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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Duncan McCargo is President’s Chair in Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University, and an Associate Senior Fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. CONTRIBUTORS Duncan McCargo Articles by Dun [1]

Rebranding Bhumjaithai Published Putting heavyweight technocrats in the spotlight, the Bhumjaithai Party appears to have taken a technocrat turn, away from its traditional strengths in forging political family networks in the kingdom. [2]

After a couple of false starts since its May 2014 coup, Thailand now has a draft constitution, and a referendum on adopting the text has been set for Aug. 7. [3]

Napon Jatusripitak is a Visiting Fellow and Coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. [4]

Duncan McCargo is a professor of political science and director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen. [5]

BANGKOK — Six unmarked vehicles with pitch-black windows threaded quietly through Bangkok’s northern suburbs on a recent Thursday afternoon. [6]

BANGKOK — From the day Thailand’s military coup leader seized power last month, he has promised unspecified reforms to restore stability and return to civilian rule and democracy. Yet, Gen. [7]

DUKU, Thailand — Rusnee Maeloh slept through the 30-minute gunfight that killed her husband, but her neighbors in the notoriously violent Bacho district of southern Thailand heard distant explosions and feared the worst. [8]

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[1] TH fulcrum.sg · 2025-03-05 · 85% match

Duncan McCargo

Duncan McCargo is President’s Chair in Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University, and an Associate Senior Fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. CONTRIBUTORS Duncan McCargo Articles by Dun

[2] TH fulcrum.sg · 2026-03-03 · 40% match

Rebranding Bhumjaithai

Rebranding Bhumjaithai Published Putting heavyweight technocrats in the spotlight, the Bhumjaithai Party appears to have taken a technocrat turn, away from its traditional strengths in forging political family networks in the kingdom.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-04-21 · 75% match

Duncan McCargo: Thailand's constitutional referendum is not a slam-dunk

After a couple of false starts since its May 2014 coup, Thailand now has a draft constitution, and a referendum on adopting the text has been set for Aug. 7.

[4] TH fulcrum.sg · 2022-09-16 · 75% match

Napon Jatusripitak

Napon Jatusripitak is a Visiting Fellow and Coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-05-16 · 71% match

Thai public's rejection of rule by generals must be respected

Duncan McCargo is a professor of political science and director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-01-30 · 40% match

Thailand Braces for Violence as PM Yingluck’s Charm Runs Out

BANGKOK — Six unmarked vehicles with pitch-black windows threaded quietly through Bangkok’s northern suburbs on a recent Thursday afternoon.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-06-17 · 40% match

Thai Coup Leaders’ Goal: Democracy on Their Terms

BANGKOK — From the day Thailand’s military coup leader seized power last month, he has promised unspecified reforms to restore stability and return to civilian rule and democracy. Yet, Gen.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-03-25 · 40% match

Little Optimism for Breakthrough in Thailand’s Forgotten Jihad

DUKU, Thailand — Rusnee Maeloh slept through the 30-minute gunfight that killed her husband, but her neighbors in the notoriously violent Bacho district of southern Thailand heard distant explosions and feared the worst.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-20 · 40% match

Thanathorn: the rise and fall of a Thai political icon

Eager to see the Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit in action, I headed to Thammasat University's ThaPrachan campus on the Chao Phraya River on 17 March 2019, just a week before the general election.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-06-08 · 40% match

Local poll leaves Hun Sen looking vulnerable in 2018 election

The preliminary results of Cambodia's June 4 local elections for its commune councils offer ambiguous signals for an all-important general election scheduled for July 2018.

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