Sasiwan Chingchit

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Sasiwan Chingchit is an independent research consultant based in Washington, DC and a non-resident WSD-Handa fellow at Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Haweii. She used to serve as a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science, Prince of Songkla University at Pattani, Thailand where she conducted and participated in various researches on conflict resolution, civil society strengthening and democratization. She holds an MA and M.Phil. in political science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and a B.A. in international relations from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. At IDSA, she will be researching on the limit and potential of India-Thailand security and defense cooperation.

Visiting Fellow
Email:-sasiwan[dot]chingchit[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone:-+91 11 2671 7983

Publication

From Looks to Action: Thailand-India Strategic Convergence and Defence Cooperation

After 67 years of diplomatic relations and two decades of collaboration in connecting India with Southeast Asia in January of 2012, Thailand and India finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation. This effort to deepen defence and military ties between the two countries emerged relatively late when compared with those between India and most other Southeast Asian countries.

Published: 2015
IDSA Occasional Papers

Political Crisis in Thailand and Its Effects on Foreign Relations

While the main purpose of the protest movement is to end Thaksin Shinawatra’s influence and expose corruption, the sense of animosity and mistrust towards other countries among the Yellow Shirts and Democrat Party supporters is the by product that is severely affecting Thailand’s external relations with the US, other key partners, and its overall position in Southeast Asia.

Published: January 22, 2014
Issue Brief

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