The leaders of several SEATO countries in front of the Congress Building in Manila, hosted by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on October 24, 1966. SEATO, also known as the “Manila Pact,” was an ...

The exercise was billed grandly as SEATO’s “first joint international sea, air and land maneuvers.” Thailand, which thought it up, declared that all eight nations had been invited to participate. The ...

Why did American-led postwar institution building lead to different types of security orders in Asia and Europe? The article investigates the failure of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization ...

The roar of modern war’s destroying engines shook the gilded spires and jeweled pagodas of many-templed Bangkok last week. In answer to the Thai government’s invitation, SEATO nations were staging ...