• OPINION

  Handle Myanmar influxes with care

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 19/04/2024

  » 'Preparedness" and "humane response" offer keywords for handling the various mass influxes from Myanmar. Those influxes might range from civilians in search of refuge to fighters ("combatants") in flight, all the more poignant today because of the armed conflagration in that country and the precarious border situation.

• OPINION

  Gender gaps in politics and business

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/03/2024

  » Thailand's most recent report on women's rights -- available on the United Nations' website -- is part of the eighth cycle of reporting under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), to which the country became a party in 1985.

• OPINION

  Gender diversity is good for business

  News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 11/03/2024

  » A timely issue raised by a recent forum of key businesses, political leaders and civil society was the potential for more inclusion of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people in the workplace. This is complementary to the other critically important issue of the day: the role of women in business and employment.

• OPINION

  Kids in face of criminal justice system

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 21/02/2024

  » Passions are raised understandably when children are alleged to have committed crimes. Yet, a balanced approach is required; emotions need to be moderated, and rationalisation needs to be advocated.

• OPINION

  Key portals to Global Digital Compact

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/02/2024

  » This year will witness the formulation and adoption of the UN-backed Global Digital Compact if all goes as planned. It will provide a policy framework for digital relations worldwide, although not yet equivalent to a binding treaty. What, then, are the stakes, the key portals to the digital future?

• OPINION

  Reconfiguring Thailand's constitution

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 18/01/2024

  » A key debate this year will be the question of constitutional reform. The current constitution -- the 20th -- is the product of a coup d'etat.

• OPINION

  Rights, freedoms hang in balance

  Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/12/2023

  » The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) capped 2023 by celebrating its 75th birthday just before the year's end. As the seminal UN document on human rights, it is closely linked with the four freedoms: namely, freedom of expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Where are we in that long march towards their realisation?

• OPINION

  Thailand's interface with new FTAs

  News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 21/12/2023

  » The power of data in the expanding panorama of digital trade is becoming an essential component of commercial relations, especially recent free trade areas (FTAs). As Thailand is now exploring new agreements on its western flank (such as with South Asia, Gulf countries and Europe) and on its eastern flank (such as with Pacific rim countries, interlinking with the Indian Ocean), what are some of the stakes deserving careful reflection?

• OPINION

  Soft power charms, with a Thai ripple

  News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 04/12/2023

  » The term "soft power" has seeped into international relations and it is now a catchphrase with its own global momentum. Yet it should be recalled that in the 1980s, it was used to describe the nature of a weaker state confronted by the "hard power" embodied by a stronger state.

• OPINION

  Govt kindles same-sex marriage hopes

  News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 23/11/2023

  » The top of the executive branch has given a welcome signal that it will fast-track in parliament a law to recognise same-sex marriage in Thailand.

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