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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 7, 2023
Thailand
Thailand: A Likely Deal is Completed, and the Establishment Wins
The Pheu Thai party's initial days in office reveal the compromises it has made to attain power.
August 18, 2020
Southeast Asia
Thailand Protests Increasingly Challenge the Monarchy
Pavin Chachavalpongpun is associate professor at Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies. A coalition of Thai youths, students and political activists has launched a series of protes…
October 19, 2020
Southeast Asia
What Now for Thailand’s Protests?
Pavin Chachavalpongpun is associate professor at Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies. The crackdown on Thai protesters at dawn on October 15 brought an abrupt end to overnight d…
August 22, 2023
Thailand
Is There a Succession Crisis in the Thai Monarchy?
A son of the king of Thailand made an unexpected return to Bangkok earlier this month, invigorating speculation of a looming succession crisis.
May 28, 2019
Southeast Asia
Prem Tinsulanonda’s Legacy—and the Failures of Thai Politics Today
By Pavin Chachavalpongpun and Joshua Kurlantzick General Prem Tinsulanonda, the former army chief, long-time prime minister (1980–1988), and head of the palace’s Privy Council, passed away on May …
August 5, 2019
Southeast Asia
Pressure Increases on Thai Activists Abroad
Over the past two years, and even as Thailand has made a transition from junta rule to, now, some kind of hybrid rule, following hotly contested but unfair elections, Thai activists living abroad hav…
