation to Defence and Strategic Studies Course,Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek,March 5, 2012.

Pre-Colonial Influences in Asia , Presentation to Defence and Strategic StudiesCourse, Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, WestonCreek, March 5, 2012.

Nationalism and the Asia-Pacific: Southeast Asia, Presentation to Defence andStrategic Studies Course, Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian DefenceCollege, Weston Creek, March 7, 2012.

Asia-Pacific Region Wrap Up, Presentation to Defence and Strategic Studies Course,Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek,March 9, 2012.

Viet Nam Brief: Overview of the Government and Political System, Presentation toAustralian Political Exchange Council 16th Delegation to Vietnam, Hotel Ream,Canberra, March 23, 2012.

Vietnam: Security and Prospects, Presentation to Centre of Defence and StrategicStudies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, May 15, 2012.

Cambodia: Strategic Situation and Future Prospects, Presentation to Centre ofDefence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, May 16, 2012.

Vietnam, South China Sea Series II, Research Outreach Office, Bureau of Intelligenceand Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D. C., June 26, 2012.

Introduction to the South China Sea Dispute, Presentation to Grand Strat egies in theAsia-Pacific, Graduate Studies in Strategy & Defence, Strategic and Defence Studies


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Centre, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies,, ANU College of the Asia& the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, September 26, 2012.

The United States and the South China Sea, Presentation to Grand Strategies in theAsia-Pacific, Graduate Studies in Strategy & Defence, Strategic and Defence StudiesCentre, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies,, ANU College of the Asia& the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, September 26, 2012.

The Regional Security Environment: South-East Asia, Presentation to the NationalSecurity Senior Executive Development Program, ANU National Security College, TheAustralian National University, Canberra, November 7, 2012.

The South China Seas Contested and Congested Waters, Presentation to RoundTable, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 9, 2012.

United States-Vietnam-China Relations and the South China Sea, Institute ofSoutheast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam,

November 23, 2012.Chinas 18th Party Congress: Implications for Sino-Vietnamese Relations and the SouthChina Sea, Trung tm nghin cu Trung Quc (Institute of Chinese Studies), VietnamAcademy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 23, 2012.

Moderator, Panel 1: The South China Sea in Transition: Geopolitics, The South ChinaSea: Cooperation for Regional Security and Development, 4th International Workshopon the South China Sea, co-organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and theVietnam Lawyers Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 18-21, 2012.

Rapporteur, Panel 10: Wrap-Up and Policy Recommendations, The South China Sea:

Cooperation for Regional Security and Development, 4th International Workshop on theSouth China Sea, co-organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and theVietnam Lawyers Association, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 18-21, 2012.

Manuscripts Reviewed

John Blaxland, Asia Pacific Security: An Overview of Australian Perspectives, NationalBureau of Asian Research.

International Crisis Group, Stirring Up the South China Sea (I), Asia Program Report,2012. April 2012.

International Crisis Group, Stirring Up the South China Sea (II), Asia Program Report,July 5, 2012.

Sebastian Strangio, Hun Sens Cambodia. London: Yale University Press. April 11, 2012.

Alexander L. Vuving, The Partys Soldier: The Military and the State in Vietnam,Paper for the Workshop on Civil-Military Relations, Institute of Southeast AsianStudies, Singapore, September 15-16, 2011.


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Alexander L. Vuving, Vietnam between China and the United States: HistoricalExperiences, perceptions, and Strategies, Paper for the Fourth Koret Conference onKorea and Vietnam: The National Experiences and Foreign Policies of MiddlePowers, Stanford University, Stanford, March 2, 2012.

C. J. Jenner and Tran Trong Thuy, eds., The South China Sea: Towards Sovereignty-basedConflict or Regional Cooperation? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. August 6,2012.

Peer Reviews

The China Factor in the U.S. Re-Engagement with Southeast Asia: Drivers and Limitsof a Partially Converged Hedging,Asian Politics & Policy. Submitted February 15, 2012.

Eyes Wide Shut: The Campaign to Bring the Khmer Rouge to the International Courtof Justice, 1979-1994,Melbourne Journal of International Law. Submitted March 2, 2012.

Southeast Asias New Nationalism: Causes and Significance, TRaNS (SogangUniversity). Submitted April 27, 2012.

The Australia-Korea Bilateral Relationship: A Misguided Middle-Power Narrative,International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, August 6, 2012.

Vietnams Strategic Hedging Via-a-Vis China: The Roles of the European Union andRussia, Revista Brasilleira de Politica Internacional, October 2012.

The Development of Civil Society and Dynamics of Governance in Vietnams One -Party Rule, Global Change, Peace & Security, October 2012.

The Aquino Administrations Balancing Gambit Against an Emergent China: ItsDomestic and External Dimensions, Pacific Affairs, December 5, 2012.

