Articles by Christine Gray

Risk, gossip and retribution in Thailand

Skydiving, insubordination and rule under the new king.

Ritual and the demise of Thai democracy

Royal image and untold wealth leave a high price to pay for Thailand's democracy.

Soul of a nation

Christine Gray explores connections between religion, finance and power in Thailand.

Mourning and the Thai interregnum

New sites of symbolic battle after King Bhumibol’s death.

Politics of the interregnum

As a historic reign ends, what reason is there for Thailand’s lese majeste laws?

Speaking of the succession

The long-term legacies and paralysing effects of Thailand’s harsh lese majeste laws, particularly as one reign ends and another begins.

Magic families

Trump, the Thai Crown Prince, the balcony, the stage, and the vanishing act.

Thailand’s new politics and a double wrecking ball

Christine Gray on Thaksin, the Crown Prince and the shake up of the old regime.

Dog v dog: Theatrics of the Thai interregnum

Latest lese majeste case a double warning, writes Christine Gray.