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Book Review: Thaksin and Thailand's Contentious Foreign Policy
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Book Review: Thaksin and Thailand's Contentious Foreign Policy

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Aug 04, 2010
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Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's drastic remaking of Thailand's economy and society didn't just stop at the country's borders. Almost as soon as he took office in 2001, he set out to drastically remake the country's foreign policy as well, seeking to alter Thailand's famed "bamboo diplomacy" to mould himself into Southeast Asia's newest region…

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