Higher Degree Examination

Andrew Ossie Carr, Australia as a Middle Power Norm Entrepreneur in the Asia-Pacific 1983-2010, PhD Thesis, University of Canberra.

Sam Goldsmith, Chinas Anti-Access & Area-Denial Operational Concept and theDilemmas for Japan, M.A. Strategic Studies, Australian National University.Submitted.

Ngo Van Tong, Vietnams Strategies Toward China in the Post-Cold War Period,

Masters of Arts (International Relations), Flinders University.

Higher Degree Supervision

Le Hong Hiep, Living next to the Giant: The Political Economy of Vietnams Relationswith China in the Context of the Doi Moi Policy, PhD thesis, UNSW.

Matt Wheeler, Politics, Policy and Security in Southernmost Thailand, PhD thesis,UNSW. PhD thesis, UNSW.


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Scott Bentley, Maritime China: Sovereignty and International Law in the South ChinaSea, M.A. Thesis, Ohio University.

Scott Bentley, Chinas New Maritime Legal Enforcement Strategy in the South ChinaSea: Legal Warfare and an Emerging Contest Over Norms at Sea, M.A. Thesis, OhioUniversity.

Steven L. Jones, When All You Have is an American Hammer: The US Alliance andCosts for Australian Defence Policy, PhD Thesis, The Australian National University.

Sok Udom Deth, Cambodian-Thailand Relation, Institut fr Asien- undAfrikawissenschaften, Philosophische Fakultt III, Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin.

Other Strategic Assessment Paper

David Haddad, The Effectiveness of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) in Bringing Stability to the South East Asian Region, Strategic Assessment

Paper, Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, WestonCreek.

Captain Stephen Hughes, RAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Centrality and the Asia-Pacific Security Equilibrium, Strategic Assessment Paper,Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek.

Other Strategic Policy Paper

David Haddad, Enhancing Australias Security, Political and Economic ties to AsiaThrough the Introduction of an Enhancing Australias Life Long Learning of AsianLanguages Policy, Strategic Policy Paper, Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies,

Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, 2012.Captain Stephen Hughes, RAN, Department of Defence Policy for Asia-PacificRegional Security Dialogue and Engagement: Protecting Australias Maritime SecurityInterests, Strategic Policy Paper, Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, AustralianDefence College, Weston Creek, 2012.

Other Visiting Fellow Essay

Colonel Achmad A. Karnawidjaja (Indonesia), Enhancing Civil-Military Cooperation inIndonesian Peacekeeping, Australian Civil-Military Centre, 2012.


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Thayer Consultancy

Consultancies

Australian Civil-Military Centre

Bertelsmann Stiftung

Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College

Control Risks, Singapore

Immigration Law Clinic, University of California, Davis

Sethi Partnership Solicitors, London

Consultations

Richard Bond and Rachel Schneider, Head of Indicators & Warning, ExclusiveAnalysis (London), January 23, 2012.

Thomas Raines, US in Asia-Pacific Project, Chatham House, February 13, 2012. Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien, Chairman, Vietnam Center of International Study

and Cooperation, and delegation, Canberra, February 21, 2012.

Senior Lieutenant General and Vice Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinhand delegation, Russell Office 1, Department of Defence, Canberra, February 22,2012.

Delegation from Defence Intelligence and Security Service, The Netherlands,Canberra, March 13, 2012.

Ambassador Designate to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman, Department of ForeignAffairs and Trade, Canberra, May 4, 2012.

Associate Professor Mary George, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, May 7,2012.

James Bloomfield, Head, Policy Planning Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade, Canberra, May 16, 2012.

Strategic Risk Assessment, Defence White Paper Roundtable, co-sponsored byStrategic Policy Division, Department of Defence; Kokoda Foundation; and the

Australian National Universitys National Security College, held at the Centre forDefence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, May 17,2012.

Dr. Hans-Christian Hagman and Alexander Atarodi, Office for Strategic Analysis,Prime Ministers Office Sweden, held at the Swedish Ambassadors Residence,Canberra, May 24, 2012.


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Mr. Vuong Thua Phong, Vice Chairman, External Relations Commission, VietnamCommunist Party and delegation, Canberra, June 9, 2012.

Bethany Danyluk, Lead Associate, and Jill Zabel, Senior Consultant, Booz AllenHamilton, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2012.

Scott Snyder (Council on Foreign Relations); Woo Jung-Yeop and Lee Seunghyuk(The Asan Institute for Policy Studies); and Young Ho Kim (Korea National DefenseUniversity), Canberra, July 10, 2012;

John Eurell, Department of Defence, Intelligence and Security Group, North Asiaand Transnational Issues Branch, Defence Intelligence Organisation, August 2, 2012.

Katharine Chang and Jerry Chuang, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office inAustralia, Canberra, August 9, 2012.

