Southeast Asia
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08.12.2021
Russian-Vietnamese Relations and the Joint Fight Against the Pandemic
The history of relations between Russia and Vietnam goes back to Soviet times when the USSR supported the Vietnamese communists in their war for creating their state, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). After that, the Soviet Union became a major partner of the SRV for many years. The common ideology, joint opposition to the […]
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03.12.2021
Cooperation between Russia and Vietnam Strengthens Steadily
Vietnam is one of Russia’s key partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) and Russia continue to develop cooperation, which has traditionally been friendly, based on years of close cooperation in a wide range of areas (diplomatic relations were established on 30 January 1950). The bilateral legal framework consists of over eighty […]
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25.11.2021
American Released from Myanmar Was Part of US Regime-Change Machine
The Western media announced that American citizen Danny Fenster was freed from prison in Myanmar and allowed to leave the Southeast Asian nation in mid November after negotiations between American politician Bill Richardson and Myanmar’s government. Reuters in its article, “US journalist freed in Myanmar, says he is healthy and happy,” would claim: Fenster was […]
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18.11.2021
US at ASEAN Summit Looks to Turn Region Against Itself
For the first time in four years a US President has attended the annual ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit. In a poorly disguised redux of the Obama-era “Pivot to Asia,” the US seeks to appear interested in contributing to ASEAN in a constructive manner while ultimately attempting to coerce the regional bloc […]
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16.11.2021
China Completes Vietnam Metro as US Accuses Beijing of “Bullying” Region
The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi – home to over 8 million people – saw the opening of its first ever metro line. The line was financed and built by China and features rolling stock from China’s state-owned CRRC. The metro was under construction starting in 2011 and was the target of criticism particularly in […]
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11.11.2021
AUKUS and Myanmar Undermine ASEAN Unity
In fact, and as has been repeatedly noted in the NEO, the situation is worsening in South-East Asia, a key region for the global political process today, all ten countries of which form ASEAN. This deterioration comes from the degrading relations between the two global powers, the USA and China. The field of tensions created by […]
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26.10.2021
New Military Bloc – New Threats to Peace and Security in Asia
In September 2021 it was announced that in the Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions emerged a new military bloc composed of Australia, the United States and Britain. This event caused a resounding international response, marking a milestone in the ongoing restructuring of international relations. Many analysts saw the new military bloc as a prototype of an […]
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25.10.2021
US Weaponizes UN for Regime Change in Myanmar
When the United Nations through its online news portal claims one of its experts sees the situation in Myanmar “failing” and urging measures to save the country from its current, ongoing conflict, many might take it at face value. The article would claim: According to Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, since its power grab and overthrow […]
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19.10.2021
Laos: From Landlocked to High-Speed Rail-Linked
For anyone who travelled through the rugged landlocked Southeast Asian country of Laos years ago, they will remember the twisting mountain roads and the many days by bus it would take to traverse the terrain from China’s border with Laos at Boten to the Laotian capital of Vietniane across the Mekong River from Thailand’s city […]
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12.10.2021
US Sanctions Cambodian Leaders Amid US-China Rivalry
The Southeast Asian country of Cambodia, inhabited by 16 million people, and still recovering from the decades of turmoil that surrounded America’s war with Vietnam, finds itself once again targeted by the US for standing in the way of Washington’s regional ambitions. At first glance by ordinary readers, the Radio Free Asia (RFA) article, “US […]
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16.09.2021
Russian-Indonesian Relations Grow Stronger Amid Geopolitical Instability
Indonesia, a country of 270 million people and ASEAN’s largest economy, is actively involved in the affairs of Southeast Asia and seeks to maintain peace, stability and economic development in the region for its own security and to accelerate its economic growth. For its part, the Russian Federation, whose foreign policy objectives include strengthening its […]
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16.09.2021
The IAEA’s “Western Policy” on Iran
The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in connection with Iran’s nuclear activities is strictly limited to technical issues and highly confidential, however the political exploitation of the issue is carried on by certain Western powers in stark contradiction with the principles of independence, impartiality, and professionalism that the the Agency is supposed […]