Vietnam's strategic hedging vis-à-vis China: the roles of the European Union and Russia

Against the backdrop of China's assertive policies in the South China Sea, the present study evaluates how Vietnam has sought to mitigate the increasingly unequal regional power distribution vis-à-vis China. It argues that Vietnam tends to cope with China mainly by engaging itself in hedging st...

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Main Authors: Phuc Thi Tran, Alena Vysotskaya G. Vieira, Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292013000100009&lng=en&tlng=en