TTLA: Russian Federation's policy towards ASEAN in the period 2000-2014

1. Full name of PhD student: Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 14, 1981 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Decision to recognize PhD students No. 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU

6. Changes in the training process:

- Change topic name in 2016

- Extension of PhD student period from January 2018 to the end of April 2019

7. Thesis topic: Russian Federation's policy towards ASEAN in the period 2000-2014

8. Major: Political Science 9. Code: 62 31 20 01

10. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Cong Tuan

11. Summary of new results of the thesis

- The thesis contributes to clarifying the research situation of the Russian Federation's policy towards ASEAN in the period from 2000 to 2014 from domestic and foreign authors. Through these works, readers can visualize how the issues related to Russia's foreign policy towards ASEAN were formed during the research period, what outstanding issues were mentioned and resolved.

- The thesis clarifies the theoretical and practical basis of the Russian Federation's policy towards ASEAN in the period 2000-2014, including theoretical issues of policy, theoretical and practical basis leading to the formation of the policy.

- The thesis analyzes the content and implementation of the Russian Federation's policies towards ASEAN during the research period, including general policies and policies in specific areas (political security, defense, economy, science and technology, education, tourism, etc.).

- The thesis provides assessments of policies and policy implementation, what has been done and what has not been done, as well as the causes of those limitations. From there, the author presents scenarios to forecast Russia's policies towards ASEAN as well as the impact of these policies on the region. Each scenario is based on practical foundations and will have different impacts on the economic-political-social situation of the two sides.

- The thesis provides recommendations to help promote the effectiveness of Russia's foreign policies applied to ASEAN in general and Vietnam in particular, as well as to consolidate and strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Vietnam.

12. Further research directions

- Expand the research time range from 2014 to present

13. Publications related to the thesis

- Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (2014), “Russia-ASEAN cooperation in the early 21st century: Politics surpasses economics”,Journal of Theoretical Education(219), pp.70-73.

- Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (2017), "Russia's policy towards ASEAN and its impact on Vietnam in the period 2000-2014",Asia-Pacific Economic Journal(496), pp.71-74.

- Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (2017), "Russian Federation's policy towards ASEAN in the period 2000-2014",Industry and Trade Magazine (8), pp.196-201.

                                                          INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: October 14, 1981 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh Province

5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014

6. Changes in academic process:

- Changing the title of the thesis on 2016

- Extension of fellowship time from January, 2018 to the end of April, 2019

7. Official thesis title: Russia's policies towards ASEAN 2000-2014

8. Major: Politics 9. Code: 62 31 20 01

10. Supervisor: Assoc.Pro.Dr.Dinh Cong Tuan

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis contributes to clarify the situation of Russia's policies towards ASEAN in the period from 2000 to 2014 from domestic and foreign authors. Through these constructions, the readers can visualize how to create the issues related to Russia's foreign policies towards ASEAN in the period of the study, the strong and weak points of these policies.

- The thesis clarifies the theoretical and practical basement of Russia's policies towards ASEAN in the period 2000-2014, including theoretical issues on policies, theoretical basis and practical basis leading to the formation of the policy.

- The thesis explains the content and implementation of Russia's policies towards ASEAN in the research period, including general policies and policies in specific fields (politics and security, national defense, economics, technology, education, tourism, ...)

- The thesis makes assessments about policies and policy implementation process, what has been done and not yet done, and the causes of those limitations. From there, the author presents scenarios of Russia's policies towards ASEAN as well as the impact of these policies on the region. Each scenario is based on practical grounds and will have different impacts on the socio-political-economic situation of the two sides.

- The thesis offers recommendations to help promote the foreign effectiveness of Russia's policies applied to ASEAN in general and Vietnam in particular, as well as to strengthen and promote the comprehensive strategic cooperation between Russia and Vietnam

12. Further research directions

- Expanding the scope of the study period from 2014 to present

13. Thesis-related publications

- Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (2014), “Russia-ASEAN cooperation in the early twenty-first century: Politics transcends economy”,Journal of Theoretical Education(219), pp.70-73

- Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (2017), “Russia's policy towards ASEAN and impacts on Vietnam”,Journal of Asia-Pacific Economics(496), pp.71-74.

- Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa (2017), “Russia's policy towards ASEAN 2000-2014”,Journal of Industry and Trade(8), pp.196-201.