Mark Shawn Cogan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1351218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Shawn Cogan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark Shawn |
| FAMILY NAME | Cogan |
| SIGNATURE | COGAN M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansai Gaidai University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3171-7587 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Revisiting the offense-defense balance
Introduction
The optimism that surrounded a partial return of democracy to Myanmar after decades of military rule, culminating in Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League of Democracy (NLD) taking power in 2015, was later halted by two manufactured crises by Myanmar's military, the 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine State, and the February 1, 2021 military coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The coup has upended both political, …
The Rohingya
The long history of persecution of the Rohingya minority is evident in three major instances of forced mass migration, most notably in 2017 when large‐scale violence, perpetrated by the Tatamdaw, forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee Rakhine State into Bangladesh. Bilateral tensions simmering over this issue were brought to the multilateral table in 2015, when Rohingya fled Myanmar across the Bay of Bengal seeking refuge in Southeast A…
Pragmatism at the Expense of National Security
Constructive engagement was a centerpiece of Thailand's bilateral relations with Myanmar for more than three decades, allowing consecutive governments to exploit it for its natural resources, and the development of often corrupt economic partnerships between private and state‐owned enterprises. After the May 2014 coup that swept Prayut Chan‐o‐cha into power, Thai military elites developed intricate personal relationships with the Tatmadaw and Mya…
Thailand’s new soft power focus and the makings of a paradox
Soft power, obtained when a state develops the ability to attract rather than coerce other actors because of the legitimacy of its values, has been on the national agenda in Thailand since 2010, when efforts were made to expand the Kingdom's creative industries. However, under nearly a decade of military rule after the May 2014 coup d'état, Thailand focused largely inward in order to secure its legitimacy and survival, consequently curtailing sof…
Can Small Island States Escape China's Influence? The Cases of Sri Lanka and Fiji
The rise of China has shifted the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region. China has tried to influence small island states that were previously under the spheres of influence of Australia and India by offering lucrative offers under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Small states remain in a quandary about how to approach the evolving regional security paradigm. Using a realism-based perspective, this paper explores small state options thro…
Rama X
Volumes of academic literature have been written about King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). A mixture of imagery, meticulous public relations by the palace, and seven decades as Thailand’s longest-re
Future forward
Thailand has been here before
Thai Politics in Translation
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark S. CoganMark S. Cogan is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kansai Gaidai University, based in Osaka, Japan
Love and Death of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand
India–Thailand Security Cooperation
In the past, India’s resolve to connect with countries further to its east centred on its relationship with ASEAN as a group and lacked a holistic outlook as it emphasised on a lopsided approach that left out the security dimension. The bilateral relationship between Bangkok and New Delhi marks an emerging departure from this past trend. In the recent past, Thailand has emerged as a bright spot in India’s vast array of security relationships, wit…
Rama X
Volumes of academic literature have been written about King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). A mixture of imagery, meticulous public relations by the palace, and seven decades as Thailand’s longest-re
Thailand’s new soft power focus and the makings of a paradox
Soft power, obtained when a state develops the ability to attract rather than coerce other actors because of the legitimacy of its values, has been on the national agenda in Thailand since 2010, when efforts were made to expand the Kingdom's creative industries. However, under nearly a decade of military rule after the May 2014 coup d'état, Thailand focused largely inward in order to secure its legitimacy and survival, consequently curtailing sof…
India–Thailand Security Cooperation
In the past, India’s resolve to connect with countries further to its east centred on its relationship with ASEAN as a group and lacked a holistic outlook as it emphasised on a lopsided approach that left out the security dimension. The bilateral relationship between Bangkok and New Delhi marks an emerging departure from this past trend. In the recent past, Thailand has emerged as a bright spot in India’s vast array of security relationships, wit…
Future forward
Thailand has been here before
Thai Politics in Translation
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMark S. CoganMark S. Cogan is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kansai Gaidai University, based in Osaka, Japan
Love and Death of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand
Thailand’s new soft power focus and the makings of a paradox
Soft power, obtained when a state develops the ability to attract rather than coerce other actors because of the legitimacy of its values, has been on the national agenda in Thailand since 2010, when efforts were made to expand the Kingdom's creative industries. However, under nearly a decade of military rule after the May 2014 coup d'état, Thailand focused largely inward in order to secure its legitimacy and survival, consequently curtailing sof…
Can Small Island States Escape China's Influence? The Cases of Sri Lanka and Fiji
The rise of China has shifted the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region. China has tried to influence small island states that were previously under the spheres of influence of Australia and India by offering lucrative offers under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Small states remain in a quandary about how to approach the evolving regional security paradigm. Using a realism-based perspective, this paper explores small state options thro…
Rama X
Volumes of academic literature have been written about King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). A mixture of imagery, meticulous public relations by the palace, and seven decades as Thailand’s longest-re
Introduction
The optimism that surrounded a partial return of democracy to Myanmar after decades of military rule, culminating in Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League of Democracy (NLD) taking power in 2015, was later halted by two manufactured crises by Myanmar's military, the 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine State, and the February 1, 2021 military coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The coup has upended both political, …
The Rohingya
The long history of persecution of the Rohingya minority is evident in three major instances of forced mass migration, most notably in 2017 when large‐scale violence, perpetrated by the Tatamdaw, forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee Rakhine State into Bangladesh. Bilateral tensions simmering over this issue were brought to the multilateral table in 2015, when Rohingya fled Myanmar across the Bay of Bengal seeking refuge in Southeast A…
Pragmatism at the Expense of National Security
Constructive engagement was a centerpiece of Thailand's bilateral relations with Myanmar for more than three decades, allowing consecutive governments to exploit it for its natural resources, and the development of often corrupt economic partnerships between private and state‐owned enterprises. After the May 2014 coup that swept Prayut Chan‐o‐cha into power, Thai military elites developed intricate personal relationships with the Tatmadaw and Mya…
Revisiting the offense-defense balance
Political science (6 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (6 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)