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Paul Chambers on King Vajiralongkorn's expanding control over state forces

Social media has amplified, rather than created, an existing culture of disinformation.

Chinese elites have looked to Singapore as a model throughout much of the reform era, but have failed to understand what made the city-state tick.

Time is running out for the state's rebranded BN government, despite a late embrace of 'state nationalism'.

On the prospects for a durable authoritarian politics after the 'Bhumibol Consensus'.

Dutertismo still hasn’t fundamentally changed how political power is sought and won.

Exploring the politics of policy, and policy in politics, during the 2019 elections.

The two "Khon Kaen Models"—one an alleged red-shirt terrorist plot and the other a transit infrastructure project—effectively model the process by which the junta secures obedience.

History and electoral reality suggest that the 2019 elections will deliver another “wasted coup”.

A year of growth and experimentation at New Mandala, with an even bigger year ahead.

The 'new Malaysia' challenge is to redefine its trade and industrial policies, and to work out where the new sources of growth and tax revenue can be, more so after the GST's removal.

What bleak stories can be told about what Thailand will be like in a decade, when Thais have already lived under nearly five years of military rule? The film Ten Years Thailand grapples with that very question.