Contents No. 36

CONTENTSNo. 36 (June 2017)

I. VIET NAM’S FOREIGN POLICY

Nguyen Phu Trong

Diplomatic Activities: An Effective Remedy for Peace

Pham Binh Minh

US - China Interwoven Interests in the Asia-Pacific: Viet Nam’s Perception and Respond Policy in Current National Defence

Lai Thai Binh

Viet Nam - US Relations: New Developments

Nguyen Phu Tan Huong

Prominent Features of Viet Nam - India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

II. THE EAST SEA ISSUES

Carl Thayer

Sovereignty Assertion in the South China Sea/the East Sea: Militarization and Construction of Artificial Islands

Aaron L. Connelly

Indonesia in the South China Sea/the East Sea: Going It Alone

III. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

Nguyen Vu Tung

ASEAN as a Political Construction of Regionalism: From SEATO to ASEAN

Tran Viet Thai

ASEAN at 50: Overcoming Challenges in a Changing Global and Regional Environment

Nguyen Hong Quan

15 Years after September 2001: Terrorism Trends in the World and South-East Asia

Anis H. Bajrektarevic

Why is Europe able to Manage Its Decline while Asia is still Unable to Capitalize on Its Successes?

IV. RESEARCH AND EXCHANGE

Dinh Cong Tuan

Reform of Finland’s Model of Economic Growth under the Impacts of the European Public Debt Crisis (2009-2016)

Pham Thi Thanh Binh

The Role of Public Administration in Poverty Reduction: The Case of Viet Nam

Tran Viet Trung

Viet Nam in Drug Control Multilateral Cooperation Within Mekong Sub-Region

Lingbo Zhao

Battling the Tiger: Combating in the Sino-World