Colonialism, Sovereignty & National Independence
จักรวรรดินิยมคืนชีพ? UN เอาไม่อยู่? (มาดูโร–กรีนแลนด์–ร.ศ.112)
Summary
On the morning of 3 January 2026 came news of an operation in Venezuela, and within days the United States moved on Greenland without regard for world opinion.
The question is whether the postwar rules still mean anything, and whether gunboat diplomacy is back.
The talk explains what gunboat diplomacy is, and why a display of force alone can change a negotiation.
Key points
Two events close together is a pattern
One is an incident. Two in a week is a change of posture.
A show of force works without force
What makes gunboat diplomacy effective is the other side doing the arithmetic and conceding.
R.S. 112 is the case Thailand knows
French warships at Paknam is the same thing in the version that happened to us.
Rules that cannot be enforced are not rules
If the UN cannot stop this, small countries have to reconsider what they are relying on.