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The Malaise of Peace
Successful nations succeed through constant battles, big or small, not acceptance and acquiescence. There is no absolute peace, because peace should be…
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Anthony Bourdain, An American on a Red Plastic Stool
It's hard for the Western world to fully comprehend the rhetoric-changing power of Anthony Bourdain. To them, he might be inspirational, but to the once…
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Vietnam Yet To Show Concern Over Its Neighbors’ Domestic Unrest
Waves of anti-government protests and uprisings sweeping across neighboring Asian states have not ruffled Vietnam yet.
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You Claim Ocean Vuong, but Not His Past
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The Modern Vietnamese State is NOT with Palestine
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Unlike Vietnam, There is No Hope for Gaza
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Vietnam Yet To Show Concern Over Its Neighbors’ Domestic Unrest
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Anthony Bourdain, An American on a Red Plastic Stool
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Sham Baby Formula, Governmental Role, and Toxic Nationalism
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The Gaza I Will Tell My Children About
UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, CNN. Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as more Palestinians flee and death toll…
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The Services That Cannot Fail
Vietnam’s governance will only be truly modern when it recognizes that some systems and services are simply too vital to fail—a reality the state has…
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A Dog-Eating Nation
I don’t see the unethicality of eating dog meat—I feel it.
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Midweek Brief: Understanding Trump Organization's $1.5 Billion Golf Course in Vietnam; VinFast's Future
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Midweek Brief: Concerns Raised Over Proposed Land-Grabbing Practice in Vietnam
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Unlike Vietnam, There is No Hope for Gaza
To compare Vietnam and Gaza, you don't compare ideals and purposes and death tolls, you compare hopes.
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You Claim Ocean Vuong, but Not His Past
I adore Ocean Vuong, as do many Vietnamese. We claim him because he carries a last name we can pronounce—one that Americans cannot. But our pride has a…
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