Nguyễn Quang Dy

Harvard Nieman Fellow and Former Vietnamese Diplomat

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Veep Diplomacy: Managing US Ties in Asia

In the coming days, US Vice President Kamala Harris will become the most senior Biden administration official to visit Southeast Asia. As former diplomat Nguyễn Quang Dy writes, once again the focus will be on Vietnam and Singapore. It highlights the key question of how the region manages US-China competition.

The Challenge of Generational Change in Vietnam

The Vietnamese Communist Party has settled on a new leadership for the next five years. Analyst Nguyễn Quang Dy asks is it the right team for the challenges ahead?

The Growing Risks of Strategic Miscalculation in the South China Sea

Releasing Australia’s latest strategic update, Scott Morrison warned our security outlook was infused with more dangers than at any time since the eve of World War 2. The risks are especially acute over competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. In this article, former Vietnamese diplomat Nguyen Quang Dy writes that ASEAN hopes for negotiation with China, but might have to settle for military deterrence.

South China Sea Contest Poses New Challenges for Vietnam and ASEAN

Respected former Vietnamese diplomat and writer Nguyen Quang Dy argues the conflict at sea is overlapping with the COVID-19 threat on land to produce a crisis for Hanoi that will require a fundamental strategic rethink.

Bad News for Vietnam in the New Year

In 2020, Vietnam chairs ASEAN and simultaneously holds a seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.