Strategic Policy Options, Defence White Paper Roundtable, co-sponsored byStrategic Policy Division, Department of Defence; Kokoda Foundation; and theAustralian National Universitys National Security College, held at the Centre ofDefence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, August22, 2012.

Kazumine Akimoto, Senior Research Fellow and Hideshi Ueno, Research Fellow,Policy Research Department) and Yuko Takada, Maritime Technology Department,Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Roundtable held at the RAN Sea Power Centre,Fyshwick, August 30, 2012.

Steve Jackson, Qantas Security, August 31, 2012. Dr. Bridget Welsh, Singapore Management University, September 3, 2012. Lai Kok Leong, Counsellor, Singapore High Commission, Canberra, September 10,

2012.

Nguyen Khuyen, 40th Anniversary Australia-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations Project,Canberra, September 24, 2012.

Athol Yates, independent researcher, Thayer Consultancy Office, Canberra,September 24, 2012.

Bhavna Vohra, Gerson Lehrman Group Councils, September 26 and 28, 2012. Luu Tuong Quang and Nguyen Quang, Nhom Nghien Cuu Van Hoa Dong Nai vaCuu Long Uc Chau, Canberra, October 3, 2012. Dang Dinh Quy, President, and delegation, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam,

Roundtable held at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, AustralianDefence Force Academy, Canberra, October 5, 2012.

Pala Investments/Asian Minerals Resources, October 16, 2012.


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Professor Do Tien Sam, head, Institute for Chinese Studies, and delegation, ANUChina Institute, Canberra, December 4, 2012.

Louise Chamberlain, Country Director, United Nations Development ProgrammeVietnam, Canberra, December 29, 2012.

Consultancy Reports

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung: Vietnams Economic Nationalist, ThayerConsultancy Report, July 4, 2012.

Bertelsmann Stiftung, Vietnam Country Report, Sustainable Governance Indicators - PolicyPerformance and Governance Capacities in Asia Report, September 2012.

Background Briefs

These briefs are archived in PDF format at Scribd.com under Thayer

1. Background Brief ASEAN: 21st Summit Scene Setter.doc2. Background Brief ASEAN: 45th Ministerial Meeting China-Cambodia

Coordination.doc

3. Background Brief ASEAN and East Asia Summits Scene Setter.doc4. Background Brief ASEAN and Maritime Security in the South China Sea.doc5. Background Brief ASEAN and the South China Sea: Lessons Learned.doc6. Background Brief ASEAN: Back to Business as Usual.doc7. Background Brief ASEAN: Brunei as the Next Chair.doc8. Background Brief ASEAN Chair Cambodia Provokes Disunity.doc9. Background Brief ASEAN Divided on South China Sea Strategy.doc10. Background Brief ASEAN: Implications of China-Japan Flare Up over

Senkakus.doc

11. Background Brief ASEAN: Regional Integration RCEP and the TPP.doc12. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: Cambodia and South China Sea.doc13. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: Can China Block Discussion on South China

Sea Issues?.doc

14. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: China, Cambodia and the South ChinaSea.doc

15. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: How to Accommodate China?.doc16. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: Myanmar and South China Sea.doc


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17. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: Myanmar, South China Sea, Korean MissileLaunch.doc

18. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: Myanmar, South China Sea, NorthKorea.doc

19. Background Brief ASEAN Summit: South China Sea Post Mortem.doc20. Background Brief ASEAN: The Impact of the China-Cambodia Nexus.doc21. Background Brief ASEAN Unity Restored by Shuttle Diplomacy.doc22. Background Brief ASEAN Unity Threatened by Cambodias Unprecedented

Actions.doc

23. Background Brief ASEAN Unity, Economic Integration and a New SecretaryGeneral.doc

24. Background Brief ASEAN-China Code of Conduct: Dispute SettlementMechanism.doc

25. Background Brief ASEAN's Code of Conduct: China Uninvited Guest atTable.doc

26. Background Brief ASEANs 21st Summit and Cambodias Role as Chair.doc27. Background Brief ASEANs Code of Conduct (Unofficial).doc28. Background Brief ASEANs Code of Conduct: Acceptable to China?.doc29. Background Brief ASEANs Code of Conduct and Chinese Stonewalling.doc30.

