USAHEC: Indo-Pacific: Myanmar [Burma], Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam

Vietnam and the United States: Towards Strategic Cooperation

Vietnam

“Future Cyber Evolution: Electronic Warfare Lessons from Vietnam”
Tobin, M. E.
Marine Corps Gazette 103, no. 4 (April 2019): 44-48.

Obstinate Dragon: A Strategic Assessment of Vietnam in Southeast Asia by Jeffrey A. Vandaveer
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2015)
Strategy Research Project.
U.S.-Vietnam Economic and Trade Relations: Issues in 2019 by Michael F. Martin
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)
U.S.-Vietnam Relations by Mark E. Manyin and Michael F. Martin
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)

Cambodia

Cambodia: Background and U.S. Relations by Thomas Lum
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)

“Cambodia–Thailand Sovereignty Disputes: Implications for Cambodia’s Strategic Environment and Defence Organization”
Var, Veasna .
Strategic Analysis 41, no. 2 (March-April 2017): 152-172.
“Cambodia–Vietnam: Special Relationship against Hostile and Unfriendly Forces"
Heder, Steve.
Southeast Asian Affairs (2018): 113-131.
“Hun Sen's Consolidation of Personal Rule and the Closure of Political Space in Cambodia”
Sutton, Jonathan.
Contemporary Southeast Asia 40, no. 2 (August 2018): 173-195.
“The Thai–Cambodian Border Dispute: An Agency-centred Perspective on the Management of Interstate Conflict”
Jenne, Nicole.
Contemporary Southeast Asia 39, no. 2 (August 2017): 315-347.

Thailand

“The 2014 Military Coup in Thailand: Implications for Political Conflicts and Resolution”
Sombatpoonsiri, Janjira.
Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 5, no. 1, (May 2017): 131-154.
“The Military Draft in Thailand: a Critique from a Nonkilling Global Political Science Perspective”
Sripokangkul, Siwach.
Global Change, Peace & Security 31, no. 1 (2018): 39-59.

Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations by Emma Chanlett-Avery, Ben Dolven, and Kirt Smith
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)

“Thailand in 2018: Military Dictatorship under Royal Command”
Mérieau, Eugénie.
Southeast Asian Affairs (2019): 327-340.
“The Thailand-U.S. Defense Alliance in U.S.-Indo-Pacific Strategy”
Chongkittavorn, Kavi.
Asia - Pacific Issues; no. 137 (March 2019): 1-10.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN] and Southeast Asia

“The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace”
Placzek, Jim.
Southeast Asian Studies 7, no. 3 (December 2018): 499-502.
“ASEAN's Tough Balancing Act”
Tang, Siew-Mun.
Asia Policy 13, no. 4 (October 2018): 48-52.
“Assessing ASEAN'S Relevance: Have the Right Questions Been Asked?”
Cheok, Cheong Kee, and Yong Chen Chen.
Journal of Southeast Asian Economies 36, no. 1 (April 2019): 11-24.
“China's Dual Strategy of Coercion and Inducement towards ASEAN”
Le Thu, Huong.
Pacific Review 32, no. 1 (January 2018): 20-36.
“Chinese Geopolitics in Southeast Asia: A New Pattern of Economic Power within ASEAN?”
Wrobel, Ralph Michael.
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Asienkunde. Asiatische Studien 73, no. 1 (2019): 149-191.
“Closing the Capability Gap: ASEAN Military Modernization during the Dawn of Autonomous Weapon Systems”
Wyatt, Austin, and Jai Galliott.
Asian Security (2018) 1-20.
“Co-chairing Asia-Pacific Defence Diplomacy: The Case ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus”
Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol, and Nantasit Klaisringoen.
Australian Journal of International Affairs 73, no. 1 (February 2019): 64-81.
“Determinants of Trade Flows and Trade Structure between Korea and ASEAN”
Truong, Hoan Quang, Chung Van Dong, and Hoang Huy Nguyen.
East Asian Economic Review 23, no. 1 (March 2019): 55-88.
“The Disturbance and Endurance of Norms in ASEAN: Peaceful but Stressful”
Loh, Dylan M. H.
Australian Journal of International Affairs 72, no. 5 (October 2018): 385-402.

East of India, South of China: Sino-Indian encounters in Southeast Asia by Amitav Acharya
Call Number: Root Hall DS450.C6 A34 2017
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017)

“From Commitment to Compliance: ASEAN's Human Rights Regression?”
Collins, Alan.
Pacific Review 32, no. 3 (2019): 365-394.

High-Speed Empire: Chinese Expansion and the Future of Southeast Asia by Will Doig
Call Number: Root Hall DS525.9.C5 D65 2018
(New York, NY: Columbia Global Reports, 2018)

“Japan's ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Strategy: Tokyo's Tactical Hedging and the Implications for ASEAN”
Koga, Kei.
Contemporary Southeast Asia 41, no. 2 (August 2019): 286-313.

