• OPINION

  Tackling our precarious border scenario

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/12/2023

  » While the international community is focusing on the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, another humanitarian crisis is taking place along Thailand's western front as the clashes between Myanmar's government and ethnic armed groups intensify.

• OPINION

  Asean must reengage with Myanmar

  News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 23/05/2023

  » Indonesian President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, was frank in saying that no progress had been made over the Myanmar crisis at the latest Asean summit in Labuan Bajo during a press conference after the event. Apparently, he was disappointed that the chair's efforts did not make the desirable outcome under his watch.

• OPINION

  Can Jakarta push peace in Myanmar?

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 09/05/2023

  » By this weekend, the world will find out whether the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) -- under Indonesian chairmanship -- will be able to overcome challenges in Myanmar's peace process and bridge the divisions among various stakeholders.

• OPINION

  Upcoming AMM facing uphill tasks

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 26/07/2022

  » The Asean Foreign Ministerial Meeting (AMM) next week will be a test of its centrality and relevancy as never seen before. The annual meeting has to confront sensitive new and divisive issues that will require the 55-year-old bloc's collective wisdom, commitment and foresight.

• OPINION

  Policy on Myanmar must be prudent

  News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 16/11/2021

  » Ten months into the crisis in Myanmar, Thailand is still scrambling for a well-balanced policy that would lessen the anxiety of all the peoples of Myanmar, both living in and outside the country. The latest news of a new influx of migrant workers across the Thai-Myanmar border has sent a chilling message to the Thai authorities, especially those who deal with national security.

• OPINION

  Can Power help Biden's foreign policy?

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 04/05/2021

  » The confirmation of Samantha Power last week as the new head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was overshadowed by President Joe Biden's speech marking his 100 days in office. With an annual budget of US$41 billion (1.28 trillion baht), her organisation can shift and change the direction of US foreign policy around the world.

• OPINION

  Thailand's three Myanmar strategies

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 09/03/2021

  » With the unexpected coup in Myanmar on Feb 1 and the ensuing violent clashes between protesters and security forces over the past six weeks, Thailand is stuck between a rock and hard place. Thailand's foreign and security policy-makers have adopted three strategies in handling one of the most "difficult political incidents" in a neighbouring country.

• OPINION

  Thailand's 'make or break' jobs in 2021

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 05/01/2021

  » Thailand's future is now at the edge of a precipice due to the recent virus outbreak in Samut Sakhon that has now spread to over 50 out of 77 provinces. The unexpected upsurge has dramatically diminished public confidence that the government will be able to contain the pandemic in a sustainable way. Worst of all, it has also dampened economic activity and overall post-Covid-19 recovery forecasts and plans. At this juncture, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's legacy in terms of his performance during the epidemic is unclear.

• OPINION

  Imagining a post-coronavirus world

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 31/03/2020

  » Prior to the World Health Organization categorising the Covid-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, nobody would have imagined that the most of the world would be in lockdown as it is today, with over one billion people forced to stop doing their daily routines as they are advised to stay at home to avoid contracting and/or spreading the virus. To survive, each affected country, big or small, will have to use whatever skills and resources they have to fight this common enemy.

• OPINION

  20 years of mixing Asean old and new

  News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 14/05/2019

  » When Asean doubled the number of its member nations to 10 in 1999, doomsayers at the time believed the grouping would not survive. This was because the expansion happened so quickly while new members were ill-prepared to join the capitalist economies.

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