在21世纪新的国际安全局势下，中泰两国不断拓展安全合作的广度和深度，且合作取得显著成效。两国强化安全合作基于各自不同的战略动因和共同的安全威胁：中泰安全合作是中国突破“大国崛起困境”的战略举措之一，也是泰国缓解“小国安全脆弱性”问题的战略举措之一；当前传统安全因素犹存和新安全威胁凸显的地区安全环境，客观上需要两国合作以有效应对。两国在安全领域的合作受美国因素和东盟国家对华矛盾心理的制约。经济上日益加深的相互依赖将为两国安全合作创造新的空间，恐怖主义成为两国共同面临的最为严峻的安全挑战。
China and Thailand continuously expand the breadth and depth of security cooperation，under the new international security situation in the 21st century，and have made significant achievements. The two countries strengthen security cooperation based on their different strategic motivation and common security threats：China regards it as a strategic fulcrum to breakthrough the “Security Dilemma of a Great Rising Power”；Thailand treats it as a strategic emphasis to alleviate “Small Country’s Security Vulnerability”；objectively，traditional security factors remain and new security threats highlight in Asia，it requires the two countries to cope with by close cooperation. Their security cooperation is restricted by the U.S. factor as well as ASEAN countries’ common ambivalence toward China. The growing economic interdependence will create new space for security cooperation between two countries，and terrorism becomes the most severe security challenges that they must jointly combat，to safeguard peace and stability in the region.
