The South China Sea: Challenges and Promises (ePub)

Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
DR. NGUYEN QUANG NGOC has spent over twenty years studying antique maps and documents relating to Hoang Sa and Truong Sa. He is the Director of National University's Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science.
DR. NGUYEN NHA is the Head of Viet Kitchen Project (formerly Institute for Vietnamese Gastronomic Research) and President of L?c Vi?t Ca trù and Poem Singing Club.
M.A. GREGORY B. POLING is a fellow with the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies and the Pacific Partners Initiative at CSIS. His publications include The South China Sea in Focus: Clarifying the Limits of Maritime Dispute (CSIS, July 2013) and a coauthor of From Strength to Empowerment: The Next Generation of U.S.-Malaysia Relations (CSIS, May 2012), Sustainable Energy Futures in Southeast Asia (CSIS, December 2012), and A U.S.-Indonesia Partnership for 2020: Recommendations for Forging a 21st Century Relationship (CSIS, September 2013). His current research interests include disputes in the South China Sea, democratization in Southeast Asia, and Asian multilateralism.
M.A. LUU ANH RO former Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief of Review of History and Geography (T?p San S? Ð?a) at Saigon Pedagogy University. In 1975, he published T?p San S? Ð?a Number 29 "The Paracels & Spratlys Special Research" and organized historical materials exhibition of Vietnam's sovereignty over Paracels and Spratlys. Currently, he is the General Secretary of the Danang Historical Sciences Association.
DR. CARLYLE THAYER is internationally acknowledged for his expertise in Vietnamese studies and Southeast Asian politics and regional security. He has written over 400 publications, ranging from single-authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited books to research monographs, book chapters, journal articles, electronic journals, radio commentaries, and opinion editorials in leading newspapers. He is the former national secretary of the Asian Studies Association of Australia and was a founder and national secretary of the Vietnam Studies Association of Australia.
M.A. BUI VAN TIENG is the President of the Danang Historical Sciences Association.
DR. NGUYEN DAI TRANG holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Honours Economics from Concordia University (Montréal), a Masters in Economics, and a PhD (2004) in Interdisciplinary Studies and Asian Research both from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). She is the author of two books on Ho Chi Minh, both written in English and Vietnamese, published in 2010 and 2013. She is currently a Professor and Program Coordinator in International Development and International Business at Centennial College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is also a Director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council, a non-profit organization that promotes trade and investment between the two countries.
KONAPALLI RAJA REDDY was the Director of the Centre for Southeast Asian and Pacific Studies from 2002-2004 and 2006-2008. He is a member of the Academic Senate, S.V. University, Tirupati; Academic Senate, Kakatiya University, Warangal; BOS, Acharya Nagarjuna University; BOS, Centre for South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai; and Independent Advisory Group, Dept. of Forests, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
GENERAL (RET.) DANIEL SCHAEFFER graduated from the French Cadet school of Saint-Cyr in 1965, from the French Staff College in international relations - languages branch (Chinese) in 1982, and from the French National Institute of Foreign Languages and Civilizations in 1986 at the level of Master degree. He served thrice as a defense attaché, in Thailand (1986-89), in Vietnam (1991-95) where he opened the office therefore becoming the first French defence attaché there, and in China (1997- 2000). When he retired he decided to bring his expertise in international relations with the Asian countries to the French community.