Strategic Aspects of Asian-American Relations in the 1980s,

Abstract

The soundest basis for Asian-American security relations in the 1980s is the proverbial middle road: an increase in the visible military presence of the United States in the Western Pacific and in the Indian Ocean, a strengthening of defense cooperation with Japan, meaningful levels of bilateral military assistance to five countries of the ASEAN group, emphatic assertion of the special relationships with the Philippines and South Korea, and sustained efforts to help China modernize without becoming a threatening military giant. In the setting created by such policies, Soviet hegemonial aspirations of Vietnamese regional delusions of grandeur will not be able to blossom.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103752

Entities

People

  • Guy J. Pauker

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Asian Americans
  • Attack Submarines
  • Far East
  • Indian Ocean
  • Korea
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Oceans
  • Second World War
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.