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Who’s who in the Thai coup?

Confused about who's who in the Thai coup? Here is a detailed analysis to put things straight.

Thaksin Thinks, Prayuth Acts

Anders Engvall looks at the economic direction of Thailand's military junta

Friday wrap

The campaign this week in social and mass media: NM Indonesia editors sat on fesbuk this week so you could at least get some work done.

“Foreign influence” in Red Shirt demonstrations

Grant Evans analyses the role of Lao citizens who support Thailand's Red Shirt movement

After the coup

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly offers a quick take in the aftermath of Thailand's latest coup

Thailand: a “soft revolution” in a happy country

The coup's intentions cannot be accomplished without taming people to be innocuous citizens

Campaigning on religious nationalism

How a Shia candidate used 'religious nationalism' to win in a majority Sunni electorate.

Securing Success

Bob Lowry asks where do the political preferences of the police and the military lie?

Prabowo and the art of being tegas

If a presidential candidate appears to punch someone, and no one talks about it, did it ever happen?

Thorns of the Thai rose

Camille Gazeau explores how a London hairdresser has become the number one enemy of Thai royalists.

Sukarno’s two bodies

John Roosa explains how both Prabowo and Jokowi are advertising themselves as the legatees of Indonesia’s first President, Sukarno.

Thailand, what next?

Thai constitutional law scholar Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang explores what might happen next in Thailand.