An effective and lasting strategic cooperation, such as NATO or the U.S.-Japan Alliance, requires that the partners share the same moral values and political ideology. In other words, only a free and democratic Vietnam, enjoying popular support and the support of the community of free nations can stand up to China's aggression and effectively contribute to regional security.   more »

Editor's Note: The killing of nine Vietnamese fishermen by the Chinese navy is a marker of China's aggressive designs on natural resources in the Eastern Sea. Thi Q. Lam is the author of The Twenty-Five Year Century; A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon. Article reprinted from Calitoday2, Vietnamese Communications.   more »