Russia and Vietnam Team Up to Balance China

April 7, 2014 Topic: DefenseGreat PowersSecurity Region: RussiaVietnam

Russia and Vietnam Team Up to Balance China

Like many, Moscow is hedging its bets in Southeast Asia.

[iii] Stephen Blank, “Russia’s Ever Friendlier Ties to Vietnam—Are They a Signal to China?Eurasia Daily Monitor, November 30, 2012

[iv] Chang, p. 27

[v] Stephen Blank, “Russia’s Ever Friendlier Ties to Vietnam—Are They a Signal to China?Eurasia Daily Monitor, November 30, 2012

[vi] Hanoi, VOV News, in English, May 10, 2013, Open Source Center, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Central Eurasia , (Henceforth FBIS SOV,), May 10, 2013

[vii] Ibid.

[viii] Vladimir Mukhin, “Preferable Tariffs for Navy Ships: Vietnam and Cuba Are Helping Russian Navy Solve Defense Missions in the World’s Ocean,” Moscow, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, in Russian , August 7, 2013, FBIS SOV, August 7, 2013

[ix] Jon Gravatt, “Russia to Help Vietnam Build Naval Submarines,” Jane’s Defense Weekly, March 29, 2010, http://www4.janes.com

[x] FBIS SOV, August 7, 2013

[xi] Ho Chi Minh City, Thanh News Online, in English, August 23, 2013, FBIS SOV, August 23, 2013

[xii] Jon Gravatt, “Vietnam Signs Deal with Russia to Procure Additional Su-30MK2s,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, August 23, 2013,, http://www4.janes.com

[xiii] Moscow, Interfax, in English, August 29, 2013, FBIS SOV, August 29, 2013

[xiv] Hanoi, Vietnam News Agency, in English,, August 8, 2013, FBIS SOV, 2013

[xv] Jon Grevatt, “ Vietnam’s Unmanned Ambitions,” Jane’s Defence Weekly, August 6, 2013, ,, http://www4.janes.com

[xvi] Edward N. Luttwak, The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy, Cambridge Massachusetts and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012

[xvii] Vladimir Radyuhin, “Russia Renews Interest in Vietnam Base,” The Hindu, October 8, 2010

[xviii] Jeffrey Mankoff, “The Wary Chinese-Russian Partnership,” New York Times, July 11, 2013, www.nytimes.com