Old Ally, New Direction: Cobra Gold and Beyond

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Kitti Prasirtsuk, Ph.D

Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 578

Washington, DC: East-West Center

Kitti Prasirtsuk, Ph.D., a Professor of International Relations at Thammasat University, explains that despite strained U.S.-Thai relations over the past decade, the Cobra Gold (CG) military exercise “equates to a win for both sides” and “is the cornerstone of the US-Thailand alliance, representing a major bond between the two nations in their post-Vietnam War relations.”…