Chanintira na Thalang- PhD Politics, University of Bristol
- Professor (Associate) at Thammasat University
Chanintira na Thalang
- PhD Politics, University of Bristol
- Professor (Associate) at Thammasat University
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Introduction
Chanintira na Thalang is Associate Professor of International Relations at Thammasat University. Her current research interests include Thai foreign policy, Global IR, ethnic conflicts in Southeast Asia. Her work has been published in journals such as Nations and Nationalism, International Affairs, the Pacific Review, and International Studies Perspectives. Recently, she co-edited a volume entitled, Global International Relations in Southeast Asia published in 2024 with Routledge.
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August 2017 - August 2017
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Based on survey data collection and reflexive stocktaking, this chapter examines the status of IR in Thailand in three areas, including teaching, the use of theory, and research with the purpose of understanding the opportunities and challenges to advancing the debates on Global IR. While the current state of the discipline reveals many challenges,...
While the debates on Global IR are gaining momentum in many parts of the world, the advancement of such discussions in Southeast Asia has lagged behind many other regions. Within this context, this introductory chapter establishes the boundaries of the edited volume, Global IR in Southeast Asia, positioning it within the debates of Global IR and ju...
This edited volume explores the contours of Global International Relations (IR) in terms of teaching and research in Southeast Asia and China with the purpose of revealing existing and “hidden” pre- theories, conceptual frameworks, and theoretical contributions to Global IR rooted in local histories, contemporary experiences, and indigenous thought...
Based on reflexive stocktaking and data collected from a cross country survey distributed in seven Southeast Asian academic communities, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, this article explores how much progress Southeast Asian international relations (IR) academic communities have made in advan...
Based on an examination of the peace process in Thailand’s southern border provinces, this article asks what are the important lessons learned for strengthening asean ’s role in conflict resolution. The argument of this article is threefold. First, asean ’s entrenched norms have prevented a regularised role for asean in the area of conflict resolut...
Based on statements made by political and military elites and government officials, the article explores how Thailand selectively supports and capitalizes on certain elements of the contemporary world order, namely United States-led security cooperation and economic liberalism, while half-heartedly embracing the ideals of liberal democracy. Althoug...
Based on survey data and reflexive stocktaking, this article examines the status of IR in three areas, namely teaching, research and theory application, with the purpose of understanding the opportunities and challenges with respect to advancing the debates on Global IR from the perspective of Thai academe. While the current state of the discipline...
Based on cross-national surveys and reflexive stocktaking, this special issue seeks to gain a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges to advancing the debates on Global International Relations (IR) in six Southeast Asian academic communities, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. Reflecting o...
This introductory article provides rationales and contextual background for the special issue which examines how weak states in Asia actualise and exercise their agency in the twenty-first century regional or global environments. The article opens with a consideration of why attention is drawn to the agency of the weak. Weak states are often treate...
In line with the themes presented in the introduction to this special issue, this article explores what impact twenty-first century global politics has had on Thailand’s agency. It is argued that while multi-dimensional challenges of the current world order have posed fewer constraints on Thailand’s capability to achieve intended outcomes, internal...
While the general literature analysing mobility patterns in Thailand's southern border provinces largely indicates insecurity and violence as precipitating factors for migration, such explanations fail to fully explain why the majority of those who migrate do so within the conflict area rather than away from it. Based on fieldwork, this article arg...
As the conflict in Thailand’s southern border provinces shows no signs of abating, this article examines why Malay Muslims have managed to co-exist alongside the Thai Buddhists and the Sino-Thai population. Based on fieldwork, this article argues that while various factors have hardened ethno-religious identities and strengthened boundaries between...
This book is about the current state of International Relations (IR) as an academic discipline in Thailand and how its practical experience and knowledge can contribute to the wider debates of IR. It places itself within the debates of ‘global IR’ and ‘non-western IR’, which has not only broadened the way IR is interpreted in a variety of geographi...
This chapter explores the trajectory and the current state of Southeast Asian Studies in Thailand as well as the contributors of Southeast Asia Studies in IR. While Southeast Asian Studies has enjoyed a steady supply of scholars interested in international relations of the region, none have made any contributions to theory development in the field...
While explanations to why there is an absence of an indigenous sourced International Relations (IR) theory as discussed in this volume reinforces similar experiences of other academic contexts, these explanations cannot explain why the conceptualisation of and theoretical debates in Thai (domestic) politics are a more common occurrence among Thai,...
The conflicts in Thailand’s southern border provinces and Mindanao have not only posed a challenge to the Thai and Philippine governments, but have also affected the respective governments’ relations with Malaysia. From a comparative perspective, this article aims to illustrate how a complicated web of interactions between domestic and internationa...
Peace negotiations are shaped not only by the agents of conflict, but also by the structures in which they interact. From a comparative perspective, this article examines how both structural and agential factors have influenced the trajectory of the peace processes in Aceh and in Thailand’s southern border provinces.
This article assesses the knowledge of, attitudes towards, and aspirations for ASEAN among Thai university students, who are set to enter the ASEAN Community labour market and are among those most in touch with ASEAN issues. It uses data obtained from a countrywide survey and focus group discussions to identify variables that affect knowledge, atti...
Ethnic conflicts have long been a contentious issue for Southeast Asian states. Disparity and suppression in political, economic, and social arenas have led to discord and violence between ethnic groups. When violence turns into wars, peoples’ lives are at risk. When people are at war, political, economic, and social developments are hindered. When...
Peace negotiations between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have resulted in the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ultimately ending a three-decade-long struggle for independence. Through a historical comparative analysis, this article explores the changing nature of Acehnese nationalism. It explores how Ace...
