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Small Countries, Big Diplomacy

This book shows how small countries use big diplomacy to advance national interests and global agendas from issues of peace and security (the South China Sea and nuclearization in Korea) and human rights (decolonization) to development (landlocked and least developed countries) and environment (hydropower development). Using the case of Laos, it explores how a small landlocked developing state maneuvered among the big players and championed causes of international concern at three of the worlds important global institutions the United Nations (UN), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Mekong River Commission (MRC).

Recounting the geographical and historical origins behind Laos diplomacy, this book traces the journey of the country, surrounded by its five larger neighbors China, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia, and influenced by superpower rivalries, from the Cold War to the post-Cold War eras. The book is written from an integrated perspective of a French-educated Lao diplomat with over 40 years of experience in various senior roles in the Lao government, leading major groups and committees at the UN and ASEAN; and the theoretical knowledge and experience of an American-trained Lao political scientist and international civil servant who has worked for the Lao government and the international secretariats of the UN and MRC. These different perspectives bridge not only the theory-practice divide but also the government insider-outsider schism.

The book concludes with seven rules for small state diplomacy that should prove useful for diplomats, statespersons, policymakers and international civil servants alike. It will also be of interest to scholars and experts in the fields of international relations and foreign policies of Laos, the Mekong and Asia in general.

Alounkeo Kittikhoun served as Minister to the Prime Ministers Office, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the UN for the Lao Government. Educated in Laos and Frances Universit Panthon Sorbonne, he officially led multilateral and bilateral negotiations in the UN and ASEAN for many years, and participated in international meetings and conferences in over 50 countries.

Anoulak Kittikhoun is the Chief Strategy and Partnership Officer of the Mekong River Commission, and has worked for the Lao Government, the UN Secretariat Headquarters, and taught at Brooklyn College of New York. Educated in Laos, the Australian National University and the City University of New York, he is co-editor of River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy, has written a number of peer-reviewed articles, and has spoken at international conferences, missions and expert group meetings in over 30 countries.

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• Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Anoulak Kittikhoun

Small Countries, Big Diplomacy

Laos in the UN, ASEAN and MRC

Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Anoulak Kittikhoun

• First published 2022
• by Routledge
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• 2022 Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Anoulak Kittikhoun
• The right of Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Anoulak Kittikhoun to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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• British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
• A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
• Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Names: Kittikhoun, Alounkeo, author. | Kittikhoun, Anoulak, author.
• Title: Small countries, big diplomacy : Laos in the UN,
• ASEAN and MRC / Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Anoulak Kittikhoun.
• Description: New York : Routledge, 2021. | Series: Global institutions |
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Identifiers: LCCN 2021019331 (print) | LCCN 2021019332 (ebook) |
• ISBN 9780367645991 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367646004 (paperback) |
• ISBN 9781003125402 (ebook)
• Subjects: LCSH: Diplomacy. | States, Small. | LaosForeign relations. |
• LaosForeign relationsHistory.
• Classification: LCC JZ1752 .K57 2021 (print) |
• LCC JZ1752 (ebook) | DDC 341.209594dc23
• LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021019331
• LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021019332
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64599-1 (hbk)
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64600-4 (pbk)
• ISBN: 978-1-003-12540-2 (ebk)
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003125402
• Typeset in Bembo
• by Newgen Publishing UK

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• Alounkeo Kittikhoun served as Minister to the Prime Ministers Office, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the UN for the Lao Government. In his 40-plus-year diplomatic career, he had led and chaired various groups and facilitated numerous high-level and informal meetings at the UN and ASEAN. Alounkeo Kittikhoun was educated at the

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