Thailand’s Post-Authoritarian Praetorianism
Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Thai-Cambodian border spat has demonstrated the Thai military’s strategic dominance in civil-military relations.

Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Thai-Cambodian border spat has demonstrated the Thai military’s strategic dominance in civil-military relations.
Iim Halimatusa’diyah|Panarat Anamwathana
Compared to young people in other Southeast Asian countries, Thai and Indonesian undergraduates are the most wary of potential military influence over their countries’ politics and their own lives.
Paul Chambers
The Thai Army’s inaugural White Paper is spurring competition among suppliers for a slice of the kingdom’s defence procurement pie.
Tita Sanglee
The appointment of the new commander-in-chief for the Royal Thai Navy appears to be unorthodox.
Paul Chambers
The thinking behind the Thai air force’s latest acquisitions reflects not just geopolitical considerations but also internal preferences of its senior ranks.
Paul Chambers
The Pheu Thai-led government has allowed defence expenditure to creep upwards despite fiscal pressures. This is a clever ploy to keep the country’s generals onside.
Paul Chambers
The US has sought to maintain its traditional line towards Thailand, emphasising democracy and human rights. But geopolitical considerations are changing Washington’s calculus.
Paul Chambers
Pheu Thai proposed reforms of the powerful Thai military are relatively modest, all the more to prevent the ignominy of suffering yet another coup.
Napon Jatusripitak|Mathis Lohatepanont
Political tensions in Thailand have escalated following a court ruling that could potentially lead to the dissolution of the Move Forward Party over charges stemming from its campaign to amend the country's lèse majesté law.
Paul Chambers
There are some grounds to be optimistic about the dialogue process in Thailand’s Deep South. But a more permanent solution is likely to be stymied by the kingdom’s powerful military.