Vietnam within East Sea's Debate Envisioned through the Lens of Diplomacy

Abstract

The East Sea (or South China Sea, SCS) dispute is now the biggest challenge on economy, defense and foreign policy of Vietnam. The dispute has significant impact on the national security and peaceful development of this country. The assessment and resolving of SCS dispute require deepest insights at a strategic level and timeliness of implementation since the situation is becoming increasingly complex and not only related to Vietnam, China, but also other countries in the region and beyond. Economic strength and defense capability are considered the internal resources of a country. The combination of internal resources with effective foreign policy that is being regarded as external power, forming 3D Security Framework , will guarantee national security. Due to limited scope, this paper will only focus on a few of the characteristics of "external means" of diplomacy of Vietnam, namely bilateral and multilateral relations in the region as well as internationally. Vietnam regards these means as one of the powers to best encounter the challenges of the SCS dispute.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA590239

Entities

People

  • Pham Thuan

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Diplomacy
  • Education
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Security
  • South China Sea
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies