THE FAILURE OF PEACE NEGOTIATION PROCESS BETWEEN GOVERMENT OF THAILAND AND REVOLUTION NATIONAL FRONT (BRN) IN SOUTHERN THAILAND CONFLICT (PATANI)

This Undergraduate thesis discuss about failure of peace negotiation process between government of Thailand and Revolution National Front (BRN) in southern Thailand which are Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat. The negotiation process has been remaining in a deadlock stage among both parties in case of southern Thailand conflict. The implementation of Kuala Lumpur peace negotiation process signed in Kuala Lumpur between representative National Security Council (NSC) and BRN has not solved the southern Thailand conflict that happened since long time ago. The BRN aimed to be separated from Thailand to be Patani state, but Thailand is one country cannot be divided. It made peace negotiation process between Thai government and BRN failed. The thesis tries to analyze two factors which are the influence of the failure of peace negotiation process between Thai government and BRN in Jaya Deva Uyangoda perspective, who explains about difficulties of negotiation process in separatist conflict which tends to be failed in achieving agreement. Its influences are first, the Maximalist of insurgent of separatist; second, the inflexibility of state in responding to separatist group. In this research, extensive of relevant published materials such as books, journals, reports, newsletters, official website and other are used sources a wide variety of references in related topics to conduct the analysis.
Key word: Peace Negotiation Process, Revolution National Front (BRN), National Security Council NSC, Maximalist of insurgent of separatist, inflexibility of state