International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Advance Access originally published online on October 24, 2008
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 2009 9(1):83-105; doi:10.1093/irap/lcn018
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This article appears in the following International Relations of the Asia-Pacific issue: SPECIAL ISSUE: Teaching international relations in Southeast Asia [View the issue table of contents]
Teaching international relations in Thailand: status and prospects
Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok
Email: kitt{at}tu.ac.th
International relations (IR) as it is taught in Thailand possesses developmental characteristics that have curbed its growth in the past. Through a combination of institutional and trend analyses, it will be argued that IR teaching in Thailand is at a turning point where externally driven developments are compelling a certain level of professionalization and engagement with global debates.
Received for publication August 28, 2008. Accepted for publication September 30, 2008.