2008 November 23

Scenarios for Thailand

November 23rd, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 2 Comments

Ed Cropley from Reuters has put together a useful set of scenarios for Thai politics in the coming days, weeks and months. These range from “Messy Sunday” to “PAD campaign fizzles out” to “King intervenes”. His analysis is well worth a look.

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Tags: PAD · Royal family · Thailand

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