Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism
The Sino-American competition poses a challenge for all states, including Thailand. As a Southeast Asian middle power, Thailand must balance long-term security and short-term economic interests. Strategic hedging, deeply rooted in Thai history, involves engaging with competing great powers. This the...
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| author | Mendiolaza, Gustavo Alejandro |
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| description | The Sino-American competition poses a challenge for all states, including Thailand. As a Southeast Asian middle power, Thailand must balance long-term security and short-term economic interests. Strategic hedging, deeply rooted in Thai history, involves engaging with competing great powers. This thesis explores Bangkok's foreign policy by examining its past, using neoclassical realist theory to analyze policy development and external factors. By studying centuries of strategy, this thesis fills a gap in literature on hedging and offers insights into Thailand's approach to the superpower rivalry. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-938452023-11-28T05:56:11Z Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism Mendiolaza, Gustavo Alejandro The Sino-American competition poses a challenge for all states, including Thailand. As a Southeast Asian middle power, Thailand must balance long-term security and short-term economic interests. Strategic hedging, deeply rooted in Thai history, involves engaging with competing great powers. This thesis explores Bangkok's foreign policy by examining its past, using neoclassical realist theory to analyze policy development and external factors. By studying centuries of strategy, this thesis fills a gap in literature on hedging and offers insights into Thailand's approach to the superpower rivalry. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93845 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Mendiolaza, Gustavo Alejandro Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism |
| title | Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as
Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism |
| title_full | Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as
Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism |
| title_fullStr | Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as
Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as
Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism |
| title_short | Strategic Hedging and Middle Power Foreign Policy: The Case of Thailand as
Viewed Through Neoclassical Realism |
| title_sort | strategic hedging and middle power foreign policy: the case of thailand as
viewed through neoclassical realism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93845 |