ABD – ÇİN REKABETİNDE TAYLAND’IN RİSKİ DENGELEME (HEDGİNG) STRATEJİSİ.

Thailand, which formed an alliance relationship with the US during the Cold War, has experienced a significant change in its foreign policy behavior towards China since the end of the Cold War. Thailand, which began to pursue the strategy of bandwagoning to the US, has drastically adopted a more pro-active foreign policy in the US-China competition. Under the leadership of military regimes, Thailand has adopted the hedging strategy in order to maintain domestic stability, to promote inclusive economic growth, to maneuver through the changing geopolitical environment around its peripheries, and to gain more support for its economic and military interests from the US and China. This article clearly reveals how it is possible for Thailand, which is a small state, to play an increasingly active role in its region. For this purpose, it examines the hedging option employed by small states and how Thailand pursues the hedging strategy as opposed to the strategies of more traditional balancing and bandwagoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]