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Triangular diplomacy

In political science, triangular diplomacy is a foreign policy of the United States, developed during the Vietnam War (1955–1975) by diplomat Henry Kissinger, as a means to manage relations and tensions between the contesting communist powers, the Soviet Union and China. Connecting heavily with the correlating policy of linkage, the policy was intended…

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Vietnam War

Détente

After the Cold War

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related to Books · 67
Triangular diplomacy → Alisdair, Aron, Baylis, Bedford/St, Boston, Brookings, Carnegie Endowment, Cham, Charles, Confrontation, Crisis, Critical Perspectives, DoubledayBirchfield, Dunne, Détente, Eds, Eugene, European Union, Garthoff, Gilbert
related to Further reading · 53
Triangular diplomacy → America, American, Americentric, Arc, As, ASEAN, Australia, Birchfield, Britain, By, Cham, China, Cold War, Crisis, Daum, Decent, Diplomacy, Diplomatic History, Doyle, EU
related to Websites · 37
Triangular diplomacy → America, Asia, Can Trumpian Triangular Diplomacy, China, China Daily, E-International Relations Students, Francis, India, Is Kissinger's Triangular Diplomacy, It, Kendrick, Kuo, Marc, Mohan, Nixon's Opening, Nixon’s Opening, Panetta, Putin, Raja, Raymond
related to Vietnam War · 26
Triangular diplomacy → August, Beijing, China, Chinese, Entering, Historian Raymond Garthoff, Jussi Hanhimäki, Kissinger, Kissinger's, Many, Moscow, National Security, Nixon, Nixon's, North Vietnamese, Sino-Soviet, Soviet, Soviet Union, Spring Offensive, The
related to Journals · 19
Triangular diplomacy → Decent, Diplomacy, European Journal, Hanhimaki, Institutional Liberalism, International Relations, Jussi, Kaufman, Keohane, Kissinger, Little, Robert, Selling, Statecraft, Testing Balance-of-Power Theory, Twenty Years, Vietnam, Wohlforth, World History
related to After the Cold War · 13
Triangular diplomacy → American, China, Cold War, Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, Following, Friendship, Results, Russia, Russian, Sino-Russian Treaty, The, The New York Times, United States
related to Détente · 13
Triangular diplomacy → American, China, Following, He, In The White House, Kissinger, Moscow, Peking, Soviet Union, Triangular, United States, Vietnam War, Years
related to Terminology · 12
Triangular diplomacy → American, China, Conceived, First, Henry Kissinger, In, Kenneth Waltz, Kissinger's, Most, Soviet Union, This, Vietnam War
related to Trump administration · 12
Triangular diplomacy → Advisors Alexander Gray, American, Asia-Pacific, China, Marc Thiessen, One China, Peter Navarro, Taiwan, The, Trump, Trump's, Washington Post
related to International relations theory · 11
Triangular diplomacy → As, By, China, Hence, Kissinger's, Raymond Aron, Soviet Union, The, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese

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diplomacy triangular war policy international china states vietnam cold relations united power union american kissinger soviet foreign détente balance within

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