Open AccessTHAI – US SECURITY RELATIONS IN THE PERIOD OF THE COLD WAR – A CONCEPTION
Author(s) -
Dung N. Nguyen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
khoa học công nghệ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-0128
DOI - 10.32508/stdj.v13i1.2102
Subject(s) - superpower , alliance , cold war , ideology , security studies , political science , communism , period (music) , international security , political economy , international relations , china , law , sociology , politics , aesthetics , philosophy
Among all the alliances of the US in the Cold War, Thailand played an essential role being considered an entrenched fortification and outpost in Southeast Asia to prevent the expansion of Communism. Therefore, Thai-US security relations observed from outside resembles a sort of ideological alliance. Thailand would be regarded as an Asian nation “following the tail of the US” and serving for American strategic security aims in Southeast Asia, and benefiting itself on it. However, the cognitive situation would be not that simple if Thai-US security relations in the cold war were thoroughly researched into. The paper offers a historical overview on Thai-US security relations, especially in the Cold War to evaluate or discuss the nature of these relations; to understand if they are patron-client relationship between a superpower and a humble nation, ideological alliance or any other kind of international relation. The paper is divided into four main sections reflecting the author’s particular point of view.