My take on Thai police's conflict and corruption that mirrors broader structural rent-seeking eating away at Thai economy, politics and society: #WhatsHappeningInThailand bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My interview (25 March 2024) on the Thaksin factor in Thai politics (in English) -- youtube.com/watch?v=CBhSN5…

My interview on Thai politics (in Thai) -- youtube.com/watch?v=dXCXoz…

My take on how Thailand straddles the US-China conflict: bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My interview on Thai politics (in Thai) -- youtu.be/dXCXozA2cJA?si…

My latest interview (25 March 2024) on Thai politics: youtube.com/live/CBhSN5awB…

My take Thaksin Shinawatra's return from exile to Thai political fray: 'After seeing off the MFP threat along with its reform agenda to modernise Thailand, the establishment will be watching Mr Thaksin closely. He is already being kept on a leash...'
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My take on the politics of monetary policymaking and interest rate cuts in Thailand - excerpt: '... With low growth in the face of household debt at over 90% of GDP alongside structural constraints ...This is what Thailand's economic crisis is about....'
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My take on the Srettha government's digital wallet scheme and how it should be allowed to be implemented to bolster popular rule and electoral choices: '...If the Pheu Thai-led government is not allowed to put its policy proposals into practice....'
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My take in Nikkei Asian Review on 3-yr anniversary of Myanmar's successful military coup that has spectacularly failed to impose control and consolidate power owing to a broad resistance, particularly Myanmar's young PDF fighters:
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Myanma…
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

My take on Taiwan's 13th January election results and how there were no losers and two winners (geopolitical status quo and Asia's emerging/fragile democracies):
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…
#Taiwan

My take in Project Syndicate on Myanmar’s shifting civil war – “As autocratic leaders gain influence, if not power, in more countries than proponents of democracy care to count, Myanmar is a remarkable exception...”
project-syndicate.org/commentary/mya…
#whatshappeninginmyamar

Project Syndicate's geopolitical/geoeconomic predictions for 2024 (including from yours truly): project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ps-com…

Project Syndicate's book picks for 2023 (including from yours truly): project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ps-com…

Following the many Thai victims of the 7 October Hamas attack, the government in #Bangkok is facing increased scrutiny and pressure, writes ThitinanPongsudhirak.
ips-journal.eu/topics/foreign…

My take on Thailand's semi-democracy being a lot better than hard/soft military-authoritarian rule - excerpt: '...But for Thailand, a second-best outcome as a semi-democracy is still far better than what it had to endure under Gen Prayut...'
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My take on Japan's geostrategic dilemmas - excerpt: '...Wherever Japan used to be big and important, China has largely taken its place. Moreover, technological development is no longer on Japan's side. Unlike in the 1970s and 80s...'
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My take on the Hamas-Israel war and its implications for Thailand - excerpt: 'Hamas' brutal killings of Thai workers are totally unjustified....'
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

My interview (in Thai) on the Hamas-Israeli war and its implications for Thailand.
youtube.com/live/rEi7-NpQu…

My take on what's behind the conservatives' move against newly elected Thai government's 10,000 baht digital wallet populist policy - excerpt: #Thailand
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…