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Shifting political tides portend turmoil
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/01/2012
» Thailand has arrived at the outset of 2012 more bruised and battered compared to its previous bouts of political instability, characterised by several years of protests and violence and then capped recently by the floods.
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Will personalities trump institutions?
News, Published on 25/04/2012
» By-elections in electoral democracies usually elicit very little excitement beyond the affected constituencies. However, Myanmar's recent by-elections held most of Asia and the West in rapt attention, with droves of international observers, media representatives, and curious foreigners flocking to Myanmar on an unprecedented scale.
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Tune in, turn on 'The Voice', drop the coups
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/10/2012
» If there were a time when Thais should say no to the expediency of resorting to the same old pastime of street protests and demand a more constructive country development agenda, it should be now.
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The politics of 'Som-tam-pla-ra'
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/10/2013
» Morality, legality and democracy, these are the things tribal minions get stuck on, actually believing that they are what the political struggle over the past eight years has been all about.
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The best role the army can play is mediator
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/12/2013
» With reports that anti-government protests under the leadership of Suthep Thaugsuban and the People's Democratic Reform Committee are poised to intensify, the role of the Thai military comes into question.
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Every society has its piety, every nation its fascination
News, Published on 01/02/2014
» Thailand is suffering from electoral dysfunction syndrome; it's a hard problem, and it's hard to talk about. There's no cure-all pill for it either; the only dependable cure is the restoration of health of the whole body politic.
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Serious reform: A seven-point proposal
News, Published on 05/05/2014
» For the past seven years, since the coup of 2006, Thailand has seen governments come and go with increasing frequency and the divisiveness in the country has deteriorated to the point of political paralysis.
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Thai coup elicits mixed global reaction
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/08/2014
» As Thailand’s armed forces fan out across its body politic and economy, the country’s international standing is increasingly challenged.
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Hidden message in Xi’s graft war
News, Published on 03/08/2014
» A purge has particularly ominous overtones in the context of Chinese politics. Previous generations will be hard pressed to forget the case of Liu Shaoqi, one of Mao Zedong’s companions on the Long March, a president and briefly Mao’s chosen successor.
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Hong Kong has chance for a middle way
News, Published on 25/10/2014
» As the leaders of the umbrella movement sit down to negotiate with Hong Kong authorities after weeks of street protests, the big question is whether the two sides can find a compromise that meets both Beijing's concerns about stable and efficient governance on the one hand, and citizens' concerns about genuine, instead of sham, democracy on the other.
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