Sino-Soviet detente
Subtitle: new challenge to American interests in Asia
By: by David Winterford
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of National Security Affairs
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: DETENTE; USSR; CHINA
Other titles: NPS-56-89-005.
Description: This report analyzes the intensifying challenges that Sino-Soviet detente poses for American      interests and policies in the Asia-Pacific. It addresses and evaluates Soviet President      Gorbachev's successful efforts at making China the centerpiece of his Asian strategy.      Although both Beijing and Moscow disingenuously argue that Sino-Soviet detente will not      affect their relations with the U.S. this report indicates that substantial harm has already      occurred to U.S. interests in Asia as a result of Soviet and Chinese rapprochement. The      report examines the widening and deepening range of Sino- Soviet political and economic      ties, and states that prospective cooperative military exchanges between the two Asian      communist states must now be considered likely. This assessment of Sino-Soviet detente      given in this report indicates that the balance of power may be shifting in Asia in ways      unfavorable to the U. S. Finally, the report calls for a recognition by U.S. decision-makers      that the apparent anti-Soviet coalition forged by the U.S. in Asia, consisting of the U. S.,      Japan, and China, has now been broken. Not only is this part of the shift in the balance of      power, but Sino-Soviet detente provides the Soviet Union with a freedom it has not yet      enjoyed for decades to conduct its Asia-Pacific policy. (fr)
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-56-89-005."

"March 1989."

AD A207 071.

Includes bibliographical references.

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