244 Pages
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Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyses the notion of neutrality to the politics of the state in Southeast Asia. Distinguishing among neutrality, neutralism and neutralisation, it asks what relation do the concepts bear to the independence of states, and how do they relate to other forms of inter-state relations and to participation in international organizations. The author considers concepts of neutrality and... Read more
1. Meanings and Chronologies
2. European Experiences and Examples
3. India and Non-Alignment
4. Burma and Non-Alignment
5. Laos and Neutralisation
6. Cambodia: Frontiers and Guarantees
7. Vietnam: War and Neutralism
8. Thailand and the Archipelagoes
9. Regional Neutrality
Conclusion
Biography
Nicholas Tarling is a Fellow of the New Zealand Asia Institute at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and one of the world’s leading authorities on the history of Southeast Asia. His publications include Status and Security in Southeast Asian State Systems (Routledge 2012), Britain and the Neutralisation of Laos (2011), and Southeast Asia and the Great Powers (Routledge, 2010).
