Thailand

Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul have analysed the stunning rise and fall of this party in their co-authored book.

Large COVID outbreaks in prisons are only a part of a bigger problem in terms of the state overlooking the welfare of prisoners.

Anti-union discrimination supported by the state, fragmentation of Thai enterprises, and a paternalistic regime all contribute to low levels of unionisation.

Resistance in Ubon Ratchathani has historically endured repression and recently pandemic

The subjects of the drawings are "always conscious of being different and an outsider, a target of racial vilification, a slave."

Dr Nattapoll's case is part of a broader pattern of SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) cases.

The re-establishment of the First Fleet holds significant implications for Thailand’s small navy.

On the displacement of the traditional communities and vendors who reside on land owned by Thailand's oldest university.

The People’s Party 2020 is redefining the nation by withdrawing the condition of "Thainess".

"The protesting monks question the Sangha Council’s silence toward radical right-wing monks but relentless effort to suppress democratically minded ones."

The rising wave of peaceful protests in Thailand has reached a critical juncture where the state’s response will determine whether another event of mass bloodshed is written into Thai history.

Pro-democracy groups have taken to the streets in the past, only to see agents provocateurs and royalist reactionaries mobilised to generate confrontation and violence.

Monarchy network data revealed through Yoshinori Nishizaki’s research explains one of the pivotal moments in modern Thai history, writes Craig Reynolds.

In the wake of the annual military reshuffle, the dominant faction in the Royal Thai Navy is facing a juncture due to two recent corruption scandals.

Constitutional rot can eventually lead to a full-blown crisis where no one obeys the highest laws of the land, descending into a perfect chaos.

Associations and the polyvocality of social media can bring to fore diverse meanings of being in the diaspora

The palace is working to fill leading army positions with its own faction—the Red Rim Group.

Will the current push for amendments lead to a fairer and more participatory constitution?

Behind the student protests for reforms to the monarchy that are shaking the century-old foundations of Thailand's political system.

Modern techniques to block online criticism of Thailand's monarchy are paired with the familiar stirring of royalist-nationalist sentiment.

During the pandemic, “immodest” or ungrateful receiving by the poor has been strongly denounced both by the state and middle-class donors.

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The king is reviving the life of his absolutist forebears while trying to bring the military under control.

Karen-led initiatives such as "Rice for Fish" are challenging Bangkok-centric stereotypes that ethnic minorities are lazy, backwards and in need of the state's intervention.