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End military interrogation
News, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2018
» In a court ruling on Tuesday on what has been dubbed the "budu bomb" case, the legitimacy and transparency of the military's unusual role in the justice process has again been questioned.
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Army, NSC miles apart on peace talks
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/03/2013
» There is a clear lack of unity between the army and the National Security Council (NSC) on two key issues relating to the first formal peace talk between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on March 28.
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Sweet vindication as Thawil retakes NSC reins
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/04/2014
» Finally, Thawil Pliensri has his job back as secretary-general of the the National Security Council (NSC) – exactly 52 days after the Supreme Administrative Court upheld the lower court’s ruling for his reinstatement retroactively to Sept 30, 2011.
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The Daesh threat close to home
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 08/05/2017
» Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or Daesh, appears to be trying to gain a foothold in the Philippines. It has also claimed responsibility for successful and unsuccessful attacks in Indonesia and Malaysia in recent years, while Singapore and Thailand are also on high alert.
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All aboard for a scary trip down South
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 09/04/2016
» The news reads: Hard-line critics of the regime will be sent to take intensive "training courses" in the Deep South. The National Council of Peace and (dis)Order (NCPO) has confirmed the courses in the camps, which will be longer and more rigorous than the regular attitude adjustment series.
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New tack for deep South
News, Published on 26/08/2014
» Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha appears to be ready to take the country back to peace talks with one or more of the separatist groups in the deep South. Negotiations last year with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) never lived up to their optimistic start.
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Prioritise the far South peace process
Oped, Published on 10/03/2023
» When it comes to conflict and insurgency in the far South, way too much attention is placed on the negotiating table.
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New southern peace moves must be conditional
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/05/2013
» It takes two to tango, so the saying goes, but the government appears to going it alone with its plan to revoke arrest warrants for some suspected insurgents and selectively lift the emergency decree in the deep South.
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Caution needed in far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/02/2013
» There is good cause for many of us to feel proud of, and to commend, the marines at a make-shift base in a rubber plantaion in Narathiwat’s Bacho district who fought off the major onslaught by well-armed Islamist insurgents early Wednesday morning.
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Global disarray as institutions falter
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/08/2015
» The international system as we know it is unravelling. Rules and institutions that were set up seven decades ago no longer hold the same weight and authority as they used to. As we grapple with an exacerbating global disorder, established powers and players and old rules and institutions need to be revamped and reinvented to accommodate new realities. Otherwise global tensions will mount, most probably accompanied by confrontation and conflict.
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