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 Ngo Dinh Diem assassination
Washington Politics

JFK oversaw Vietnam decapitation. He didn't live to witness the rest.

A coup likely set unto motion by Kennedy memo ended with the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in fall of 1963. Two years later, the US was fully at war.

American Special Operations
Military Industrial Complex

American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves

Wall Street Stock Exchange
Asia-Pacific

Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street

Spending increases on the scale the admin is pressing for could push up US bond yields further, hurting American markets, and allies too

To Lam Xi Jinping
Asia-Pacific

An unexpected pawn: Vietnam's key role in Trump's trade war

Facing steep US tariffs and rising Chinese assertiveness, Hanoi has responded with a careful balancing act

Fall of Saigon vietnam
Global Crises

Symposium: Was the Vietnam War a mistake or fatal flaw in the system?

It's been 50 years since the Fall of Saigon and we still haven't reckoned with the biggest question of them all. Until today.

Fall of saigon vietnam
Asia-Pacific

Trump can boycott, but the failure and end of Vietnam War is a fact

Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, marking the beginning of decades of repairing relations and national reflection