The Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1969 - Open Journal of Political Science

OJPS > Vol.11 No.2, April 2021

Open Journal of Political Science

Volume 11, Issue 2 (April 2021)

ISSN Print: 2164-0505 ISSN Online: 2164-0513

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The Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1969 ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2021.112016 673 Downloads 4,997 Views Citations

Author(s)

Michael Nemeth

Affiliation(s)

Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.

ABSTRACT

At the height of the Cold War a dispute between the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union nearly escalated into an all-out war that could have enveloped the entire globe. A border conflict between the two nations over disputed territories served as a flash point in the Cold War similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Amid growing tensions between the two nations, the border conflict severed ties and shifted the bipolar power paradigm. After severing ties with the Soviet Union, China looked towards rapprochement with United States. The significance of the conflict during the Cold War is far reaching considering the ideological shift that has led China to becoming the global power it is today. Examining what led to the conflict and the conflict itself, various international relations theories can be applied. A theoretical analysis of the conflict supports the successful use of deterrence by each nation and provides evidence to the clash of civilizations theory as causation for the conflict.

KEYWORDS

Deterrence Theory, Clash of Civilizations Theory, Deterrence, China, Russia, The Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1969, Conflict Theory, Cold War, International Relations, Soviet Union, USSR, Sino-Soviet, Power Transition Theory, Nuclear Deterrence

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Nemeth, M. (2021) The Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1969. Open Journal of Political Science, 11, 242-250. doi: 10.4236/ojps.2021.112016.

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