The latest upheavals in Thai politics might look like a victory for Thaksin Shinawatra, but they place him in a straightjacket and at the mercy of conservative forces, writes Mathis Lohatepanont.

Stability has never been a quality one would use to describe Thailand, but even by the standards of Thai politics two weeks in August proved unusually dramatic. Two court rulings gutted both the government, by removing Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office, and the opposition, by dissolving the Move Forward Party.

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