New ASEAN Power Grid Agreement Must Reflect New Needs
Mirza Sadaqat Huda
It’s time to incorporate new key priorities into the pact to better address current realities of energy interconnection and serve future needs.

Mirza Sadaqat Huda
It’s time to incorporate new key priorities into the pact to better address current realities of energy interconnection and serve future needs.
Panarat Anamwathana
Many Thai undergraduates are engaged politically. While 'all politics is local', there is regional variation in undergraduate voting behaviour that suggests nuance and nous notwithstanding their youth.
Termsak Chalermpalanupap
The Paetongtarn Administration is following Thaksin Shinawatra’s advice in preparing to resume negotiations with Phnom Penh on conflicting maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand. Opponents of the Shinawatra family suspect a collusion between Thaksin and Hun Sen to speed up a deal on joint exploration.
Termsak Chalermpalanupap
Thailand’s three most significant political parties have some tough lessons to learn from the recent provincial races in preparation for the next general election. Coalition politics is likely to endure, regardless.
Archanun Kohpaiboon
There are mounting concerns that foreign medical tourism in Thailand could exacerbate a brain drain from the public healthcare sector. The overall picture is more nuanced.
Michael J. Montesano|Tita Sanglee
The logic of decentralisation is overlooked if one views provincial administration organisation (PAO) elections through the lenses of rivalries among national parties and the emphasis on ban yai.
Nyi Nyi Kyaw
The authorities of affected countries should crack down on crime at the Thailand-Myanmar border. However, they should also consider what the human cost of such policing might be for thousands of displaced and vulnerable Myanmar citizens.
Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt
China is using popular drama series to expand its soft power in Southeast Asia, and in particular, Thailand.
Paul Chambers
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has raised concerns about the health of US-Thailand relations. But some of the fears are overdone.
Panarat Anamwathana
What explains Thailand’s landmark Marriage Equality Law, which came into effect last month?