Accession Number:
AD1052914
Title:
Coping With a Rising Power: Vietnam's Hedging Strategy Toward China
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2018-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
95.0
Abstract:
The competition for power and influence between China and the United States in Southeast Asia has presented strategic uncertainties in the region. Vietnam, like the rest of Southeast Asia, has adopted a hedging strategy to minimize security and political risks, and maximize the diplomatic benefits of flexibility. In recent years, however, Chinas increasing aggression in the South China Sea may have put pressure on Vietnam to balance against China. By using a hedging spectrum between balancing and bandwagoning, this thesis seeks to understand Vietnams hedging behavior in response to Chinas aggression and the possible reasons for that degree of change. It examines how Vietnam continues to pursue contradictory hedging behaviors to address Hanois low-intensity balancing policies toward China while providing a closer engagement and solidarity with Beijing.
Descriptors:
- Vietnam
- china
- asia
- intergovernmental organizations
- military modernization
- security
- south china sea
- agreements
- defense industry
- foreign policy
- governments
- international security
- military organizations
- political systems
- foreign relations
- southeast asia
- geography
- international relations
- international law
- national security
Subject Categories:
- Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
- Government and Political Science