The view of the international system in general as basically hostile is nevertheless firmly embedded in the beliefs of the leaders of the ASEAN states.31 The exertion of this influence of ‘realism’ on policy-makers may help to account somewhat for the strong influence of external factors, including external political and economic threats and the magnified communist menace, on regional policies as. [...] In the years after the Second World War and with the beginning of decolonization, the idea of solidarity among the developing and emergent states of the so-called ‘Third World’ was strong, stimulating impulses such as the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung and leading up to the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1962. [...] However, Rieger has posited that the perception of the European Community in the eyes of the countries of ASEAN has in fact undergone important changes during the course of time: in the early years and through the 1970s the European example was thought to be worth emulating, an impression which lessened during the uncertainty within the European process in the early 1980s, although now the tide ap. [...] Among the most well-elaborated elements of Thanat’s themes was the concept of ‘Collective Political Defence’ which formed the basis behind his ideas for regional cooperation, as set out in various speeches such as the important statement to the Council of Foreign Relations in New York in May 1968, and in various interviews during the course of 1968-1969.98 The prominence given to the theme of Coll. [...] Moreover, the main drawback to such approaches and that of neorealism, as Hurrell suggests, is that they tend to ignore domestic factors and the identity of the actors involved.110 The sharp break between domestic and systemic factors would ignore, for example, the ambiguity in the Thai case as to the respective roles played by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military, and the legitimizing.
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Table of Contents
- Thailand and ASEAN in 1967-1979 4
- Thailand and ASEAN in 1967-1979 6
- A Commitment to Regionalism or 6
- Complement to Alignment? 6
- Nadhavathna Krishnamra 6
- FOREWORD 7
- CONTENTS 9
- ABSTRACT 13
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 17
- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION 19
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 21
- CHAPTER 23
- INTRODUCTION 23
- CHAPTER 39
- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 39
- Regions and Regionalism 40
- Foreign Policy and Regionalism 48
- Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia in Theory and Practice 59
- The Place of Collective Political Defence in Integration Theory 81
- Conclusion 96
- CHAPTER 103
- THE ROLE OF THAILAND 103
- IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 103
- The Historical Origins of Thai Diplomacy 104
- Thailand’s Diplomacy in the Post 1945 Period 111
- Thailand’s Role in Regional Cooperation 1945-1965 117
- Bilateral Relations and Their Effects on Thailand’s Regional Cooperation Policy 138
- Thanat Khoman and the Founding of ASEAN 1966-1967 149
- Conclusion 169
- CHAPTER 177
- THAILAND’S FOREIGN POLICY 177
- ENVIROMENT 177
- The Evolution of Thailand’s Administrative and Bureaucratic Structure 178
- The Making of Thai Foreign Policy 183
- Implementation and Formulation of Policies towards ASEAN 208
- Conclusion 219
- CHAPTER 225
- THAILAND’S ROLE 225
- IN ASEAN 225
- POLITICAL COOPERATION 225
- General Underpinnings 226
- Political Consultations and Cooperation 231
- The Questions of Neutrality and Regional Order 240
- Thailand and the ZOPFAN Concept 252
- Thailand’s Role in ASEAN Summitry 279
- The Question of ASEAN Military Cooperation 285
- The Institutional Dimension 296
- The Question of ASEAN’s Enlargement 1967-1979 307
- Conclusion 320
- CHAPTER 327
- THAILAND’S ROLE 327
- IN ASEAN ECONOMIC 327
- AND FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION 327
- Development Economics and Anti-Communism in Southeast Asia 329
- The Pertinence of a Regional Market in Southeast Asia 336
- The ASA-ASPAC Experience 340
- The General Underpinnings of ASEAN Economic Cooperation 346
- The Concept of Free Trade in ASEAN 349
- ASEAN’s Cooperation in Industrial and Other Economic Matters 374
- ASEAN’s External Dialogues 396
- Thailand and Functional Cooperation 407
- Informal Ties Between Thailand, Southeast Asia and the Wider East Asian Region 414
- Conclusion 417
- CHAPTER 427
- DECISION-MAKING 427
- WITHIN ASEAN 427
- FROM THE THAI PERSPECTIVE 427
- Consensus and the Question of ASEAN Political Culture 428
- The Case Study of the 1976 Bali Summit in Comparative Perspective 431
- General Perceptions of Thailand’s Place Within ASEAN 467
- Conclusion 485
- CHAPTER 489
- THE INDOCHINA ISSUE 489
- AND IMPLICATIONS FOR 489
- SUBSEQUENT POLICIES 489
- The Role of Indochina in Motivating ASEAN Cooperation 490
- Implications for Overall Thai Policy 495
- Implications for Thai Policy within ASEAN 506
- Conclusion 520
- CHAPTER 525
- GENERAL CONCLUSION 525
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 679
