JOURNAL ARTICLE

From Foes to Friends: China and the United States in Laos’ Foreign Policy.

  • Published In: Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International & Strategic Affairs, 2024, v. 46, n. 1. P. 103 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: SAYALATH, SOULATHA 3 of 3

Abstract

Domestic politics has shaped the foreign policy of Laos (formally the Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic, or LPDR) since the 1970s, specifically its relations with China and the United States. During the 1980s, the communist government of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) feared that China and the United States were supporting counter-revolutionary resistance groups, prompting Vientiane to adopt closer relations with Beijing and Washington to ensure its own internal security by motivating them to cut off their support for anti-LPRP groups. As the Soviet Union reduced economic aid to Laos in the latter stages of the Cold War, the LPRP adopted market-based reforms in 1986 to generate closer security and economic cooperation with China and the United States and to grow its economy. Domestic concerns of regime survival and performance legitimacy remain key drivers of Laos’ foreign policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International & Strategic Affairs. 2024/04, Vol. 46, Issue 1, p103
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Geography and Cartography
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0129-797X
  • DOI:10.1355/cs46-1e
  • Accession Number:176660821
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