The Study of the Political Economy of Thailand’s Involvement in the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation: A Perspective of Geo-economics

• Main Authors: Jiranuwat Sawasnatee, 何展傑
• Other Authors: Samuel C.Y.Ku
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bw59uw

博士 === 國立中山大學 === 中國與亞太區域研究所 === 102 === Greater Mekong Subregion is located between Southwestern China and India. It is the crossing point of East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and even Africa and Europe. And this area linkages with the Pacific and India Ocean, which is one of the world importance maritime transport line. Consequently, this special geostrategic location has attracted the world’s attention. In the World War II and the Cold War era, because of the importance strategic location, so the Greater Mekong region has also become the main battlefield of the world. After the Cold War, many countries realized that a comprehensive national strength is determined by the level of economic and technological development, not the military power. So in the Geoeconomic era, the government will be started from geopolitical conditions to consider its foreign policy, which through the economic means to achieve the national interest or regional hegemony. This dissertation will be based on Geoeconomic theory to analyze the strategic objectives of Thailand to participate in the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation (GMS). And attempts to demonstrate that the purpose of Thailand to participate the GMS is just not only economic interests, instead, according to the mechanisms of the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation, Thailand attempts to integrate its political interests in the Greater Mekong Subregion, through the advantages of its geographical location and geopolitical conditions, to promote economic corridors, trades and investments cooperation, and then set up Thailand''s Geo-economics strategic territory.