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Thailand
International
Thailand’s battle for the future continues
Greg Raymond
18 July 2023
Can a tide of popular opinion prevail over a defensive conservative elite?
International
Thailand’s watershed election
Susannah Patton
23 May 2023
Will the political establishment finally recognise that voter sentiment has shifted decisively?
Books & arts
Dictating democratisation
Liam Gammon
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
Thailand’s X factors
Nicholas Farrelly
3 September 2020
Can a detached and inexperienced king cope with an unprecedented shift in popular sentiment?
International
The seismic shifts behind the coup in Thailand
Grant Evans
10 June 2014
Thailand has been changing in unexpected ways.
Grant Evans
explores the sociology of a country in continuing political crisis
International
The ten-year search for Somchai
Kate Hehir
7 March 2014
One woman’s fight for justice following the disappearance of her lawyer husband has revealed a climate of corruption and deceit in Thailand. As the ten-year anniversary…
International
Thaksin lives
Nicholas Farrelly
14 August 2012
It’s more than possible that Thaksin Shinawatra, one-time prime minister and seemingly as popular as ever, could once again be at the centre of Thai politics, writes…
International
Red hot challenges for Thailand
Nicholas Farrelly
7 July 2011
Thailand’s new government faces the difficult challenge of keeping traditional enemies relatively happy, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
International
Thailand’s calm before the storm?
Nicholas Farrelly
3 May 2011
Thailand’s royal family faces a divisive anniversary ahead of the next national election, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
International
Thailand’s bad men and the challenges for Abhisit Vejjajiva
Andrew Walker & Nicholas Farrelly
27 August 2010
Thailand has dropped out of the headlines but the long-term struggle for political control continues, write
Andrew Walker
and
Nicholas Farrelly
International
Bangkok: how did it come to this?
Andrew Walker & Nicholas Farrelly
18 May 2010
The red shirts’ failure to agree to a November election pointed to a deeper loss of faith, with fatal consequences, write
Andrew Walker
and
Nicholas Farrelly
International
Behind the Thai crisis
Craig J. Reynolds
29 April 2010
The close links between the monarchy and the army are holding back serious reform, argues
Craig J. Reynolds
International
Thailand’s royal sub-plot thickens
Nicholas Farrelly & Andrew Walker
6 May 2009
Shifting alliances are deepening the underlying crisis in Thai politics, report
Nicholas Farrelly
and
Andrew Walker
International
Thailand’s royal sub-plot
Andrew Walker & Nicholas Farrelly
14 April 2009
Once sacrosanct, the Thai monarchy has become a focus of discontent, write
Andrew Walker
and
Nicholas Farrelly