Throughout the decades of alternation between military rule and circumscribed democracy, one priority of Thailand’s establishment has always sought to undermine the organisational strength and coherence of reformist movements and parties. Weak (...)
Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party and removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office, signalling resistance to reform and solidifying the current political, economic, and social status quo. The court’s actions (...)
The next few days leading up to July 13 will probably be the most decisive days in Thailand after nearly a decade of military rule. The key question on everyone’s mind is, will the conservative forces allow the young leader of the Move Forward (...)
From Nepal to India, Thailand to Myanmar, people are taking to the streets – or social media – to demand change. Once again, hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets and to digital highways. From Kathmandu to Delhi, moving east to Bangkok (...)
After a six-year hiatus, Thais are back battling for control of the streets, this time not against each other but against the police and its military masters At a time when democracy seems to be on the ropes in many parts of the world, the (...)
Thailand’s erratic king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, flew into his increasingly restive kingdom on August 12 from his home in Germany amid widespread student protests, to swear in a new cabinet put together by the junta that has run the country since a (...)
Since the promulgation of Thailand’s first constitution in 1932 following the bloodless coup that transformed an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, the country has come to witness a roll-back in democracy and a reinvention of modern-day (...)
En Thaïlande, les élections controversées de 2019 ont consolidé l’emprise de l’armée et de l’establishment sur les institutions. Le régime semi-autoritaire va de pair avec un renforcement des inégalités économiques. Malgré la restriction des espaces (...)
After a day-long debate on the suitability and qualifications of Prayuth Chan-ocha, the joint parliamentary session on June 5th – in what was a foregone conclusion — handed him Thailand’s premiership with 500 votes out of a total 750 against 244 (...)
Le 24 mars dernier, les Thaïlandais se sont rendus aux urnes pour la première fois depuis le coup d’État de 2014. Alors qu’on attend toujours les résultats définitifs, les premiers chiffres pointent vers un pays plus polarisé que jamais. Entretien (...)