Russia-Vietnam Strategic Partnership: The Return of the Brotherhood in Arms?

Author(s): Vitaly Kozyrev
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 145
Pages: 8-11
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2014

The recent breakthrough in Russian-Vietnamese relations has been possible due to the new strategic postures of Moscow and Hanoi in a changing regional security environment. Despite the apparent anti-Chinese appeal of this renewed Russo-Vietnamese partnership with a strong military component, Beijing has benefited from Russias increasing presence in East Asia. This is because a greater role for Moscow provides China with broader opportunities to both reduce US influence and create a more positive and manageable negotiating environment in the region.

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