International Relations as a Discipline in Thailand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Relations as a Discipline in Thailand write by Chanintira na Thalang. This book was released on 2018-07-24. International Relations as a Discipline in Thailand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There has long been considerable debate about the nature of non-Western IR theory. Most attempts to understand such a phenomenon begin by taking a top-down approach on a country by country basis. Instead, this book takes a bottom-up approach, involving specialists from a range of Thai universities, revealing the contours of the Thai IR community. It examines the state of various sub-fields under the IR rubric in Thailand such as foreign policy analysis, security studies, international political economy and area studies, and how Thai thinkers in these fields have contributed to IR as a discipline and IR theory development in Thailand. In doing so, it identifies factors unique to Thai academia which have hindered the development of an indigenous-sourced theory as well as exploring the similarities shared with other non-Western contexts that have posed an obstacle to the creation of a more general non-Western IR theory. Providing both an in-depth insight into the specific phenomena of Thai IR theory, and a broader perspective on the challenges of formulating non-Western IR theory, this book aims to push the debate on non-Western IR theory forward. It will be of particular interest to readers looking for a better understanding of IR theory in Thailand, but also for those more generally looking to formulate and characterise non-Western approaches to the discipline.
Ontological Security and Status-Seeking
Ontological Security and Status-Seeking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ontological Security and Status-Seeking write by Peera Charoenvattananukul. This book was released on 2020-01-09. Ontological Security and Status-Seeking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How and why was it possible for a small state such as Thailand to challenge great powers France and Japan during the Second World War? Putting ontological security theory into dialogue with status seeking approaches, Charoenvattananukul uses a case study of Thailand in the early 1940s to interrogate the dynamics and logic of a small state foreign policy. During this period, Thailand’s foreign policy can appear to be surprising, if viewed through a lens of survival imperatives which would assume that passivity towards more powerful states is the optimal policy. As the majority of states are small- and medium-sized it is very important to understand the imperatives that drive such states, especially in their interactions with great powers. In applying these frameworks to a small state, this book makes a unique and valuable contribution to the field of international relations theory. It will also be of great interest to scholars of twentieth century Thai history and of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War.
A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy
A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy write by Jittipat Poonkham. This book was released on 2022-01-11. A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1975, M.R. Kurkrit Pramoj met Mao Zedong, marking the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations and a discursive rupture with the previous narrative of Communist powers as an existential threat. This book critically interrogates the birth of bamboo (bending with the wind) diplomacy and the politics of Thai détente with Russia and China in the long 1970s (1968–80). By 1968, Thailand was encountering discursive anxiety amid the prospect of American retrenchment from the Indo-Pacific region. As such, Thailand developed a new discourse of détente to make sense of the rapidly changing world politics and replace the hegemonic discourse of anticommunism. By doing so, it created a political struggle between the old and new discourses. Jittipat Poonkham also argues that bamboo diplomacy – previously seen as a classic and continual ‘tradition’ of Thai-style diplomacy – had its origins in Thai détente and has become the metanarrative of Thai diplomacy since then. Based on a genealogical approach and multi‑archival research, this book examines three key episodes of Thai détente: Thanat Khoman (1968–71), M.R. Kukrit Pramoj (1975–76), and General Kriangsak Chomanan (1977–80). This transformation was represented in numerous diplomatic/discursive practices, such as ping‑pong diplomacy, petro‑diplomacy, trade and cultural diplomacy, and normal visits.
A Study of the International Relations of Thailand with the West Between 1851-1910
A Study of the International Relations of Thailand with the West Between 1851-1910 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Study of the International Relations of Thailand with the West Between 1851-1910 write by Suratana Vayagool. This book was released on 1967. A Study of the International Relations of Thailand with the West Between 1851-1910 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations
Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations write by Thanachate Wisaijorn. This book was released on 2022-06-07. Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Wisaijorn explores how the concepts of space and temporality in traditional geopolitics have influenced the understanding of the Thai-Lao border since Laos became independent in 1954. Arguing that a state-centric conceptualisation of the Thailand-Laos border falls into both a territorial and temporal trap, Wisaijorn contests that privileging a theoretical border silences the voices of people on the ground. In doing so, he expands the concept of a temporal trap with the addition of a temporal dimension – analysing how the state claims a monopoly not only on a geography, but also a history. Rooted in orientalism, colonialism and the expediencies of the Cold War, the border operates in the interest of elites and ignores the lived reality of peoples on the ground. By bringing these voices back into the discussion, Wisaijorn presents a more complex framework, which reveals a human dimension missing not only from this particular case, but more broadly from the conceptions of borders within International Relations theory. A fascinating case study for scholars with an interest in mainland Southeast Asia, which also makes a valuable theoretical contribution to International relations discourse.
