(English) In Vietnam: A brilliant piece on the recent Vietnamese Defence Policy from Carlyle A. Thayer. Valuable reading on title” Vietnam’s Defensive Diplomacy”

(English) Even not directly related to Human Development forum Foundation’s work but this is an interesting reading on some events in Afghanistan about post by Pratap Chatterjee, Manhunters, Inc. posted at TomDispatch.

(English) China/Maritime Security: A great overview on the vessels used in the Chinese PLAN, looks like they not only have a massive say in the regional maritime context, but looking also beyond…… interesting numbers, maybe just matched by India and the US Navy, the latter however is engaged in many other assignments as well.