Vietnam Vietnam Grossman, Derek, author Project Air Force (U.S.) Rand Corporation. United States. Air Force. text bibliography text cau 2020 monographic Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, publisher [2020] eng

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1 online resource (xi, 118 pages) : illustrations. 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. 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. This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Derek Grossman. "RAND Project AIR FORCE." "Prepared for the United States Air Force." Also available on the Internet as a PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-118). 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. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. a-vt--- a-cc--- n-us--- 2000-2099 Great powers Foreign relations Security, International Indo-Pacific Region Diplomatic relations Great powers Foreign 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 DS556.58.U6 327.597073 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739204 Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2020] 9781977405203 (DLC) 2021288428 9781977405203 1977405207 10.7249/RR4412.6 2024739204 rda DLC 250319 20250607133048.2 24093279 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng