Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy. : The Politics of Thai Détente with Russia and China / / Čhittiphat Phūnkham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910522593303321
• Autore: Phūnkham Čhittiphat
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Canberra, : ANU Press, 2022; Canberra, ACT ; : , : ANU Press, , 2022
• ISBN: 1-76046-499-6
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 326 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.5
• Soggetti: Diplomacy; Detente; Thailand Foreign relations 1945-1988; Thailand Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations Thailand; Thailand Foreign relations Russia; Russia Foreign relations Thailand; China Foreign relations 1949-1976; Soviet Union Foreign relations 1953-1975
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Cold War Discursive Hegemony: Anticommunism, Americanism and Antagonism --Bending Before the Wind: The Emergence of 'Flexible Diplomacy' (1968-1969) -- Flexible Diplomacy: Thanat and the First Dâetente (1969-1971) -- Interregnum - 1971: A Coup against Diplomacy? -- A Diplomatic Transformation: Chatichai, Kukrit and the Second Dâetente (1975-1976) -- Equidistance: Kriangsak and the Third Dâetente (1977-1980) -- Conclusion: The End of 'Bamboo' -- Diplomacy? Back to the Future.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1975, M.R. Kurkrit Pramoj met Mao Zedong, marking the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations and a discursive rupture with the previous narrative of Communist powers as an existential threat. This book critically interrogates the birth of bamboo (bending with the wind) diplomacy and the politics of Thai détente with Russia and China in the ; long 1970s (1968–80). By 1968, Thailand was encountering discursive anxiety amid the prospect of American retrenchment from the Indo-Pacific region. As such, Thailand developed a new discourse of détente to make sense of the rapidly changing world politics and replace the hegemonic discourse of anticommunism. By doing so, it created a political struggle between the old and new discourses. Jittipat Poonkham also argues that bamboo diplomacy – previously seen as a classic and continual 'tradition' of Thai-style diplomacy – had its origins in Thai détente and has become the metanarrative of Thai diplomacy since then. Based on a genealogical approach and multi‑archival research, this book examines three key episodes of Thai détente: Thanat Khoman (1968–71), M.R. Kukrit Pramoj (1975–76), and General Kriangsak Chomanan (1977–80). This transformation was represented in numerous diplomatic/discursive practices, such as ping‑pong diplomacy, petro‑diplomacy, trade and cultural diplomacy, and normal visits.

Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in the Great Plains region of the United States / / by Zhiliang Zhu (editor), Michelle Bouchard [and twelve others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910708659003321
• Autore: Bouchard Michelle A (Michelle Anne)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 28 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
• Collana: U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1787
• Soggetti: Carbon - Great Plains; Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects - Great Plains; Greenhouse gases - Great Plains - Measurement; Carbon; Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects; Greenhouse gases - Measurement; Great Plains
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-28).

The Colombia reader : history, culture, politics / / edited by Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, Marco Palacios, and Ana María Gómez López

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154735603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2016
• ISBN: 9780822373865; 0822373866
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (657 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: The Latin America readers
• Disciplina: 986.1
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Latin America / South America; Colombia History; Colombia Civilization; Colombia Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- I. Human Geography -- II. Religious Pluralities: Faith, Intolerance, Politics, and Accommodation -- III. City and Country -- IV. Lived Inequalities -- V. Violence -- VI. Change and Continuity in the Colombian Economy -- VII. Transnational Colombia -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Containing over one hundred selections—most of them published in English for the first time—The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multilayered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. The collection includes journalistic reports, songs, artwork, poetry, oral histories, government documents, and scholarship to illustrate the changing ways Colombians from all walks of life have made and understood their own history. Comprehensive in scope, it covers regional differences; religion, art, and culture; the urban/rural divide; patterns of racial, economic, and gender inequalities; the history of violence; and the transnational flows that have shaped the nation. The Colombia Reader expands readers' knowledge of Colombia beyond ; its reputation for violence, contrasting experiences of conflict with the stability and significance of cultural, intellectual, and economic life in this plural nation.