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26 Dec 2025

2025 Top 10

Anutin’s Rise and the People’s Party’s Test

Eugene Mark

By supporting the Bhumjaithai minority government, the People’s Party has embarked on a political gambit: working with the party’s erstwhile enemy in exchange for some degree of reform in the medium term.

23 Dec 2025

Thailand’s Deterrence Failure Against Cambodia: A Focus on Structural Hindrances

Tita Sanglee

The border confrontation between Thailand and Cambodia stems from the former's failure to deter the latter. There is a resolve gap on the part of the Thai elite; in addition, the lack of resolve stems from structural pressures such as the imperative of a limited war and Thailand's long borders. Changing these entrenched structures will be difficult, if not impossible.

Cambodia-Thailand Relations Thai Politics Thailand

23 Dec 2025

Court Ruling Against Former PM Will Haunt Thailand’s Cambodia Policy

Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi

The Constitutional Court’s ruling against a former Thai premier will constrain how conciliatory the kingdom will be in times of conflict.

Cambodia-Thailand Relations Thai Elections Thai Politics Thailand

15 Dec 2025

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.

Thai Elections Thai Politics Thailand

5 Dec 2025

A Double Blow to Thaksin Signals the End of His Political Dynasty

Termsak Chalermpalanupap

Luck and influence may have run out for the man who lobbed himself, his family, and his associates into the Thai premiership for a quarter of a century.

Thai Politics Thailand

28 Nov 2025

Competition among Thailand’s Three Largest Parties Deepens the Country’s Political Uncertainties

Termsak Chalermpalanupap

People’s Party, Pheu Thai, and Bhumjaithai, Thailand’s three largest parties, have been intensifying their competition in preparation for an early general election. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his Bhumjaithai Party have the best chance of winning political advantage and gaining more popularity.

Thai Elections Thai Politics Thailand

21 Nov 2025

Thailand’s Police in 2025: Politicised Reshuffle and Endemic Corruption

Paul Chambers

The recent reshuffle of the top echelons of the Royal Thai Police was supposed to be clean and professional. The reshuffle and concurrent reforms, however, have done little to eradicate malfeasance and partisanship in the force.

Thai Politics Thailand

10 Nov 2025

Unfinished Business: Why Thailand’s Tariff Talks Are a Diplomatic Test

Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi

The Thai government is focused on dealing with the repercussions of the US tariffs on the country. It needs to craft a broader foreign policy narrative.

Tariffs Thai Economy Thai Politics Thailand U.S. U.S.-Thailand Relations

4 Nov 2025

Abhisit’s Clean Politics Faces Formidable Odds in Thailand’s Cut-Throat Political Arena

Termsak Chalermpalanupap

Former PM Abhisit’s “clean politics” stance may complicate his Democrat Party’s ability to recruit experienced candidates for the upcoming Thai election and prospects of joining a coalition government.

Thai Elections Thai Politics Thailand

27 Oct 2025

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.

Thai Politics Thailand