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Regime security first: explaining Vietnam's security policies towards the United States and China (1992–2012).

Authors :
Liu, Ruonan
Sun, Xuefeng
Source :
Pacific Review; Dec2015, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p755-778, 24p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

China's rise in recent years has exacerbated Vietnam–China security tensions over maritime disputes in the South China Sea. To manage its security competition with China, Vietnam has simultaneously improved its security cooperation with the United States while maintaining a safe distance from it, in efforts to reassure China. This article attempts to explore the dynamics of the Vietnam's security policy towards the United States and China in the Post-Cold War era. The authors find that the combinations of Vietnam's Post-Cold War security policy towards the United States and China are shaped by its concerns over regime security with respect to the primary threats of infiltration by US democratic norms and of excessive anti-Chinese nationalism. The relative levels of both these risks lead to various combinations of Vietnam's security policies vis-à-vis the United States and China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09512748
Volume :
28
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Pacific Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
109539526
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2015.1013492