Abstract
While the contours and dynamics of Thailand’s security outlook in 2011 remained broadly similar to recent patterns over the past decade, there has been a shift in weight and emphases from traditional to non-traditional. The fluid geostrategic equation in view of the United States assertive re-engagement and China’s rise also has influenced Thai security perceptions. At the forefront remain Thai relations with next-door neighbours. Of the four border neighbours, bilateral relationships with Cambodia and Myanmar have been the most prickly and frictional, but they have ebbed and flowed with the cut and thrust of domestic Thai politics
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