EU-Thailand relations tracing the patterns of new bilateralism

This book focuses on the so-called 'new bilateralism' phenomenon, a foreign policy development that has widespread across regions since the mid-1990s. The book asks why the policy trend of 'new bilateralism' has been pursued in spite of the widely accepted views on political and...

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Main Author: Kiatpongsan, Chaiyakorn (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2011.
Series:IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 5.
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Summary:This book focuses on the so-called 'new bilateralism' phenomenon, a foreign policy development that has widespread across regions since the mid-1990s. The book asks why the policy trend of 'new bilateralism' has been pursued in spite of the widely accepted views on political and economic advantages of 'multilateralism'. It also invites an open theoretical discussion on the implications of new bilateralism for international relations. Using the case study of EU-Thailand relations, the book shows that the opportunistic foreign policy behavior of the state is particularly observable in the crisis
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (297 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781282985223
9786612985225
9789048511167