Research Catalog

Title

Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Vietnam / Derek Grossman.

Author

Grossman, Derek

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2020]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Rand Corporation.
• United States. Air Force.

Description

xi, 118 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 28 cm

Summary

Vietnam is arguably one of the most important partners for the United States in the Indo-Pacific region. Vietnam embodies the "free and open" values of the White House's Indo-Pacific Strategy because Hanoi seeks to preserve its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence in the face of China's increasingly intrusive economic and military power. Vietnam is deeply concerned about the long-term geostrategic implications of China's Belt and Road Initiative and is standing up to Beijing's territorial claims and the growing assertiveness of the People's Liberation Army in the South China Sea. The author leverages a framework that RAND developed for a seven-part series on regional responses to U.S.-China competition, with this report focusing on Vietnam's perspective. Both Beijing and Washington have pressure points on Hanoi-diplomatic and political, economic, and security and military. The report evaluates how Hanoi is responding to these influence variables, especially as U.S.-China competition grows fiercer across the Indo-Pacific and globally. Understanding this requires analyzing Vietnam's security policy and domestic politics and political, economic, and security ties to the United States and China. Finally, the author discusses the prospects of achieving enhanced U.S.-Vietnam relations to counter rising Chinese coercion in the future, with an eye toward the specific needs of the U.S. Air Force. The research draws on a range of primary and secondary sources in both English and Vietnamese, data sets, and interviews conducted in English that occurred primarily in April 2019.

Alternative Title

Regional responses to United States-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Vietnam

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Great powers > Foreign relations
• Security, International > Indo-Pacific Region
• Diplomatic relations
• Security, International
• Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
• Vietnam > Foreign relations > China > 21st century
• China > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
• China > Foreign relations > Vietnam > 21st century
• United States > Foreign relations > China > 21st century
• United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam > 21st century
• China
• Indo-Pacific Region
• United States
• Vietnam

Note

• "RAND Project AIR FORCE."
• "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-118).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Linking Entry (note)

• See also RAND/RB-10137-AF, RAND/RR-4412-AF, RAND/RR-4412/1-AF, RAND/RR-4412/2-AF, RAND/RR-4412/3-AF, RAND/RR-4412/4-AF, RAND/RR-4412/5-AF.

Contents

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Vietnam's Goals, Regional Outlook, and Military Modernization -- Chapter Three: Key Drivers of Vietnam's Foreign Policy -- Chapter Four: Vietnam's Ties to China and the United States -- Chapter Five: Vietnam's Partners Beyond China and the United States -- Chapter Six: Vietnam Responds to Intensifying U.S.-China Competition -- Chapter Seven: Assessing U.S.-China Influence in Vietnam and Implications.

Call Number

JFF 21-656

ISBN

• 9781977405203
• 1977405207

LCCN

10.7249/RR4412.6

OCLC

1228860020

Author

Grossman, Derek, author.

Title

Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Vietnam / Derek Grossman.

Publisher

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-118).

Additional Formats

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Linking Entry

See also RAND/RB-10137-AF, RAND/RR-4412-AF, RAND/RR-4412/1-AF, RAND/RR-4412/2-AF, RAND/RR-4412/3-AF, RAND/RR-4412/4-AF, RAND/RR-4412/5-AF.

Connect to:

https://doi.org/10.7249/RR4412.6

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Project Air Force (U.S.)

Rand Corporation.

United States. Air Force.

Related To

nnam U.S. versus Chinese powers of persuasion : does the United States or China Have more influence in the Indo-Pacific region? RAND/RB-10137-AF

nnam Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : study overview and conclusions RAND/RR-4412-AF

nnam Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Australia and New Zealand RAND/RR-4412/1-AF

nnam Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : India RAND/RR-4412/2-AF

nnam Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Indonesia RAND/RR-4412/3-AF

nnam Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Japan RAND/RR-4412/4-AF

nnam Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Singapore RAND/RR-4412/5-AF

Other Standard Identifier

10.7249/RR4412.6 doi

Report No.

RAND/RR-4412/6-AF

Research Call Number

JFF 21-656