Thailand - Obama Presidency Oral History Thailand Index / Locations Transcripts Meredith Koop ...And then I decided I'm going to go to Thailand [laughs]. I went to Thailand by myself... ...to go to Thailand [laughs]. I went to Thailand by myself, because I was like, I jus... Lori Wallach ...would not know the difference between Thailand and Taiwan, and stuff like that jus... Daniel Russel ...Japan, with Korea, with Australia, with Thailand and the Philippines and ou... ...to have. Is it worth talking about Thailand in that context? Yes. That's a grea... ...was of trying to wield that leverage in Thailand . That's an interesting question. ... ...that kind of a coup. It was more, Thailand had a lot of practice. Let's put i... ...Gold, every year. It's very important. Thailand is a treaty ally. We don't have base... ...friends. What's going on?” I went to Thailand not terribly long after the coup—... ...say, number one, the US is a friend of Thailand , and friends are honest with eac... ...advice, our message, as a friend, is, Thailand needs an inclusive political proces... ...He was so sorry that this friend of Thailand 's, Danny, and the United States coul... ...of US-Thai relations, and America loves Thailand , and we're friends,” and all this kin... ...to inclusive and credible democracy in Thailand on the one hand, and on the other hand... ...much more unhelpful influence in Thailand than any of us would have liked to hav... Show more... Derek Mitchell ...I spent a week there, I traveled to Thailand ; because Burma does not just exist i... ...exiles, ethnic folks in in northern Thailand , in Chiang Mai, that I was going t... ...from there, I think, and he had Thailand right before, an ASEAN meeting. So ho... Jim Steinberg ...offshoots in Indonesia and Malaysia and Thailand . We've talked a little bit about th... Michael Posner ...list. There are groups on the border in Thailand that have lists.” Then they said, “Wha... Thant Myint-U ...Asia, you look in Pakistan, you look in Thailand , you look in Korea, you look i... ...institution,” the way armies are in Thailand , Indonesia, and elsewhere in th... Samuel Locklear ...that? It's interesting. I had been to Thailand , and I had met with the prime ministe... ...that's generally the structure of the— Thailand is a heavy army, and everybody else i... ...we had anticipated. But the thing about Thailand —it's another alliance that you don'... ...had eighteen or nineteen coups in Thailand . That's kind of the way they—they hav... ...it or not, there are access issues that Thailand allows us to use that were critical t... Hillary Clinton ...to ASEAN nations. They were going to Thailand , for example. And they were seeing th... ...And they were seeing the development in Thailand , and they were having conversation... ...with their military counterparts in Thailand . We were then picking up all th... ...“They're quite amazed at how developed Thailand actually is. Maybe they could figur... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere