Vietnamese foreign policy in transition

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"Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition studies Vietnam's emergence as a major actor in Southeast Asian and global affairs. Analysis if focused primarily on the period since 1995 when Vietnam became the seventh member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Hanoi and Washington normalized their diplomatic relations while the European Union and Vietnam negotiated a closer set of relations. The analysis includes a consideration of the impact of the Asian financial crisis on Vietnam."--Jacket.