Small-and medium-sized states acquire significant influence when regional and global
orders are in flux, as in times of power transition. We have observed such dynamics …

This book provides an innovative theoretical and empirical exploration of the political
participation and democratic capability of people living in authoritarian states. Merging …

The FTA is the EU's most extensive with a developing state, and represents a cornerstone of
Vietnam's FTA diversification policy. This chapter explains how geo-economic …

This chapter reviews studies about policy transfer in Asia and China, followed by an
overview of policy transfer studies in Vietnam. Based on this, it identifies the gaps in the …

By analysing the case of Vietnam and referring to studies about policy transfer in China, this
chapter theorises the main features of policy transfer in one-party authoritarian regimes …

This chapter provides evidence of merit-based policy transfer in detail with an analysis of
policy elements being transferred, including policy norms, goals, ideas, tools, instruments …

This research investigates the case of merit-based policy transfer in Vietnam's civil service
and demonstrates the distinctive features of policy transfer in authoritarian regimes. Drawing …

In a post-western world, increasing normative diverges and weakening interdependences
raise forward alternative normative realities. The European Union, as a global actor, has …

Vietnam since Doi Moi has undertaken a drastic reimagination and reform of their economic
development model, turning to export led industrialization as their guiding principle from …

In 2007, the EU launched a region-to-region Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the ASEAN;
however, negotiations were suspended in 2009, and the EU subsequently decided to …