Background Brief ASEANs Debacle in Phnom Penh: Assessing the Damage.doc

31. Background Brief Australia Debates China-U.S. Relations.doc32. Background Brief Australias Debates Over U.S. Rebalancing.doc33. Background Brief Australian Initiative on the South China Sea.doc34. Background Brief Australian Policy on Iran, Libya and Syria.doc35. Background Brief Brunei: ASEAN Chair in 2013.doc36. Background Brief Burma: Parliamentary Boycott and Lifting Sanctions.doc37. Background Brief Burma's By-Election.doc38. Background Brief Cambodia: Chinese and U.S. Defence Assistance.doc39. Background Brief Cambodia and the 21st ASEAN Summit.doc40. Background Brief Cambodia as ASEAN Chair or Chinas Stalking Horse?.doc41. Background Brief Cambodia Blurs the Distinction Between Being an ASEAN

Member and Chair of ASEAN.doc


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42. Background Brief Cambodia: Defending the Khmer Rouge.doc43. Background Brief Cambodia: President Obamas Visit.doc44. Background Brief Cambodia: Prospects for Political Instability.doc45. Background Brief Cambodia Pulls Its Finger Out of ASEANs Dike of Regional

Autonomy.doc

46. Background Brief Cambodia: Royalist Parties on the Decline.doc47. Background Brief Cambodia-Philippines Diplomatic Tiff Continues.doc48. Background Brief Cambodia-Thailand: Settling the Border Dispute.doc49. Background Brief Cambodias Relations with China and Vietnam.doc50. Background Brief China and the Khmer Rouge: Coming Clean.doc51. Background Brief China and the Philippines: What Next if Soft Power Fails?.doc52. Background Brief China: Fickle or Just Plain Opportunist?.doc53. Background Brief China Philippines Standoff: David versus Goliath.doc54. Background Brief China: U.S. Makes Inroads in the Peripheral States.doc55. Background Brief China US 4th Strategic and Economic Dialogue.doc56. Background Brief China, Cambodia and the ASEAN Summit.doc57. Background Brief China's South China Sea Trifecta.doc58. Background Brief China's War of Words Aimed at Three Audiences.doc59. Background Brief Chinas Game Changer The Varyag Aircraft Carrier.doc60. Background Brief Chinas J-15 Fighter: A Game Changer?.doc61. Background Brief Chinas New Defence Budget: Neither 'too hot nor too

cold'.doc

62. Background Brief Chinas Submission to UN Commission on the Limits of theContinental Shelf.doc

63. Background Brief Chinas Varyag Aircraft Carrier and the Regional NavalBalance.doc

64. Background Brief East Asia: Territorial Disputes and Natural Resources.doc65. Background Brief Myanmar: Lifting Sanctions.doc66. Background Brief Myanmar: President Obamas Visit.doc67. Background Brief Myanmar: What Are U.S Interests?.doc68. Background Brief North Korea Missile Launch Makes Big Splash.doc


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69. Background Brief Philippines Pivots Towards the United States.doc70. Background Brief Russian Oil Company Enters South China Sea Fray.doc71. Background Brief Scarborough Shoal: China Applies Economic Pressure.doc72. Background Brief Secretary Clintons Rebalancing the Rebalancing & ASEANs

Debacle in Phnom Penh.doc

73. Background Brief Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute.doc74. Background Brief Senkaku Islands Dispute: China Resorts to Legal Warfare.doc75. Background Brief Senkaku Scenarios.doc76. Background Brief Shangri-La 11th Dialogue: US Rebalancing and Dynamic

Equilibrium.doc

77. Background Brief South China Sea: An Assessment of Current Trends.doc78. Background Brief South China Sea and the 19th ASEAN Regional Forum: What

Role for the United States?.doc

79. Background Brief South China Sea as a Special Region: A Modest Proposal.doc80. Background Brief South China Sea: ASEAN and the Latest Tensions.doc81. Background Brief South China Sea: ASEAN Community-Building and Prospects

for a Code of Conduct.doc

82. Background Brief South China Sea: ASEAN Moves On With Code ofConduct.doc

83. Background Brief South China Sea: ASEANs Elusive Code of Conduct.doc84. Background Brief South China Sea: Can the Philippines Restrain China.doc85. Background Brief South China Sea: China and the Code of Conduct.doc86. Background Brief South China Sea: China Arrests 21 Vietnamese Fishermen.doc87. Background Brief South China Sea: China Arrests More Vietnamese

Fishermen.doc

88. Background Brief South China Sea: China Issues New Passport, NewRegulations and Cuts More Cables.doc

89. Background Brief South China Sea: China National Offshore Oil Company(CNOOC).doc

90. Background Brief South China Sea: China Opens 'Petro Front'.doc91. Background Brief South China Sea: China Pushes Claims with New

Passports.doc

92. Background Brief South China Sea: China Threatens War.doc


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93. Background Brief South China Sea: China's Deep Sea Oil Rig.doc94. Background Brief South China Sea: China's Rise & US Naval Primacy.doc95. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas Armada of Fishermen Set Sail.doc96. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas Fishing Fleet Sets Sail.doc97. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas Floating Factory Makes a Debut.doc98. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas New Passport, Xi Jinping and

