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Professor, speak up and make a difference

The crucial role that academics need to play in speaking truth to troubling political power.

Thailand’s black hole: a Deleuzian take

Mourning and micro-fascisms in Thailand.

The return of the divine king

Has the centre of Thailand's cosmos shifted back to the palace after King Bhumibol's death?

Mourning and the Thai interregnum

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

Thailand’s law of the mob

Lese majeste and festering cycles of forgotten violence.

The cult of a dead king 

A Thai charged with lese majeste explains why her fellow citizens are quick to attack those who dare question the monarchy.

Thailand’s peculiar interregnum

Why Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn hasn't been declared King Rama X and what the interregnum means.

Thailand’s network military?

After succession, the junta could evolve towards a regime far less dependent on hyper-royalism.

Farewell to a King

Michael Leadbetter reports on the funeral for the King of Cambodia & the passing of the King of Thailand & Lee Kuan Yew.

The spectre of succession

Royal transition and political stability in Thailand.

What’s going on in Thailand?

The succession struggle isn’t over yet, writes Andrew MacGregor Marshall.

Guardian of the kingdom

What Rama IX’s passing means for Thailand’s military.