In quashing one political threat, the country’s conservative establishment may have created an even bigger one. A few months ago, I wrote a column here in the Diplomat predicting that Thailand’s Constitutional Court would end up ordering the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, the largest party in the country’s parliament. After several delays, the court finally… Continue reading How dense are Thailand’s reactionaries?
CEIAS is implementing a project on the relations between the EU, and in particular the Central European nations, and Southeast Asian countries. EUSEAR will explore how the EU-ASEAN collaboration can be improved and how the EU and ASEAN can jointly strengthen the regional order in Southeast Asia. Moreover, the project will analyze how the EU… Continue reading European-Southeast Asian relations: their current state and future prospect (EUSEAR)
The problem isn’t workers leaving. The problem is what’s happening to the youngsters who are replacing them. According to a recent World Bank report, the number of registered Laotian migrants in Thailand increased by 15 percent between June 2023 and February of this year. The total number, including unregistered migrants, is undoubtedly much higher. For some,… Continue reading Don’t worry too much about emigration from Laos
This is not the first time that regional opinion toward the U.S. has soured over events in the Middle East. This year’s annual State of Southeast Asia survey, from the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, quite definitively showed that America’s popularity is waning in the region. Now it is in the hands of journalists and academics to debate… Continue reading Some Southeast Asians Are Turning Against America Over Gaza. It Likely Won’t Last.
A recent survey of regional elite opinion shows a surprising lack of regional concern about the country’s ongoing conflict. The ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s annual State of Southeast Asian survey dropped last week, heady times for an overstretched columnist. Not so positive, however, if you’re busy battling a barbarous military junta and are looking around for a bit… Continue reading Southeast Asians don’t really care about the Myanmar crisis
