Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to search for solutions to the China-Vietnam-Indochina conflict. It is not meant to apportion blame or to look for scapegoats. Nor is it meant to prescribe solutions. Rather, the emphasis is on an open and reflective discussion of the elements and the dynamics of the conflict, its historical background and possible alternatives in the light of the peace research theory. The concern is with the fate of the peoples of the region and the possible escalatory international implications. The search is therefore for political as against military solutions, and for a creative transcendence of the conflict of interests as against conflict reproducing violent options. The resolution of the conflict is seen within the framework of a policy of nonalignment and neutrality of the Indochinese nations, and the strategy proposed would rely on a dynamic continuum from initial dissociative low interaction to high associative cooperation between China and Vietnam.
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