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Thailand

Thai elitism and hierarchy

Chatwadee Rose Amornpat looks at title and honour in Thailand’s latent caste system.

Lèse-majesté today

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly asks, can anything be done about the chilling effect of Thai law?

Crime and punishment under the Thai junta

Wad Rawee charts a worrying turn for justice in Thailand.

Hopes for democracy in Thailand

Student-led protest could help break long-term political stalemate, writes Tyrell Haberkorn.

Thailand fishing fleets have profited from human trafficking. Photo by Borja Sanchez-Trillo/Getty Images.

Thailand’s human trafficking won’t stop

The latest US report card will do little to solve a sordid situation, writes Zachary Abuza.

The Republic of Siam?

Chatwadee Rose Amornpat calls for the Thai people to embrace a republican future

Thai royalist holds a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Photo by EPA/ Rungroj Yongrit.

Political implications of Thailand’s royal succession

Will democracy move forward with changes to the monarchy?

Thailand will never have democracy unless…

The army and people must collaborate to remove 'Absolute Monarchy Dictatorship'.

Southeast Asia’s Uighur dilemma

According to Zachary Abuza, Thailand’s return of 109 Uighurs to China bodes ill for human rights and security in the region.

The end of symbolic protest in Thailand

The fight for democracy has been elevated to another level, writes Wad Rawee.

Social media, Rohingya and damn lies

How new technologies drive competing narratives on a humanitarian crisis.

Thai democracy’s waiting game

To heal current political wounds should Thailand wait five years for free and fair elections?

Solidarity, students and shackles

Scholars, writers, and citizens from around the world support the Thai 14.

Thailand’s thieves in uniform

The ties between the military and monarchy are robbing the country of freedom and democracy.

Some of the arrested Thai students. Photo from HRW.

Solidarity with imprisoned Thai students

Scholars call for international support for arrested democracy campaigners.

The myth of Thailand’s bureaucratic state

An administration without popular representation is a ridiculous, and dangerous, idea.

Barack Obama talks to former Thailand PM Abhisit Vejjajiva during an APEC summit.

Dear Mr President

An open letter to Barack Obama calling for the US to sever military ties with Thailand and impose economic sanctions.

Royal resilience and Thai dictatorship

Chatwadee Rose Amornpat, a Thai charged with lese majeste, makes an impassioned plea for the future of her country.

ANU Thai Studies conference keynote address

Thongchai Winichakul speaks on how Thais educated abroad influence Thai academia and Asian studies.

The Thai junta’s doublespeak

Thailand's NCPO have made doublespeak a central strategy of its rule and turned it into an art of absurdity.

Democracy worship in Thailand

Simplistic arguments are in danger of neglecting the complexities of democracy and ignoring roadblocks to its ‘return’.

Rohingya crisis: nothing from nothing

Friday's summit in Bangkok achieved little. It also shows that states that can’t help others, can’t help themselves.

Rice, repression and rule by force

Thailand’s ongoing coup culture leaves a bad taste at home and abroad.

A missing boat and a missing voice

How the Rohingya have been cast adrift by all and sundry.