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FOUR MAJOR AREAS ARE CONSIDERED: (1)CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY AND CHINESE PERCEPTIONS OF THE THAT RACE; (2)THAILAND'S ESTIMATE OF ITS OWN SECURITY NEEDS; (3) THE COURSE OF THE THAI MAJORITY'S RELATION WITH ITS ETHNIC CHINESE MINORITY"; AND (4)THAI AND CHINESE VIEWS OF THE FUTURE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY THE US IN ASIA. BOTH NATIONS APPEARED TO SHAPE POLICIES IN RESPONSE TO FUTURE AS INVOLVEMENT.

THIS ARTICLE RELIES ON SEVERAL SOURCES TO DEAL ANALYTICALLY WITH THE BEVY OF PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE SURFACED IN ASIA IN THE POST-COLD WAR POLITICAL ARENA. BY USING THE STRATEGIC EXPLANATIONS FOUND IN THESE SOURCES, THIS ARTICLE CONTENDS THAT THE OPERATIONAL ISSUES MOST PROBLEMATIC IN ASIA ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) SYSTEMIC DISINTEGRATION; 2) IDEOLOGICAL CLASH; 3) ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS /POPULATION GROWTH; 4) RESOURCE SCARCITY; 5) ECONOMIC DISLOCATION; 6) CULTURE CLASHES; 7) WEAPONS PROLIFERATION; AND 8) NATURAL DISASTERS.

Mao Zedong's campaign to capture state power in China has long served as the premier illustration of revolutionary warfare for scholars and would-be practitioners alike. Using Mao's "people's war" theory, the author describes the rise and fall of the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT). He looks at the CPT infrastructure, Thai government's response to the CPT, changes in the international situation and the impact of the Sino-Vietnamese split on the CPT. (DÜI-Sen)