Taiwan.doc

99. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas New Passports Push Claims.doc100. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas Oil Bid, ASEAN Code of Conduct

and the Future Seascape.doc

101. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas Tactics of Intimidation.doc102. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinas Trifecta.doc103. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinese Actions, Vietnamese Reactions.doc104. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinese Maps Omit Modern Claims.doc105. Background Brief South China Sea: Chinese Provocations on Two Fronts.doc106. Background Brief South China Sea: Code of Conduct Back on Track.doc107. Background Brief South China Sea: Dispute Settlement and the Norm of Non-

Interference.doc

108. Background Brief South China Sea: Does China Have a Superior Claim?.doc109. Background Brief South China Sea: Explaining Chinas Recent Actions.doc110. Background Brief South China Sea: Explaining the Motivations Behind CNOOCs

Oil Licenses Bid.doc

111. Background Brief South China Sea: Five Conflict Scenarios.doc112. Background Brief South China Sea: Hainan Provinces New Regulations for the

Territorial Sea.doc

113. Background Brief South China Sea: How Should the Philippines and VietnamRespond?.doc

114. Background Brief South China Sea: Illegal Fishing and Cutting Cables WhatNext?.doc

115. Background Brief South China Sea: Implication of Obamas Re-election.doc116. Background Brief South China Sea: Is China Getting What It Wished For?.doc117. Background Brief South China Sea: Is There a Dispute Settlement

Mechanism?.doc


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118. Background Brief South China Sea: Issues at the 21st ASEAN Summit.doc119. Background Brief South China Sea: Lessons of Scarborough Shoal.doc120. Background Brief South China Sea: Live Web Chat with VietNamNet

Audience.doc121. Background Brief South China Sea: Malaysia and Thailand to Take Up Chinas

Offer?.doc

122. Background Brief South China Sea Oil Bids & Code of Conduct: ASEAN and theUS.doc

123. Background Brief South China Sea: Oil Bids for Paracel Islands.doc124. Background Brief South China Sea: Passport Map and Cable Cutting.doc125. Background Brief South China Sea: Renewed Chinese Assertiveness.doc126. Background Brief South China Sea: Scarborough Shoal a Civil not a MilitaryMatter.doc127. Background Brief South China Sea: Significance of Latest Cable Cutting.doc128. Background Brief South China Sea: The Drivers of Conflict and U.S-China

Strategic Rivalry.doc

129. Background Brief South China Sea: Three Drivers of Chinese Assertiveness.doc130. Background Brief South China Sea: Three Interrelated Issues.doc131. Background Brief South China Sea: To Stamp or Not to Stamp Chinas New

Passport.doc132. Background Brief South China Sea Trifecta: New Maritime Law, Chinas Oil

Leases and San Sha City.doc

133. Background Brief South China Sea: Vietnam and Chinas New Passports,Strategic Partnership with the United States.doc

134. Background Brief South China Sea: Vietnam Responds to Cable Cutting.doc135. Background Brief South China Sea: Vietnams New Maritime Law & Russias

GAZPROM.doc

136. Background Brief South China Sea: War of Words between the U.S. andChina.doc

137. Background Brief South China Sea: What Can the ASEAN Regional ForumContribute to a Solution?.doc

138. Background Brief South China Sea: What Role for ASEAN, the US and theUN?.doc

139. Background Brief South China Sea: What Roles for ASEAN and the ARF?.doc


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140. Background Brief Southeast Asia: U.S. Pivot and Regional Responses.doc141. Background Brief Southeast Asia: Who Are Chinas Clients?.doc142. Background Brief Thai Cambodia Border Update.doc143. Background Brief Thailand on the South China Sea.doc144. Background Brief The U.S. Promotes Democracy, China Lectures the United

States.doc

145. Background Brief U.S. Rebalancing and Its Impact on Vietnam, the Philippinesand Myanmar.doc

146. Background Brief U.S.-Vietnam Defense Cooperation.doc147. Background Brief United States Carrier Strike Groups in East and South China

Seas.doc

148. Background Brief United States: Implications of Obamas Re-election for theAsia-Pacific.doc149. Background Brief United States in Phnom Penh: Challenge in Chinas

Backyard.doc

150. Background Brief US Defense Strategy and the Asia Pacific.doc151. Background Brief US Rapprochement with Laos.doc152. Background Brief US Secretary Clintons Rebalancing the Rebalancing &

ASEANs Debacle in Phnom Penh.doc

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Background Brief US Secretary of State on Settlement of South China SeaDisputes.doc

154. Background Brief Vietnam: Reform of Die.doc155. Background Brief Vietnam and Russia A Comprehensive Strategic

Partnership.doc

156. Background Brief Vietnam: Anti-Climatic Showdown at the 6th PartyPlenum.doc

157. Background Brief Vietnam: Arrests Anti-China Protesters.doc158. Background Brief Vietnam-Australia First Joint Strategic Dialogue.doc159. Background Brief Vietnam-Australia Strategic Dialogue.doc160. Background Brief Vietnam: Bad News for Activist Bui Thi Minh Hang.doc161. Background Brief Vietnam: Bares Scud Missile Force.doc162. Background Brief Vietnam: Bloggers to go on Trial.doc163. Background Brief Vietnam: Censorship No Laughing Matter.doc


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164. Background Brief Vietnam: Censorship of the Internet.doc165. Background Brief Vietnam: Chairman of Asia Commercial Bank Ly Xuan Hai

Arrested.doc

166.

