The motivation behind the 2006 coup d’etat can be explained from various perspectives. On the one hand it was simply the military under the command of the then army chief Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin that staged the coup. On the other hand, the anti-Thaksin movement which emerged from 2005 reveals, at a deeper level, how three [...]
Nation, religion and monarchy in the fight against Thaksin
August 13th, 2008 by Ukrist Pathmanand, Guest Contributor · 15 Comments
Tags: Coup · Surayud regime · Thailand · Thaksin
Robert Kaplan on Burma and American war-fighters
August 13th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 16 Comments
Robert D. Kaplan is a journalist who loves to take on the over-the-horizon issues that are just starting to be absorbed by popular appetites. He has the connections, and the time, and the energy to chase down important stories. And he has decided that future American involvement in Burma is now one of those stories. Today [...]
Tags: Burma · Burma uprising · Than Shwe · Trans-Border Issues