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Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations: Borderlands in International Relations

Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations: Borderlands in International Relations

Hardcover

Series: International Relations in Southeast Asia

General SociologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1032191368
ISBN13: 9781032191362
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 6 2022
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Wisaijorn explores how the concepts of space and temporality in traditional geopolitics have influenced the understanding of the Thai-Lao border since Laos became independent in 1954.

Arguing that a state-centric conceptualisation of the Thailand-Laos border falls into both a territorial and temporal trap, Wisaijorn contests that privileging a theoretical border silences the voices of people on the ground. In doing so, he expands the concept of a temporal trap with the addition of a temporal dimension - analysing how the state claims a monopoly not only on a geography, but also a history. Rooted in orientalism, colonialism and the expediencies of the Cold War, the border operates in the interest of elites and ignores the lived reality of peoples on the ground. By bringing these voices back into the discussion, Wisaijorn presents a more complex framework, which reveals a human dimension missing not only from this particular case, but more broadly from the conceptions of borders within International Relations theory.

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