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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: Until we meet again
Alan Dawson, Published on 06/03/2016
» It took years for Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda to become the face and voice of reliable news. And it took a few minutes for a Criminal Court judge to tell the country that maybe all that public trust was a bit misplaced.
The big issue: Appearing for the disappeared
Alan Dawson, Published on 27/12/2015
» On March 12, 2004, five policemen pulled Somchai Neelapaijit from his car in Bangkok, and he never was seen in public since. His wife Angkhana has kept the case alive, and authorities have made some attempts to resolve what the prime minister of the day called a “complicated case” involving official violence.
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: Testing the water
Alan Dawson, Published on 28/09/2014
» The regime is beginning its fifth month in power with a couple of important outside trips. The message to the foreign community is — "We're here, we're not going away, so let's just get back to business as usual."