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Small Countries, Big Diplomacy - Laos in the UN, ASEAN and MRC (Paperback)
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Small Countries, Big Diplomacy - Laos in the UN, ASEAN and MRC (Paperback)
Series: Global Institutions
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This book shows how small countries use "big" diplomacy to advance
national interests and global agendas - from issues of peace and
security (the South China Sea and nuclearization in Korea) and
human rights (decolonization) to development (landlocked and least
developed countries) and environment (hydropower development).
Using the case of Laos, it explores how a small landlocked
developing state maneuvered among the big players and championed
causes of international concern at three of the world's important
global institutions - the United Nations (UN), the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Mekong River Commission
(MRC). Recounting the geographical and historical origins behind
Laos' diplomacy, this book traces the journey of the country,
surrounded by its five larger neighbors China, Thailand, Vietnam,
Myanmar and Cambodia, and influenced by superpower rivalries, from
the Cold War to the post-Cold War eras. The book is written from an
integrated perspective of a French-educated Lao diplomat with over
40 years of experience in various senior roles in the Lao
government, leading major groups and committees at the UN and
ASEAN; and the theoretical knowledge and experience of an
American-trained Lao political scientist and international civil
servant who has worked for the Lao government and the international
secretariats of the UN and MRC. These different perspectives bridge
not only the theory-practice divide but also the government
insider-outsider schism. The book concludes with "seven rules for
small state diplomacy" that should prove useful for diplomats,
statespersons, policymakers and international civil servants alike.
It will also be of interest to scholars and experts in the fields
of international relations and foreign policies of Laos, the Mekong
and Asia in general.
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