Background Brief Vietnam: China Ups the Ante to New Maritime Law.doc167. Background Brief Vietnam: Chinas Offer of Oil Leases in Vietnams EEZ.doc168. Background Brief Vietnam: Chinas Response to the New Maritime Law.doc169. Background Brief Vietnam: Compensating Vinashin's Investors.doc170. Background Brief Vietnam: Conflict of Interest -Private Entrepreneurs in the

National Assembly.doc

171. Background Brief Vietnam: Corruption Corrodes Legitimacy.doc172. Background Brief Vietnam: Corruption.doc173. Background Brief Vietnam: Death by Lethal Injection Still a State Secret.doc174. Background Brief Vietnam: Economic Problems Local or Global?.doc175. Background Brief Vietnam: Effacing Facebook.doc176. Background Brief Vietnam: Evaluating Nguyen Tan Dungs Prime Ministership,

2006-2012.doc

177. Background Brief Vietnam: Fall Out from Arrest of Nguyen Duc Kien.doc178. Background Brief Vietnam: Governance and the National Assembly.doc179. Background Brief Vietnam: Human Rights and Australia.doc180. Background Brief Vietnam-India-China Triangle.doc181. Background Brief Vietnam: Internet Decree Imposes New Controls.doc182. Background Brief Vietnam: Is Reform for Real?.doc183. Background Brief Vietnam: The Real Pivot.doc184. Background Brief Vietnam: Is the U.S. Pivoting on Agent Orange?.doc185. Background Brief Vietnam Land Dispute: Haiphong Significance.doc186. Background Brief Vietnam: Land Disputes Aired Via Prime Minister's

Teleconference.doc187. Background Brief Vietnam: Land Rights Issues on National Agenda.doc188. Background Brief Vietnam: Land Shoot Out.doc189. Background Brief Vietnam: Law of the Sea.doc190. Background Brief Vietnam: New Maritime Law.doc


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191. Background Brief Vietnam: Nguyen Duc Kien A Pawn In Power Struggle.doc192. Background Brief Vietnam: Nguyen Duc Kien and Regulatory Reform.doc193. Background Brief Vietnam: Nguyen Tan Dung Life After 6th Plenum.doc194. Background Brief Vietnam: Party Conference Reform or Die.doc195. Background Brief Vietnam: Press is Not the Fourth Estate.doc196. Background Brief Vietnam: Prime Ministers Bag Man Implicated in Bribery

Scandal.doc

197. Background Brief Vietnam: Public Protests Today and in the Past.pdf198. Background Brief Vietnam Requests U.S. Lifting of Arms Sale Embargo.doc199. Background Brief Vietnam: Rising Public Discontent.doc200. Background Brief Vietnam: Senior Lt. General Nguyen Chi Vinh.doc201. Background Brief Vietnam: Showdown for Prime Minister Nguyen Tan

Dung.doc

202. Background Brief Vietnam: The Case of Deputy Dang Thi Hoang Yen.doc203. Background Brief Vietnam: The National Assembly, Votes of Confidence and

Amendments to the Constitution.doc

204. Background Brief Vietnam: The Party and Public Opinion.doc205. Background Brief Vietnam: The Role of Bloggers.doc206. Background Brief Vietnam-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.doc207. Background Brief Vietnam-United States Relations What Future Defence

Ties?.doc

208. Background Brief Vietnam-United States Strategic Partnership.doc209. Background Brief Vietnam-US Strategic Dialogue: What Purpose?.doc210. Background Brief Vietnam-US Strategic Partnership.doc211. Background Brief Vietnam-U.S. Defense Relations: Historic Turing Point?.doc212. Background Brief Vietnam: Visit by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.doc213. Background Brief Vietnam: Why Was Nguyen Duc Kien Arrested?.doc214. Background Brief Vietnam's Draft Decree on Internet Management.doc215. Background Brief Vietnam's Hardy Perennial: Entrenched Corruption.doc216. Background Brief Vietnams Guided Missile Corvettes.doc217. Background Brief Vietnams New Maritime Law and Chinas Response.doc


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218. Background Brief Cambodia: North Korea to Build History Museum.docOther Activities

Member, Australian National Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-

Pacific (CSCAP)Visiting Fellow, Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College,Weston Creek (March 2012).

