Abstract
The unrest in the three southern border provinces of Thailand which occurred in January, 2004 has been reviewed by several different groups of people, especially from the view of the high-level civil servants and politicians. After the problem started, the main inevitable question raised by the society concerned the motives of those individuals or the terrorists who were behind the attack. In this particular case, a generic social theory may not be able to explain the phenomenon of the situation. The members of the public were given various types of information by the state and by other players in the and were in a “not knowing the enemy and not knowing themselves” interaction with other players. Therefore, through applying the theory to the unrest in the south of Thailand, people would be able to apply a different aspect of information to make sense of the situation and create a new strategic relationship in the economic interaction with the state and other players. The interaction, in this case, is the game itself.
Highlights
The unrest in the three southern border provinces of Thailand which occurred in January, 2004 has been reviewed by several different groups of people, especially from the view of the high-level civil servants and politicians
Since January 2004, many violent incidents were committed in the three southern border provinces of Thailand including arson attacks on more than 20 schools, a robbery of military weapon from the 4th Military Development Unit, the killing of monks, police officers, teachers, students and villagers, and an arson attack on the Islamic Council office in Yala, a province locating in the southern part of Thailand
In 2002, the Thai Intelligence Agency declared that terrorism in the south of Thailand had come to an end because it was not supported by the majority of Muslim countries
Summary
Since January 2004, many violent incidents were committed in the three southern border provinces of Thailand including arson attacks on more than 20 schools, a robbery of military weapon from the 4th Military Development Unit, the killing of monks, police officers, teachers, students and villagers, and an arson attack on the Islamic Council office in Yala, a province locating in the southern part of Thailand. The behaviors of the terrorists in the southern border provinces in making rational decision within a limited cost consist of seven steps of actions as follows; Step 1: creating fear and anxiety to the public, Step 2: attacking government officials, Step 3: creating distrust between the Buddhist Thais and the Muslim Thais, Step 4 to 7: employing the falling leaves tactics, for example bombing including car bombs, killing teachers and monks. These actions were intended to create shock and terror to the local communities and made them leave the region without using any other forces. This created a new strategic relationship in the economic interaction or a game (Anusorn Thamjai, 2004)
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