Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy The Politics of Thai Détente with Russia and China

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 p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Phūnkham , Čhittiphat, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra ANU Press 2022
Canberra, ACT ; : 2022.
Edición:First edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009646439106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Cold War Discursive Hegemony: Anticommunism, Americanism and Antagonism
  • Bending Before the Wind: The Emergence of 'Flexible Diplomacy' (1968-1969)
  • Flexible Diplomacy: Thanat and the First Dâetente (1969-1971)
  • Interregnum - 1971: A Coup against Diplomacy?
  • A Diplomatic Transformation: Chatichai, Kukrit and the Second Dâetente (1975-1976)
  • Equidistance: Kriangsak and the Third Dâetente (1977-1980)
  • Conclusion: The End of 'Bamboo'
  • Diplomacy? Back to the Future.