Soviet Policy Dilemmas in Asia,
Abstract
Spurred at the end of the last decade by the outbreak of armed conflict along the Sino-Soviet border and by the new U.S. Administration's first steps to disengage from Vietnam, the Soviet Union embarked on a course of intensified diplomatic activity in Asia, coupled with highly visible displays of Soviet naval power in Pacific and Indian Ocean waters, that quickly captured world attention. Measured by almost any conventional standard--states with which the Soviet Union has diplomatic relations, exchanges of high-level visits, trade turnover, deployments of land, air, and sea forces into the area, and so forth--the USSR is now engaged in the affairs of Asia on a considerably wider front than ever before. Yet all of this activity has brought few tangible rewards to the Soviet Union. Moscow has not emerged as a conspicuous beneficiary of the post-Vietnam regroupment of Asian political forces, as many Western observers had earlier feared, and the USSR does not appear to be well-positioned to make major political gains soon in Asia. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA040858
Entities
People
- Arnold Horelick
Organizations
- RAND Corporation