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