The Analysis Of Causes For Military Interferences In Thailand

Thailand is one of the countries confronted with remarkably frequent military interferences and regime changes. This paper, on the basis of theoretical analysis for the causes of military interventions according to Military Political Science, has had a brief retrospection on the history of military interferences in Thailand and then has objectively analyzed a series of causes, both externally and internally, for military interventions.From an external perspective, the democracy in Thailand is obviously feeble, which could be marked by the weak constitutional government, the underdeveloped political party system, the unordered electoral system and the frustrated literati regime. Secondly, the Thai traditional culture is deep-rooted which, in some degree, has presented as an obstacle during the democratization. Besides, the international aids on Thai military after WWII have completely improved its political status.As for the internal reasons, the motivation of interference is always to safeguard all kinds of interests, i.e. national interests, class interests, their own interests, or to seek more interests. Furthermore, the military indeed has a wide range of superiorities, for example, the traditional advantages, political advantages, organizational advantages, and financial advantages, which have efficiently enhanced their capabilities, thus supported to realize their motivations.