| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 27 pages) |
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Rand counterinsurgency study. Paper ; 5 |
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Occasional paper ; OP-198-OSD |
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Rand counterinsurgency study. Paper ; 5.
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Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-198-OSD.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Background -- The insurgency -- 1960-1998 -- Barisan Revolusi Nasional -- Patani United Liberation Organization -- New PULO -- Bersatu -- 1998-2004 -- 2004-2006 -- A new front in the global jihad? -- Government response : the Thaksin administration -- Assessment -- Conclusion : future prospects |
| Summary |
Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention due to the heightened tempo and scale of rebel attacks, the increasingly jihadist undertone that has come to characterize insurgent actions, and the central government's often brutal handling of the situation on the ground. Of particular note are growing concerns that the conflict is no longer purely local in nature but has been systematically hijacked by outside extremists to avail wider transnational Islamist designs in southeast Asia. No concrete evidence suggests that the region has been decisively transformed into a new beachhead for pan-regional jihadism. Although many of the attacks currently being perpetrated in the three Malay provinces have a definite religious element, it is not apparent that this has altered the essential localized and nationalistic aspect of the conflict. While the scale and sophistication of violence have increased, nothing links this change in tempo to the input of punitive, absolutist external jihadist imperatives. Perhaps the clearest reason to believe that the southern Thai conflict has not metastasized into a broader jihadist struggle, however, is the fact that there has been neither a migration of violence north nor directed attacks against foreigners, tourist resorts, or overt symbols of U.S. cultural capitalism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-27) |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
| In |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Subject |
Insurgency -- Thailand, Southern
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Muslims -- Political activity -- Thailand, Southern
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Islam and politics -- Thailand, Southern
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
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Insurgency
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Islam and politics
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Muslims -- Political activity
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Thailand, Southern -- Politics and government -- 1988-
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Southern Thailand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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| LC no. |
2008021693 |
| ISBN |
9780833045348 |
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0833045342 |
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1282033158 |
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9781282033153 |
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9786612033155 |
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6612033150 |
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