Khaki Capital: The Political Economy of the Military in Southeast Asia by Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat (Eds)
Call Number: Root Hall HC441 .K43 2017
(Copenhagen, Denmark: NIAS Press, 2017)

“Looking West, Acting East: India's Indo-Pacific Strategy"
Mukherjee, Rohan.
Southeast Asian Affairs (2019): 43-51.
The State of Southeast Asia: 2021
Seah, S. et al. (Singapore: ASEAN Studies Centre ISEAS [Institute of Southeast Asian Studies] -Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021).
“‘The State of Southeast Asia: 2021 Survey Report’ presents the findings of a region-wide online survey conducted among the policy, research, business, civil society, and media communities. For the first time, three different language options were offered: English, Bahasa Indonesia and Vietnamese. A total of 1,032 respondents from ten ASEAN member states participated in the online survey.”

Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia and ASEAN by Ronald Holzhacker
Call Number: Root Hall HC441 .S87 2019
(Boston, MA: Brill, 2019)

“Understanding China's Proposal for an ASEAN-China Community of Common Destiny and ASEAN's Ambivalent Response"
Ha, Hoang Thi.
Contemporary Southeast Asia 41, no. 2 (August 2019): 223-254.
“Unpacking ASEAN Neutrality: The Quest for Autonomy and Impartiality in Southeast Asia”
Emmers, Ralf.
Contemporary Southeast Asia 40, no. 3 (December 2018): 349-370.
W(h)ither the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)? W(h)ither constructivism? Fixity of Norms and the ASEAN Way”
International Relations 33, no. 3 (2019): 413-432.

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Myanmar [Burma]

“All Going According to Plan? The Armed Forces and Government in Myanmar"
Selth, Andrew.
Contemporary Southeast Asia 40, no. 1 (April 2018): 1-26.
“Burma: Suu Kyi's Missteps”
Barany, Zoltan.
Journal of Democracy 29, no. 1, (January 2018): 5-19.
“Burma-China Early Approach and Implications for Contemporary Bilateral Relations”
Fan, Hongwei, and Yizheng Zou.
Asian Perspective; 43, no. 3 (Summer 2019): 459-480.

Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Policy by Michael F. Martin
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)
Burma’s Prospects for Peace in 2019 by Michael F. Martin and Kirt Smith
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019).
Burmese Security Forces and Personnel Implicated in Serious Human Rights Abuses and Accountability Options by Michael F. Martin
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)
China’s Role in Myanmar’s Internal Conflicts by USIP China Myanmar Senior Study Group
(Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2018)

“Ethnicity, Citizenship and Identity in Post-2016 Myanmar”
Thuzar, Moe, and Darren Cheong.
Southeast Asian Affairs (2019): 243-258.
“Extending the ‘System’ of International Criminal Law? The ICC's Decision on Jurisdiction over Alleged Deportations of Rohingya People”
Hale, Kip, and Melinda Rankin.
Australian Journal of International Affairs 73, no. 1 (February 2019): 22-28.
“India-Myanmar Relations and the Management of Transnational Militant Threats”
Basit, Saira H.
Journal of Strategic Security 11, no. 2, (2018): 73-92.
"Myanmar: The Multiple Conundrums of Rohingya Policy"
Steinberg, David I.
Asia Policy 14, no. 1 (January 2019): 183-187.
“Myanmar in 2018: New Democracy Hangs in the Balance"
Pedersen, Morten B.
Southeast Asian Affairs (2019): 225-241.

Myanmar in the Balance: Strategic Recalibration of Military Engagement by William E. Boswell
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2015)
Strategy Research Project.

“Myanmar’s Intelligence Apparatus and the Fall of General Khin Nyunt"
Selth, Andrew.
Intelligence and National Security 34, no. 5 (August 2019): 619-636.
"Security Challenges and the Management of the India–Myanmar Border”
Das, Pushpita.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 6 (November-December 2018): 578-594.
“Strategic Violence during Democratization: Evidence from Myanmar”
Christensen, Darin, Mai Nguyen, and Renard Sexton.
World Politics 71, no. 2 (April 2019): 332-366.

“U.S. Relations with Burma: Key Issues in 2019” by Michael F. Martin and Kirt Smith
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019).

"U.S. Restrictions on Relations with Burma"
Martin, Michael F.
Current Politics and Economics of South, Southeastern, and Central Asia 27, no. 3-4 (2018): 401-432.

Laos

Laos by Ben Dolven and Thomas Lum
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)

“On the Right Track: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 2017”
Tappe, Oliver.
Southeast Asian Affairs (2018): 168-183.