The following analysis addresses the direction of Thai foreign policy in the context of broader dynamis in mainland Southeast Asia. The upcoming East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh and the relative calm and stability under the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra present a timely occasion for a forward-looking assessment. Unsurprisingly, the Yingluck government has maintained thailand's traditionnal focus on concentric circles of foreign relations, focused first and foremost on immediate neghbours next door, followed by the major powers and the broader regional context. Thailand's strategy, informed by Southeast Asia's fluctuating geopolitical dynamics and elusive and regional architecture, reflects its role and position in the context of an emerging division between mainland and maritime stateas in region.