Facing China's rise : the emerging US-Vietnam partnership in the South China Sea.

• Main Author: Zou, Yu.
• Other Authors: Li Ming Jiang
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53210
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The US and Vietnam have accelerated their relations recently, especially in the security front. The thesis maintains that the Washington-Hanoi partnership emerges because they have overlapping strategic interests in balancing against China. Although China is developing peacefully, the US and Vietnam...