China’s Intimidation Exposes Vietnam’s Lack of Deterrence

In this commentary feature the author argued that Vietnam did not seem to have a strategy to develop the offshore resources that international law said rightfully belonged to it. And the economic costs of this predicament were rising.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Briefing, September 2016: China and the South China Sea issue http://www.europeansources.info/record/china-and-the-south-china-sea-issue/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, March 2017: Challenges to Freedom of the Seas and Maritime Rivalry in Asia http://www.europeansources.info/record/challenges-to-freedom-of-the-seas-and-maritime-rivalry-in-asia/

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