Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Vietnamese Perspective

Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) is considered a US strategy to deal with China and maintain and expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Though FOIP is considered an initiative of the United States, implementing it successfully requires the participation of the Quad including the United St...

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Published in:India quarterly Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 159 - 171
Main Authors: Long, Tran Hoang, Yen, Tran Thi Hai
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01-06-2021
Sage Publications India Private Ltd
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Summary:Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) is considered a US strategy to deal with China and maintain and expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Though FOIP is considered an initiative of the United States, implementing it successfully requires the participation of the Quad including the United States, India, Japan and Australia. Besides the Quad, other factors coming from the developing economies of the region will be indispensable components of FOIP. The article gives an overview of the FOIP as well as analyses the stands of ASEAN and Vietnam on this strategy from the perspective of the Vietnamese scholars.
ISSN:0974-9284
0975-2684
DOI:10.1177/09749284211005037