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Ontological Security and Status-Seeking: Thailand's Proactive Behaviours During the Second World War

Ontological Security and Status-Seeking: Thailand's Proactive Behaviours During the Second World War

Hardcover

Series: IR Theory and Practice in Asia

International RelationsSoutheast Asian HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 0367858177
ISBN13: 9780367858179
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 10 2020
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.50
Language: English

How and why was it possible for a small state such as Thailand to challenge great powers France and Japan during the Second World War?

Putting ontological security theory into dialogue with status seeking approaches, Charoenvattananukul uses a case study of Thailand in the early 1940s to interrogate the dynamics and logic of a small state foreign policy. During this period, Thailand's foreign policy can appear to be surprising, if viewed through a lens of survival imperatives which would assume that passivity towards more powerful states is the optimal policy. As the majority of states are small- and medium-sized it is very important to understand the imperatives that drive such states, especially in their interactions with great powers.

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