New Mandala

John Funston, Executive Director of the National Thai studies Centre at The Australian National University, writes in Asian Analysis about the state of the “transition” to democracy in Thailand. His article – “Whither Democracy” (not “Wither Democracy”) – maintains a favourable leaning towards the democratic credentials of the coup but argues that it is “imperative [...]

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Rhett Butler - the creator of mongabay.com, a rainforest website, and author of the article that originally prompted me to pose some questions about the idea of “avoided deforestation” in the Burmese scene - has written me a short note which he is happy for me to post to New Mandala. 
He writes:
My main incentive for writing the [...]

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