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A US-founded alliance worth keeping around
News, John J Metzler, Published on 11/04/2026
» Nato is again in the rhetorical crosshairs as the Trump administration has chided some European members for not allowing American aircraft to transit through America's European bases.
Suu Kyi, media bias and morality
News, Fergus Harlow, Published on 11/04/2026
» History rarely collapses in an instant; more often, it is quietly rewritten until reality itself feels negotiable. In the years leading up to Myanmar's 2021 coup, a story took shape in the international imagination -- one that cast Aung San Suu Kyi not as a constrained civilian leader navigating a military-dominated state, but as a symbol of moral failure.
MPs grill govt on fuel plan
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/04/2026
» The energy crisis and soaring fuel prices -- particularly the issue of refining margins -- dominated parliamentary debate during a joint sitting in parliament on Thursday, as opposition parties challenged the government's policy statement.
Cornered Orban at risk of losing next election
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/03/2026
» Viktor Orban has not aged well. When I met him in Budapest two months before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, he was a typical hyper-ambitious student leader. Anybody who has been to university knows the type: fluent, ruthless, perpetually on the look-out for the main chance, and oddly old still to be a student. (He was 26.)
American hegemony is waning
News, Carla Norrlöf is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto., Published on 21/03/2026
» The messy crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has clarified how power works in the 21st century. It reminds us that the greatest long-term threat to the United States is not China's military buildup or Russian aggression, but the gradual fragmentation of the alliance system that has underwritten its global leadership since World War II.
New units at Chula to serve wider public
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/03/2026
» Chulalongkorn University has created three new academic units, placing the public at the centre of its strategy of expanded access as it approaches its 109th anniversary.
Diesel crisis hits services, everyday life
News, CHAKRAPAN NATANRI, PIYARACH CHONGCHAROEN and PRASIT TANGPRASERT, Published on 18/03/2026
» Panic buying and distribution bottlenecks have triggered diesel shortages, disrupting essential services and daily life across several provinces.
Trump shows China how to handle Taiwan
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 17/03/2026
» Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran. Meanwhile, he is tightening a noose around Cuba, in the hope that the resulting humanitarian crisis will open the way for a "friendly takeover" of the island by the United States.
Govt eyes B3.8bn in export deals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/03/2026
» The Commerce Ministry is aiming for nearly 3.84 billion baht in new export opportunities following business‑matching talks with Otis McAllister, a major US importer, as part of efforts to expand Thai food exports amid shifting global trade conditions.
Sri Lanka looks to forge closer ties in 2026
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 25/02/2026
» Sri Lanka aims to strengthen bonds with Thailand further in 2026 after the two sides feted the 70th anniversary of bilateral relations last year, according to the Sri Lankan embassy.