The New Indochina and its Implications for the Region

After a long period of indecisive struggle, the war that had started in December 1946 between French and Vietnamese extremists ended in 1975 with the total defeat of all those who, in Indochina, had joined the Western System in the last thirty years. Direct foreign interference was abruptly and utterly liquidated, and the three Indochinese nation-states are in a position not only to live in peace and independence but also to speak for themselves. The emergence of a New Indo china is certain to have some impact on the Southeast Asian and even on the world scene. Although the trends of Indochinese foreign policies are not yet clear, it seems timely to attempt an evaluation of the nature and extent of the changes brought about by the communist consolidation at the very centre of the region. The very speed of the change took many people by surprise. Although they had anticipated such events for a long time, they did not expect them to happen this way?so soon and so fast. For this reason, the necessary adjustments were harder

Political science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies