The USA is waging a new cold war on China, and trying to recruit countries in the Asia-Pacific region to join it. Vietnam refuses, and is making plans for a potential second war with the United States. Ben Norton explains the complex geopolitics of Southeast Asia and the US empire's strategy.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NncakfDmrxU
Topics
0:00 Cold War Two against China
1:00 Vietnam's "bamboo diplomacy"
2:18 Vietnam prepares for new war with USA
4:07 US-Vietnam relations
5:38 Fears of US interventionism
7:22 US National Security Strategy
8:10 Monroe (Donroe) Doctrine
9:08 US "Indo-Pacific" strategy
10:55 US imperialism
12:51 China-Vietnam relations
13:38 Non-Aligned Movement
14:10 BRICS
14:49 Vietnam's economy: GDP
15:38 Incomes in Vietnam
16:54 Investment-led growth
17:44 Vietnam's manufacturing exports
18:18 Socialist market economy
19:30 Vietnam's "Four Nos" policy
20:51 Vietnam's "2nd US Invasion Plan"
23:48 US-backed "color revolution" fears
25:03 Shift in US imperial strategy
27:17 Divide and conquer
28:24 Trump, Biden, Obama
29:07 Vietnam & China share vision
30:02 China & Vietnam deepen ties
30:43 China-Vietnam conflict
32:21 ASEAN
33:28 Thailand foreign policy
34:41 Southeast Asian model
35:39 Outro
