Scholarly Output

Publications

Books, articles, policy reports, media commentary, and fiction — 1966 to present.

2021
War By Other Means: National Liberation and Revolution in Vietnam, 1954–1960
Routledge Library Editions. London: Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group. 288pp. (Reprint)
Book
2012
Need for Reform and Governance Capacities in Asia: Country Report Vietnam
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung. 132pp. (with Aurel Croissant and Jörn Dosch)
Book
2010
Southeast Asia: Patterns of Security Cooperation
ASPI Strategy Report. Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. 68pp.
Monograph
1999
Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition (ed.)
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 294pp. (with Ramses Amer)
Edited Volume
1996
Bringing Democracy to Cambodia: Peacekeeping and Elections (ed.)
Canberra: ANU. 136pp. (with Viberto Selochan)
Edited Volume
1995
A Crisis of Expectations: UN Peacekeeping in the 1990s (ed.)
Boulder: Westview Press. 317pp. (with Ramesh Thakur)
Edited Volume
1995
Beyond Indochina
Adelphi Paper 297. London: Oxford University Press for IISS. 73pp.
Monograph
1994
The Vietnam People's Army Under Doi Moi
Pacific Strategic Paper No. 7. Singapore: ISEAS. 122pp.
Monograph
1993
Soviet Relations with India and Vietnam, 1945–1992
Delhi: Oxford University Press. 369pp. (with Ramesh Thakur)
Book
1989
War By Other Means: National Liberation and Revolution in Vietnam, 1954–1960
Sydney, London and Boston: Allen & Unwin. 256pp.
Book
1987
The Soviet Union as an Asian Pacific Power (ed.)
Boulder: Westview Press / Melbourne: Macmillan Australia. 236pp. (with Ramesh Thakur)
Edited Volume
2022
The Role of the Military and Public Security in Contemporary Vietnam
In Jonathan London, ed., Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam. Routledge. pp. 88–103.
Book Chapter
2022
Vietnam in 2021: Leadership Transition, Party-Building, and Combatting COVID-19
In Daljit Singh and Hoang Thi Ha, eds., Southeast Asian Affairs 2021. Singapore: Yusof Ishak Institute. pp. 365–391.
Book Chapter
2022
Ukraine Crisis: Questionnaire
FPRC Journal, J-50, 2022(2), pp. 21–24.
Article
2015
EAS Rapid Disaster Response: Search and Rescue Lessons Learned
Canberra: Australian Civil-Military Centre. 22pp.
Policy Report
2012
The Apparatus of Authoritarian Rule in Viet Nam
SEARC Working Paper No. 118. City University of Hong Kong. 42pp.
Working Paper
2010
Recent Developments in the South China Sea: Grounds for Cautious Optimism?
RSIS Working Paper No. 220. Nanyang Technological University. 33pp.
Working Paper
2006
Leadership Dynamics in Terrorist Organisations in Southeast Asia
Leadership Papers No. 3. Centre for Defence Leadership Studies, ADC. 26pp.
Policy Paper
2022
Is Vietnam Going to Hold a Military Exercise With Russia?
The Diplomat, April 27, 2022.
Commentary
2022
Australia and South China Sea FONOPS
ANI e-Newsletter, No. 369, February 2022.
Commentary
2022
UNCLOS provides an effective mechanism for peaceful resolution of maritime disputes
Vietnam Law & Legal Forum, May 10, 2022.
Op-Ed
2013–
Regular Contributor — The Diplomat
Ongoing policy articles on Vietnam, ASEAN, and the South China Sea (2013–present).
Media

Fiction Works

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