Regional Security: Problems and Prospects in South-East Asia

Lau Teik Soon

Chapter 5 in Western Europe and South-East Asia, 1997, pp 61-74 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The most problematic regional security issue today is Vietnam’s policy towards the Indo-China states, which is aimed at establishing what Hanoi calls ‘a special relationship’ among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (or Kampuchea). Since 1975, this issue has pre-occupied all the South-East Asian governments as well as certain external powers especially China, the Soviet Union and the United States. The focus of attention has been on the specific aspect of Vietnam’s Indo-China policy, that is, Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia which has deprived the Cambodian people of their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. By this act, Hanoi has forced through the structure of the special relationship on Cambodia, but in the process, it has violated certain principles of international relations, namely non-interference in another state’s affairs, and peaceful settlement of inter-state disputes.

Keywords: Communist Party; Regional Security; Territorial Integrity; ASEAN State; Khmer Rouge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10262-4_5

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