Vietnam, Country Specialist, Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid,http://www.frlan.org (2011-)

Council Member, Gerson Lehrman Group Research (September 2012-present)

Member, Advisory Board, The Global Viet Diaspora Blog (February 2012-present)

Research Associate, ASEAN Studies Center, School of International Service, American

University (March 2011-present).President, Yale Club of the A.C.T., July 2010-

Member of the Board of Governors, Yale Club of Australia, July 2010-

Media Interviews

1. Daniel Schearf, Voice of America, Bangkok, January 2, 2012.

2. Kelly Macnamara, Agence France-Presse, Hanoi, January 3, 2012.

3. Maher Sattar,Asia Sentinel, January 4, 2012.

4. Nguyen Thi Thuc, Thanh Nien Newspaper, Singapore Bureau, January 5, 2012.

5. Al Jazeera TV International. Doha, January 6, 2012.

6. Do The Dung, Radio France Internationale, Paris, January 7, 2012.

7. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Editor, Thanh Nien Weekly, January 11,2012.

8. Claudia Sarmento, Tokyo correspondent, O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), January 13, 2012.

9. Hien Thao, Dat Viet, January 14, 2012.

10. John Ruwitch, Reuters, Hanoi Bureau, January 18, 2012.

11. Ron Corben, Voice of America, Bangkok, January 22, 2012.

12. Geoffrey Cain, The Diplomat, January 22, 2012.

13. Richard Bond and Rachel Schneider, Head of Indicators & Warning, ExclusiveAnalysis, London, January 23, 2012.

14. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, January 24, 2012.
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15. Ha Viet Hanh, Radio Free Asia, Washington, DC, January 25, 2012.

16. Carolyn Chung, Monitor-360, San Francisco, January 26, 2012.

17. Brian Padden, Voice of America, Jakarta, January 26, 2012.

18. Liam Cochrane, ABC Radio, Connect Asia, January 27, 2012.19. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, January 27, 2012.

20. Helen Clark, Babbage blog, The Economist, January 27, 2012.

21. Jim Gomez, Associated Press, Manila, January 27, 2012.

22. Don Weinland, Phnom Penh Post, January 29, 2012.

23. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, February 1, 2012.

24. Quynh Chi, Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., February 1, 2012.

25. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Editor, Thanh Nien Weekly, February 1,2012.

26. Mike Ives, Associated Press, Hanoi Bureau, February 8, 2012.

27. Catherine Barton, Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse, Hanoi, February 9, 2012.

28. Nicholas de Larrinaga, IHS Janes, February 10, 2012.

29. Catherine Barton, Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse, Hanoi, February 10, 2012.

30. John Kerin, The Australian Financial Review, February 13, 2012.

31. Thomas Raines, US in Asia-Pacific Project, Chatham House, February 13, 2012.

32. Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., February 15, 2012.33. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, February 16, 2012.

34. Michael Cavanagh, ABC Radio Australia, February 21, 2012.

35. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Editor, Thanh Nien Weekly, February 21,2012.

36. Qunyh Le, BBC Vietnamese Service, February 22, 2012.

37. Marco Kauffmann Bossart, Correspondent for Southeast Asia, Neue Zrcher Zeitung,February 23, 2012.

38. Ha Viet Hanh, Radio Free Asia, Washington, DC, February 24, 2012.

39. Ha Viet Hanh, Radio Free Asia, Washington, DC, February 28, 2012.

40. Voice of America, Chinese Language Service, Washington, DC, February 28, 2012.

41. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Director, Thanh Nien Weekly, February29, 2012.


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42. Hien Thao, Bao Dat Viet, March 6, 2012.43. David Boyle, Phnom Penh Post, March 7, 2012.

44. Helen Clark, China Daily, March 7, 2012.

45. Dao Dang Toan, Oil and Gas Reporter, Platts Oilgram News, Hanoi, March 8, 2012.46. Do The Dung, Radio France Internationale, Paris, March 8, 2012.

47. David Boyle, Phnom Penh Post, March 12, 2012.

48. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Director, Thanh Nien Weekly, March 12,2012.

49. Dustin Roasa, Foreign Policy, March 19, 2012.

50. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Director, Thanh Nien Weekly, March 19,2012.

51. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, March 20, 2012.52. Shane Worrell, Phnom Penh Post, March 21, 2012.

53. Bac Pham, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Hanoi, March 22, 2012.

54. Marianne Susanna Brown, Bureau Chief, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Hanoi, March22, 2012.

55. Catherine Barton, Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse, Hanoi March 23, 2012.

56. James Hookway, The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2012.

57. Ben Bland, The Financial Times, Hanoi Bureau, March 27, 2012.

58. Irwin Yeo, Energy Intelligence Group, March 27, 2012.

59. Tania Nola, The World Today, ABC Radio, March 27, 2012.

60. Luke Hunt, The Diplomat, March 29, 2012.

61. Don Weinland, Phnom Penh Post, March 29, 2012.

62. Ellie Dyer, Deutsche Presse-Agentur andAsia Life Magazine, March 29, 2012.

63. Ngo Minh Tri, Thanh Nien, March 29, 2012.

64. Michelle Fitzpatrick, Phnom Penh Post, March 30, 2012.

65. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Editor, Vietweek, March 30, 2012.

