My piece on how Thailand’s grand compromise is cracking under pressure is the lead article in the East Asia Forum this week.
Thailand’s uneasy post-election alliance between the Pheu Thai Party and the conservative establishment is under growing strain due to continuing legal pressure on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and factional tensions with the Bhumjaithai Party. Mounting scrutiny on the ‘grand compromise’ — combined with economic stagnation and a resurgent opposition — is pressurising the government’s tightrope walk to the next election.
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