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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-9453</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">430312</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54631/VS.2023.74-430312</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Scientific researches</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Научные исследования</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Theorising Foreign Policy and IR in Vietnam: A Case for a Non-Western IRT?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские теории внешней политики и международных отношений: пример незападной школы ТМО?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-1202</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Toropchin</surname><given-names>Gleb V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Торопчин</surname><given-names>Глеб Вячеславович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. (History), Research Fellow; Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к. и. н., н. с.; доцент</p></bio><email>glebtoropchin@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Tyumen State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Тюменский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Novosibirsk State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Новосибирский государственный технический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-12-16" publication-format="electronic"><day>16</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>14</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-05-18"><day>18</day><month>05</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-12-24"><day>24</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Toropchin G.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Торопчин Г.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Toropchin G.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Торопчин Г.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/430312">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/430312</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is devoted to revealing some of the key concepts pertaining to International Relations Theories (IRT) suggested by the leading Vietnamese scholars at present. While claiming no comprehensiveness with regard to the coverage, the paper unveils some of the circumstances that served as a background for the evolution of International Relations (IR) as a discipline in Vietnam with a specific focus on the indigenous school(s) of thought. In particular, a Vietnamese conceptualisation of the middle power theory is of interest, being relevant not only in terms of advancing the methodological constructs but also for formulating – even if indirectly – Vietnam’s foreign policy in practice. On the whole, noteworthy is the creative adaptation of Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts to the contemporary intricacies of international politics. Findings show that while some Vietnamese groundwork in IR theories is typical of non-Western scholarship on the whole, it manifests a certain degree of uniqueness in that it relies on a combination of Marxist-Leninist doctrines and Ho Chi Minh’s postulates with both characteristically Asian concepts (e.g. “bamboo diplomacy”) and theoretical developments originating in the Global West (such as the concept of a “middle power”).</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Статья посвящена раскрытию ряда ключевых концептов теорий международных отношений (ТМО), предлагаемых ведущими вьетнамскими учёными на современном этапе. Не претендуя на всеобъёмность охвата материала, автор освещает некоторые обстоятельства, послужившие фоном для развития международных отношений (МО) как дисциплины во Вьетнаме с отдельным фокусом на местных научных школах. В частности, интерес представляет вьетнамская концептуализация теории средних держав, релевантная не только с точки зрения методологических выкладок, но и для практического формулирования вьетнамской внешней политики, пусть и косвенным образом. В целом, можно отметить и творческую адаптацию идей Хо Ши Мина к современным особенностям международной проблематики. Выводы показывают, что, хотя вьетнамские разработки теорий МО типичны для «незападной» науки в принципе, они обнаруживают определённую степень уникальности в том, что основаны на сочетании учений марксизма-ленинизма и постулатов Хо Ши Мина с характерно азиатскими понятиями (напр., «бамбуковая дипломатия») и теоретическими построениями, берущими своё начало на глобальном Западе (такими, как концепция «средней державы»).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Vietnam</kwd><kwd>international relations theories</kwd><kwd>non-Western IR theories</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Вьетнам</kwd><kwd>теории международных отношений</kwd><kwd>незападные ТМО</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Acharya, A. (2008). Theoretical Perspectives on International Relations in Asia. International Relations of Asia. Ed. by David L. Shambaugh, Michael B. Yahuda. 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