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Research Officer
- Vietnam Studies Programme
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Research Interest
Vietnam's foreign policy; Vietnam War legacies; and Indo-Pacific geopolitics
Vietnam's foreign policy; Vietnam War legacies; and Indo-Pacific geopolitics
Researcher’s Profile
Phan Xuan Dung is a Research Officer of the Vietnam Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and a former Young Leader at the Hawaii-based Pacific Forum. He received his MSc in Asian Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and BA in International Relations from Tokyo International University. From 2022 to 2023, he was commissioned by the United States Institute of Peace to produce a comprehensive report on Vietnamese Agent Orange victims in Vietnam.
Current Research
- Agent Orange Victims in Vietnam: A Primer on Their Numbers, Experiences, Perspectives, Needs, and Sources of Support (United States Institute of Peace) [accepted manuscript]
- Chống dịch như chống giặc: Audience Agency and Historical Resources in Vietnam’s Early Securization of COVID-19 (Review of International Studies) [co-author/accepted manuscript]
Selected Publications
- Phan Xuan Dung and To Minh Son. (2023). Tides of Insecurity: Vietnam and the Growing Challenge from Non-traditional Maritime Threats. ISEAS Publishing. /articles-commentaries/trends-in-southeast-asia/tides-of-insecurity- vietnam-and-the-growing-challenge-from-non-traditional-maritime-threats-by-phan-xuan-dung-and-to-minh-son/
- Phan Xuan Dung. (2022). ‘No One Can Force Vietnam to Choose Sides’: Vietnam as a Self-Reliant Middle Power. Asia Policy, 17(4), 151–179. http://doi.org/10.1353/asp.2022.0061
- Phan Xuan Dung and Benjamin Ho. (2022). How regime legitimation influences Vietnam’s strategy toward US–China strategic rivalry. International Journal of Asian Studies, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479591422000286
- Phan, X. D. (2023, April 25). Forgiving Without Forgetting: Vietnam’s Peace Diplomacy over South Korean Atrocities in the Vietnam War (No. 2023/33; ISEAS Perspective). ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. /articles- commentaries/iseas-perspective/2023-33-forgiving-without-forgetting-vietnams-peace-diplomacy-over-south-korean- atrocities-in-the-vietnam-war-by-phan-xuan-dung/
- Phan Xuan Dung. (2021). U.S. Ex-Gratia Approach Toward the Agent Orange Legacy in Vietnam. Pacific Forum’s Issues and Insights, 21(3), 24–35. https://pacforum.org/publication/u-s-ex-gratia-approach-toward-the-agent-orange-legacy-in-vietnam