Thailand's foreign policy: hedging by default?

• Main Author: Poonkham, Jittipat
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Conflict and Stability; International Politics and Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165510
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s foreign policy, unlike those of previous Thai governments, is not seen to be bending with the wind, but rather as “hedging by default”. China’s economic attractiveness, US ambivalence towards the region, and Russia’s war on Ukraine have rendered Thailand’s long-est...