TTLV: US involvement in the East Sea issue from 2009 to 2020

1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thu 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: May 19, 1990

4. Place of birth: Minh Tan - Hung Ha - Thai Binh

5. Student recognition decision No. 1765/2018/QD-XHNV dated June 28, 2018 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: US involvement in the East Sea issue from 2009 to 2020

8. Major:International Relations; Code: 8310601.01

9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi My Hanh, Faculty of International Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis has focused on systematizing issues related to the US's increased involvement in the East Sea region from 2009 to 2020. Specifically, the thesis has clarified the international and regional factors and factors from within the US itself under the two US Presidents Barack Obama (2009-2016) and Donald J. Trump (2017-2020) that have motivated the US to carry out engagement activities in the East Sea. From there, the thesis has expanded the analysis of the views, policies and field implementation activities of the US government in the East Sea region. In particular, in the issue of the US's policy of engagement in the East Sea, the thesis focuses on analyzing the goals of the US government when engaging in the East Sea region, the content of the policy of engagement in the East Sea in terms of politics, diplomacy, economics, defense and security. In order to clarify the US's views and policies in the East Sea region, the thesis focused on analyzing the US's field deployment activities in the East Sea, summarizing the US's activities to increase its involvement in the East Sea region such as deploying, arranging and maintaining military presence around the East Sea region, attracting allied and partner countries inside and outside the region to participate in joint military cooperation activities with the US in the East Sea region; encouraging allied and partner countries to express their opposition to China's illegal activities in the East Sea; increasing the use of multilateral security mechanisms in the region to condemn China's actions in this region. Finally, the thesis focused on analyzing the results and impacts of the US's increased involvement in the East Sea, and at the same time making recommendations for Vietnam in order to firmly ensure national sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as balance relations with major countries.

11. Practical applicability: Party and State agencies, research units and universities in Vietnam can refer to the content of the thesis to have more documents on the US's viewpoints and engagement activities in the East Sea region, as well as the impacts on the region, Vietnam and proposals for Vietnam in preserving the integrity of national territorial sovereignty.

12. Further research directions: Further research on the impacts of US involvement in the East Sea on Vietnam and policy recommendations for Vietnam in the coming time

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thu

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: May 19, 1990

4. Place of birth: Minh Tan - Hung Ha - Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 1765/2018/QD-XHNV Dated: June 28, 2018

6. Changes in academic process: None

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7. Official thesis title: The US involvement in the South China Sea issue from 2009 to 2020

8. Major:Foreign Affairs9. Code:8310601.01

10. Supervisors: PhD. Nguyen Thi My Hanh, University of Social Sciences and Humanities

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis has focused scientifically on issues related to the increase of United States engagement in the South China Sea from 2009 to 2020. specifically, the thesis explains the international, regional factors and other elements from within the United States itself under Barack Obama (2009-2016) and Donald J. Trump (2017-2020) that motivate the United States to proceed engagement activities in the South China Sea. Since then, the thesis has expanded the analysis of the views, policies and field activities of the United States administration in the South China Sea. In particular, in the issue of the United States' South China Sea engagement policy, the thesis focuses on analyzing the goals of the United States government when engaging in the South China Sea, the content of the South China Sea engagement policy on political, diplomatic, economic, national defense and security aspects. In order to clarify the views and policies of the United States in the South China Sea, the thesis focuses on analyzing United States' field activities in the South China Sea, which summarizes the United States' activities to increase involvement in the South China Sea, such as deploying, arranging and presenting military forces around the South China Sea areas, involving allies and partners inside and outside the region to participate in joint military cooperation activities with the United States in the South China Sea; induce allied countries and partners to show their opposition to China's illegal activities in the South China Sea; increase using regional multilateral security mechanisms to condemn Chinese behavior in the region. Finally, the thesis analyzes conclusions and impacts of increasing United States' engagement in the South China Sea, and makes recommendations for Vietnam to ensure strong national sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as balancing relations with major countries.

12. Practical applicability, if any: Vietnamese administration' agencies, Vietnamese research units and universities can refer to the content of the thesis for more information on the views and involvement of the United States in the South China Sea, as well as its impacts for the region and Vietnam, besides recommendations to Vietnam in preserving the national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

13. Further research directions, if any: Further research on the impact of US South China Sea engagement on Vietnam and recommending policies for Vietnam in the near future.

14. Thesis-related publications: None