The Soviet-Vietnamese Alliance in Strategic Perspective,

Abstract

This document states that the Soviet-Vietnamese alliance is the product of a complex set of power rivalries that provide both the Soviets and the Vietnamese with very strong incentives to embrace each other. Each side benefits very considerably. The Soviets obtain access to military bases in Vietnam that enable them for the first time in Russian history to become a major player in Southeast Asia, the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The Vietnamese obtain an insurance policy against China and any other combination of powers determined to roll back their newly acquired and long sought empire in Indochina. And the Vietnamese acquire substantial amounts of diplomatic, economic and military assistance that they could get nowhere else at a time of deep diplomatic isolation and enormous economic and social strains. Keywords: Soviet-U.S. rivalry; Sino-Soviet conflict; Sino-Vietnamese conflict; Future scenarios; Western policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184093

Entities

People

  • Donald S. Zagoria

Organizations

  • foreign affairs ministry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Asia
  • Economic Models
  • Far East
  • Governments
  • Military Facilities
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.