Blue Economy : Concept for Driving Royal Thai Navy to a Leading Role in the Region

Abstract

The purpose of this academic article aims to study Blue Economy concept that Royal Thai Navy has put effort to present this concept in various international symposium because it’s a concept that every country in the world will have common maritime national interest to protect the legal utilization of the sea and affect to the development of the world economy so Is the intention of Royal Thai Navy to present this concept that show the important future vision of Royal Thai navy to other countries going to be accepted by other navies and be the driving force of Royal Thai navy to a leading role in a region as mention in the Royal Thai Navy Vision ? To find the solutions, the researcher has conducted quality research by reviewing the Blue Economy concept, the important of Blue Economy to Thai society, Maritime Security in the region, what does Royal Thai Navy do to present this topic in various international symposium, Neo-Liberal Institutionalism theory, to analyze the reaction and opinion of other navies in the region to Blue Economy and final part is to answer the question that Is Blue Economy concept going to be the driving force of Royal Thai Navy to a leading role in a region ? The conclusions of the study show that the effort of Royal Thai navy to present the concept of Blue Economy in various international symposium and initiate the cooperation between navies in the region to protect the legal utilization of the sea in the future has related to Neo-Liberal Institutionalism theory that has main idea in believing the cooperation between states can happen in anarchy condition by using the methods of international regimes to bring peace to the world. Also, the reaction of other navies to Blue Economy concept are almost the same and understand how important of Blue Economy concept and enhance the cooperation between navies to develop the sustainable of utilization of the sea together in the future. According to this, the effort of Royal Thai Navy to present Blue Economy Concept to other navies in the regions is also become the great opportunity to drive Royal Thai navy to a leading role in the regions. However, it also takes time and consistency to work on spreading out this concept and finally, Royal Thai Navy will be accepted as a leading role in the regions.