by Mim Rojvirasingh | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
In Thai politics, hostility is not a good look. Trump-style demagoguery of directly bashing opponents can almost never be found among political leaders in Thailand. However, that does not mean that Thai politicians and leaders embrace political differences nor does it...
by Cindy Yao | Oct 24, 2020 | University of Chicago
The National League of Democracy’s (NLD) landslide victory in Myanmar’s 2015 election seemingly marked a huge milestone for a country that had once been governed by a military junta for over five decades. This electoral victory was a culmination of a series of...
by Mim Rojvirasingh | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Though the Thai government does not necessarily hide its autocratic tendencies, it is far from willing to let go of the democratic label. On October 15th 2020, after three months of student-led protests calling for monarchy reform and his resignation, Prime Minister...
by Casey Pupek | Feb 13, 2020 | Boston University
Following the shocking mass shootingin the commercialized northeastern region of Thailand, Twitter trended with the hashtags “#ReformtheMilitary” and “#PrayuthRIP.” This public dissent for the current government reverberates the broken promises of democracy made by...
by Shihori Maeda | May 4, 2019 | Georgetown University
Thailand has the histories of repetition of coups[1] and elections or military and “democratic” regimes, since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932. The Thai general elections took place on March 24, 2019 was the first elections conducted after the coup in 2014...