66. Viet Ha, Radio Free Asia, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2012.

67. Carolyn Chung, Monitor-360, San Francisco, April 3, 2012.

68. Liam Cochrane, Connect Asia, ABC Radio, April 3, 2012.

69. Ann Fredriksen, Foreign Desk, NTB (Norwegian News Agency), Oslo, April 4, 2012.


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70. Mary Kozlovski, Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2012.

71. Ellie Dyer, Deutsche Presse-Agentur andAsia Life Magazine, April 4, 2012.

72. Michelle Fitzpatrick, Phnom Penh Post, April 4, 2012.

73. Hieu Trung Do, Tuoi Tre, April 4, 2012.74. Phng Loan, VietNamNet/Tun Vit Nam, April 5, 2012.

75. Simone Orendain, Voice of America, April 6, 2012.

76. Roberto Tofani,Asia Times Online, Hanoi, April 6, 2012.

77. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, April 7, 2012.


79. Daniel Ten Kate, Bloomberg News, April 11, 2012.

80. Trefor Moss, freelance journalist, Hong Kong, April 12, 2012.81. Nguyen Thi Thuc Minh, Singapore Bureau Chief, Thanh Nien, April 12, 2012.

82. Hiu Trung, Reporter, Tuoi Tre, April 13, 2012.

83. Peter Harmsen, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2012.

84. Jim Gomez, Associated Press, Manila, April 15, 2012.

85. Rico Hizon, BBC TV, Newsday Program, London and Singapore, April 16, 2012.

86. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Editor, Vietweek, April 16, 2012.

87. David Boyle, Phnom Penh Post, April 16, 2012.

88. Ben Hancock, Reporter, Inside US Trade, Arlington, April 17, 2012

89. Catherine Barton, Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse, Hanoi, April 17, 2012.

90. Dao Dang Toan, Oil and Gas Reporter, Platts Oilgram News, April 17, 2012.

91. Quynh Le, BBC, World Service, London, April 19, 2012.

92. Lindsay Murdoch, The Sydney Morning Herald, Bangkok, April 19, 2012.

93. Ron Corben, Voice of America, Bangkok, April 19, 2012.

94. John Ruwitch, Reuters, Hanoi, April 19, 2012.

95. Bloomberg News Agency, Hanoi, April 20, 2012.96. Marianne Brown, Voice of America, Hanoi, April 23, 2012.

97. Wendell Minnick, Asia Bureau Chief, Defense News, April 24, 2012.

98. Tim Daiss, Interfax Energy. http://interfaxenergy.com/,London, April 24, 2012.

99. Hieu Trung, Reporter, Tuoi Tre, April 25, 2012.
https://owa.adfa.edu.au/OWA/redir.aspx?C=9155feab08684e85ad32f834923c05cb&URL=http%3a%2f%2finterfaxenergy.com%2fhttps://owa.adfa.edu.au/OWA/redir.aspx?C=9155feab08684e85ad32f834923c05cb&URL=http%3a%2f%2finterfaxenergy.com%2f


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100. Rico Hizon, BBC TV, Newsday Program, London and Singapore, April 25, 2012.


102. Mark Magnier, South Asia Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2012.

103. Esther I. Yi, The Atlantic, April 27, 2012.104. James Hookway, The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2012.

105. Helen Clark, Time Magazine, April 29, 2012.

106. David Boyle, Phnom Penh Post, May 2, 2012.

107. Luong Nguyen An Dien, Deputy Managing Editor, Vietweek, May 2, 2012.

108. Mike Ives, Associated Press, Hanoi Bureau, May 2, 2012.

109. Emily Hennessy, Beijing Hour, English Service, China Radio International, Beijing,May 3, 2012.

110. Catherine Barton, Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse, Hanoi, May 5, 2012.

111. Lien Hoang, freelance reporter,AsiaTimes Online, May 5, 2012.112. Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, May 5, 2011.

113. Bac Pham, Deutsche Presse Agentur, Hanoi, May 6, 2012.

114. Jim Gomez, Associated Press, Manila, May 6, 2012.

115. Ben Carlson, Global Post, Hong Kong, May 8, 2012.

116. Ha Viet Hanh, Radio Free Asia, Washington, DC, May 8, 2012.

117. Quynh Chi, Broadcaster, Vietnamese Service, Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2012.118. Patrick Winn, Global Post [Boston], May 9, 2012.

119. Daniel Schearf, Voice of America, Bangkok, May 9, 2012.

120. Gre

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