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The recent incursion by a Myanmar MiG-29 fighter jet into Thai airspace is par for the course in the intimate ties between the militaries of both countries.
Myanmar’s military, also known as the Tatmadaw, in fact wants to be more like its Thai counterpart. The Royal Thai Armed Forces, on the (...)
Few signboards foretell the global issues of our time better than what is addressed at the annual meetings of the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Singapore. After a pandemic-induced two-year hiatus, the most recent SLD covered the gamut on the main stage, from the United States-China geostrategic (...)
, by UNGPAKORN Giles Ji
The Thai military and Thai government deliberately used internationally banned cluster munitions in the recent conflict with Cambodia. What shame!!
The border clashes last year between Thai and Cambodian troops were part of a deliberate attempt to create a diversion from the crisis of (...)
, by Chang Noi
The government has locked itself into a stance over the Preah Vihear temple which is highly damaging to Thailand’s interests. The Democrats have bound themselves with hoops of history and hoops of politics.
First, the history. The “nationality” of the temple is complex. Treaties between Siam and (...)
There are at least four reasons why Thailand is not able to push Burma’s political development toward democracy and national reconciliation, as well as to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
First, the current government led by the Democrat Party has no record of civilian supremacy, not to (...)
, by THI Awzar
When Abhisit Vejjajiva slipped through the back door and into the prime minister’s seat in Thailand late last year, exiled democracy advocates from Burma welcomed him. Over a week after reports broke of the Thai navy forcing boatloads of people from Burma back into the ocean to die, they should (...)
, by JAGAN Larry
Thailand’s government has promised to investigate claims that the country’s military authorities abused hundreds of Rohingya by pushing them back out to sea to die. At the same time, the UN has appealed to Thai authorities to be given access to survivors of the incidents believed to be in custody (...)
, par JAGAN Larry
As a squabble over a temple erupts into a shooting war, the two sides start to see reason.
Talks between Thailand and Cambodia appear to be easing mounting tensions along their common border which erupted into fighting earlier this week as the two countries pull back from a dangerous brink. (...)
, by McCARTAN Brian
Opponents of the Samak government find a new cause in a border dispute with Cambodia
The censure debate against Thailand’s ruling Samak Sundaravej administration is increasingly focused on a red herring — the government’s support for Cambodia’s application for World Heritage status for a (...)
, by THI Awzar
Many of Burma’s democracy advocates place Thailand’s army in a favorable light when compared to their own. But as their familiarity with the abuse of military power at home vastly outweighs their knowledge of that abroad, their appraisals too are imbalanced and detrimental.
The latest cause for (...)
, by Wai Moe
The head of Burma’s military junta, Snr-Gen Than Shwe met the visiting prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, during a “goodwill” visit on Friday in the new capital, Naypyidaw, reports say.
The Thai premier is also scheduled to meet with his counterpart, Gen Thein Sein, on Friday (...)
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