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Vale of Tiers
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/07/2017
» It was a great trial. But rather than prime the pumps for a lift out of the basement, it actually illustrates why Thailand is stuck at that Tier 2 (Watch List) level on the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) list that obsesses the general prime minister and millions more including the media.
The big issue: The US-Thai nexus
Alan Dawson, Published on 17/07/2016
» The Law of the Sea Tribunal demolished China’s claims about the nine-dash line, historical ownership and even — this one is quite out of the blue for everyone involved — the claim that rocks, outcroppings and shoals are "islands" that can belong to a country.
The big issue: You can't win 'em all
Alan Dawson, Published on 03/07/2016
» If demotion was humiliating two years ago, the promotion from the dark and dank cellar of Tier 3 wasn't exactly a champagne moment either. Even the new designation, "Tier 2 Watch List" is a 24/7 reminder that the world policeman is still watching the human trafficking scene in Thailand.
The big issue: 301 hypocrites
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/05/2016
» Thailand got on the United States list of the "dirty dozen" worst pirates in the explored galaxy for the ninth consecutive year. By doing that, it stayed off the list of worst hypocrites.
The big issue: A degree of intervention
Alan Dawson, Published on 09/08/2015
» There was a certain air of mystery about the publication of this year’s United States human trafficking report which now has been mostly solved.
The big issue: Man with a history
Alan Dawson, Published on 07/06/2015
» Whoever writes the script for the movie of his life — which, by the way, someone definitely should do — will have to tone it down a bit or many viewers won’t believe that just one man has done what three-star Gen Manas Kongpan has done.
The big issue: The TIP-ping point
Alan Dawson, Published on 29/03/2015
» The annual March campaign to pass laws, speak sternly and promise sincerely began last week. It will run until the April announcement by the United States to cut the talking and start writing the new human trafficking report. That will be published in June.
The big issue: Swaying bamboo
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/03/2015
» Pisan Manawapat has one general job and one specific job in his new role as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States of America. Both could serve as plots for Mission Impossible, although a Hollywood happy ending is not assured.
Name, shame, repeat
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/06/2014
» Pretty well the whole world knows that the traffic in Thailand is horrible, but events in the past week showed that the trafficking is even worse.