In OTL, Siam managed to avoid colonization because it acted as a convenient buffer state between British Burma and Malaya on one side and French Indochina on the other. The Siamese rulership recognized this need and deftly negotiated this role for the country.
However, is it possible that a third power could have initiated a colonization program in Siam, provided that it also pledged to London and Paris that it would continue to hold the country as a buffer state? If so, what power would be the most likely candidate?
However, is it possible that a third power could have initiated a colonization program in Siam, provided that it also pledged to London and Paris that it would continue to hold the country as a buffer state? If so, what power would be the most likely candidate?