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Expert Q&A: A Vietnam Veteran and CIA Leader on Lessons from the War

EXPERT Q&A — John McLaughlin was drafted and sent to Vietnam as an intelligence officer in 1969. He would later have a distinguished career in the [...] More

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Is North Korea Boiling Down to a War of Words?

OPINION — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried Sunday to use current U.S. relations with an old wartime enemy, the Communist government in Vietnam, [...] More

U.S. Afghan Strategy Time Warps to Vietnam 1969

“We may have advisers there 10 years from now, but the Taliban will not be the enemy they are,” was the way Defense Secretary James Mattis described [...] More

At White House Meeting, the Ball is in Vietnam’s Court

Today Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will become the first ASEAN leader to visit the White House under the Trump administration. The [...] More

Author Q&A: Joshua Kurlantzick, "A Great Place to Have a War"

When President Dwight Eisenhower left office, he told his successor, John F. Kennedy, that Laos was one of the United States’ most important foreign [...] More
U.S. Fully Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo

U.S. Fully Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo

The United States has fully lifted its embargo on sales of lethal arms to Vietnam in what analysts say should be seen as a more political than [...] More

Cam Ranh Bay: A Shining Showpiece

In early March, the Cam Ranh International Port (CRIP) was inaugurated with much fanfare, marking the beginning of its revitalization following [...] More
Vietnam: Guns and Butter

Vietnam: Guns and Butter

On April 3rd, Cam Ranh International Port (CRIP) hosted an erstwhile enemy. A group of Japanese naval ships docked at a port the country once [...] More

A New Era in Leadership

Vietnam is experiencing its highest level of international attention in nearly a decade. The country is going through a major leadership transition, [...] More