Choices for Coalition-Building: The Soviet Presence in Asia and American Policy Alternatives,
Abstract
This analysis has described the efforts of the Soviet Union in the three decades since World War II to secure its Asian frontier through the establishment of bilateral alliances and regional military deployments which would counter the American presence in Asia and constrain the growth of other power centers--especially in Japan and China. The great failures of Moscow's Asian diplomacy have been the 'loss' of China, an inability to establish an effective working relationship with Japan, and the expulsion from Indonesia in 1965. At the beginning of the 1980s, Moscow faces the difficult task of countering a formative coalition of states opposed to the expansion of Soviet influence in Asia: the association of China, Japan, and the U.S., which in turn is linked to America's allies in ASEAN, ANZUS, and NATO. The Soviets have responded to this increasingly active entente with further increases in their military dispositions in Asia, and with efforts to strengthen their own coalition of supporters based on bilateral treaties with Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam, India, and Afghanistan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA103754
Entities
People
- Richard H. Solomon
Organizations
- RAND Corporation