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the diplomatic role effectively. This article will
discuss about the value of naval diplomacy,
key advantages of naval forces as diplomatic
instruments, educational and training preparation

for the RTN personnel, sending the RTN personnel
for overseas job training, engagement of the RTN
personnel in the global community, and
analysis of the RTN policy implementation
for major roles in the global community. RTN officers are discussing with the foreign naval officers in
English language during their class in the Royal Thai Naval
Command and Staff College.
The Value of Naval Diplomacy

Naval diplomacy is the use of naval
forces to create a powerful incentive to a
target state for one’s own national interests.
I t is applicable to whole range of peacetime
naval operations. At the one end of the scale
would be gestures of friendship and support
implied by goodwill visits to ports of the target
state or routine joint exercises with the naval
forces of that state. At the other end of the A Thai naval officer is waiting for lunch during his course

scale, it might be gestures of threatening or with classmates at the Royal Australian Naval Command and
conveying a message that the use of force is Staff College.
inevitable if the target state does not undo
what it has done or cancel what it is going to
do. However, the naval forces to be used must
be credible in both quality and quantity to
ensure that it can influence or change the

target state’s behavior effectively. According
to the British Maritime Doctrine, naval diplomacy
can be conducted in four ways namely; presence,
symbolic use, coercion, and prevention.
Naval presence can be seen in many different A Thai naval officer is participating in an anti-terrorist com-
forms. It can be a routine navigation of naval bined exercise with ASEAN and American officers.

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