Thailand’s supposedly beloved king was a useful tool for some of his country’s most unpleasant regimes.
- Reader in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London
The hapless finger-pointing over the blast at the Erawan shrine shows just how inept Thailand’s military regime is.
Ostensibly, the May 22 coup was just the latest instalment in Thailand’s decade-long political conflict. On one side are the forces loyal to tycoon-turned-politician Thaksin Shinawatra: some business elites…
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