Authors: Petra Alderman, Duncan McCargo, Alfred Gerstl and James Iocovozzi

Are politically progressive citizens in Thailand more likely to be US, and more politically conservative Thais likely to favor China?

While the authors find some relationship between liberal domestic political leanings and sympathy for the United States, they also show that conservative domestic political leanings do not automatically translate into support for China. Combining international relations and critical geopolitics literature with a public opinion survey in Thailand commissioned by the Sinophone Borderlands project at Palacký University Olomouc that delves into some rarely explored and sensitive questions to understand respondents’ political views and attitudes, this study examines the extent to which domestic political developments can be understood through a US–China great power lens.

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