by Dean Weeden | Apr 6, 2019 | Boston University
Many observers were looking toward the Thailand elections in late March as a sign of changing times; the country has been governed by a military junta for the past five years. However, as the anticipation built up prior to the election, questions began to surface over...
by Steven Noyes | Dec 10, 2018 | University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Exploring the concept of the promissory coup as it relates to the traditional coup d’etat. The general global decline in coups d’état, while a positive facet of the ever-changing world, has created inits wake a new kind of non-democratic...
by MEAGAN E ABBEY | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Will Thailand’s Dream of Political Stability Come True? In 1932, Thailand was finally released from the grasp of an absolute monarchy. Once freed from the reigns of the monarchy , Thailand formed a parliamentary system government, modeled after the UK, also...
by Lam Chi Tun | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
On the 10th of February, around 400 protestors gathered near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok to protest against the military junta currently ruling Thailand. They called on the military rulers to fulfill their promise of holding democratic elections in November this...
