Napon Jatusripitak is a Visiting Fellow and Coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He is also the Managing Director of the Bangkok-based Thailand Future Institute and Director of its Center for Politics and Geopolitics.
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Articles by Napon Jatusripitak (37)
Momentum or Mirage? Anutin’s Risky Road to Re-Election
Napon Jatusripitak
Anutin Charnvirakul’s recent dissolution of the Thai Parliament is a tactical move to preserve incumbency advantages going into elections next year. Still, he might end up with an unwieldy “grand compromise” coalition that will give him little wiggle room.
Grand Compromise or Grand Damage to Thailand’s Party System?
Napon Jatusripitak|Mathis Lohatepanont
Thailand has been caught in a series of political compromises made between strange bedfellows. If this continues, voters will become more cynical about the political system’s ability to deliver outcomes that hew to the popular mandate.
Thailand’s Left and Right: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Napon Jatusripitak
Fulcrum editor Dr William Choong speaks to Dr Napon Jatusripitak, Acting Coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, about the recent political shifts in Thai domestic politics. They examine the rise of Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of the Bhumjaithai Party (BJP), the BJP’s awkward partnership with the People’s Party (PP), and competition between the country’s political left and right.
From Deadlock to Dealmaking: Thailand’s Chaotic Search for a New Prime Minister
Napon Jatusripitak
The dismissal of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thai prime minister was predictable. The chaotic search for her replacement is not.
Ceasefire on Borrowed Time: The Fragility of Great Power Mediation in the Thai-Cambodian Dispute
Napon Jatusripitak|Tita Sanglee
The involvement of China and the US in the Thai-Cambodian dispute is useful, but it also obscures the need for both Southeast Asian neighbours to reduce the incidence of escalation on the ground.