Thailand Military Strategy: The Challenge for the 21st Century

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that would affect the U.S. Military presence in Thailand and the U.S. security strategy in Southeast Asia for 2020. U.S. policy issues examined include: regional alliance between the United States and Thailand, host nation support, bilateral training program, tensions on the Burmese peninsula, and Thailand's role in Southeast Asia regional humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping operations. The paper will attempt to develop a strategy for ensuring American interests are maintained and to recommend ways that enhance the role of the security alliance and preserve American regional interests in Southeast Asia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA400735

Entities

People

  • Surasak Bandhasreth

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Societies
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union