Media

I frequently provide my insights on Thai politics to different media outlets. Please see below for my past media engagement.

Media Quotations

2025

Financial Times: Thailand’s ‘cannabis king’ elected prime minister (September 5, 2025)

South China Morning Post: Make or break time for Thailand’s Shinawatra clan as Paetongtarn faces removal from office (August 29, 2025)

DW: Thailand: Is the military preparing another coup? (August 14, 2025)

BBC Thai: ผลประโยชน์ทับซ้อนทางทะเล อาจเป็นสาเหตุที่แท้จริง ที่ทำให้ทักษิณ-ฮุน เซน ขัดแย้งกันหรือไม่ (August 6, 2025)

Associated Press: What to know about the shaky truce after 5 days of combat between Thailand and Cambodia (July 30, 2025)

The Straits Times: Displaced villagers at Thai-Cambodian border hope to go home as leaders set to meet for talks (July 28, 2025)

澎湃新闻: 佩通坦被暂停泰国总理职权引发有限度动荡,军事政变可能性较低 (July 1, 2025)

The Straits Times: Inside the leaked phone call threatening to bring down Thailand’s government (June 21, 2025)

Channel News Asia: What’s next for Thailand as calls grow for PM Paetongtarn to resign? (June 20, 2025)

The Guardian: Thai PM apologises over leaked call with Hun Sen as crisis threatens to topple government (June 20, 2025)

South China Morning Post: Thai government hangs by a thread as leaked call shreds PM Paetongtarn’s credibility (June 19, 2025)

澎湃新闻: “三断”后访华:泰总理高调释放友好信号,争取高科技制造业合作 (February 7, 2025)

2024

The Guardian: Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest prime minister (August 16, 2024)

South China Morning Post: ‘Puppet of her dad’: new Thai PM Paetongtarn to remain in Thaksin’s shadow, analysts say (August 16, 2024)

澎湃新闻: 他信女儿、最年轻总理,标签之下佩通坦能否解泰国政坛困局 (August 16, 2024)

DW: What’s next after PM Srettha Thavisin’s ouster? (August 15, 2024)

Al Jazeera: ‘Big shock’: Thailand faces political upheaval as PM removed from office (August 15, 2024)

The Telegraph: Thailand’s prime minister ousted after less than a year (August 14, 2024)

South China Morning Post: Thai court dissolves election winning reform party, bans executives from politics (August 7, 2024)

The Telegraph: Thailand to give 50 million people £200 each to boost economy (July 16, 2024)

Reuters: Thailand announces new senate, replacing army-appointed lawmakers (July 10, 2024)

South China Morning Post: Thai court delays decision on Move Forward Party’s dissolution case (June 12, 2024)

Bernar News: Thais are wondering: What’s up with PM Srettha’s digital wallet scheme? (March 27, 2024)

Al Jazeera: ‘The same book over and over’: Scepticism over ruling Pheu Thai in Thailand (March 5, 2024)

มติชนสุดสัปดาห์: จาก ‘สองนคราประชาธิปไตย’ เป็นปรากฏการณ์ ‘ไข่ดาวหลายฟอง’ (January 30, 2024)

2023

South China Morning Post: Thailand accused of ‘piggybacking’ Myanmar, sidelining Asean by leading talks with junta (December 21, 2023)

New York Times: After Third Major Shooting in Four Years, Thailand Debates How to Stem Gun Violence (October 4, 2023)

New York Times: After Thais Vote to Move Forward, the Old Guard Just Shifts Its Grip (August 24, 2023)

Financial Times: Thaksin Shinawatra’s party seals ‘Faustian’ pact with Thai military (August 24, 2023)

CNBC: Srettha Thavisin elected Thailand’s new prime minister after months of political deadlock (August 22, 2023)

TaiwanPlus News: Ex-PM, Fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra Lands in Bangkok on Day of Prime Minister Vote (August 22, 2023)

China NewsWeek: 泰国新总理为何“难产”?(August 2nd, 2023)

Straits Times: After winning an election, Move Forward’s quest to lead Thailand’s government grinds to a halt (July 23, 2023)

South China Morning Post: Asia’s Russia-West balancing act on show with push for peace in Ukraine from Indonesia’s Prabowo (June 10, 2023)

South China Morning Post: What’s next for Thailand after Move Forward Party’s shock election win? (May 17, 2023)

Financial Times: Thailand’s Harvard-educated election winner challenges military’s grip on power (May 16, 2023)

DW: Thai election: Big win for opposition, but uncertainty looms (May 15, 2023)

Reuters: ‘Historic’ Thailand poll sees opposition trounce military parties (May 15, 2023)

Aljazeera: Thailand election results: Opposition trounces military parties (May 14, 2023)

The Guardian: Thailand elections: young people want radical change in a country they say is stagnating (May 12, 2023)

The Straits Times: Life stories and scare tactics: Thai parties ramp up online campaigning as election draws closer (May 11, 2023)

Bernar News: Ex-junta leader Prayuth on the hot seat in Thailand’s general election (May 11, 2023)

Foreign Policy: Can Thailand’s Opposition Prevail? (May 1, 2023)

Axios: Thailand’s election pits democrats vs. generals (April 11, 2023)

DW: Will Thailand’s upcoming elections see a political shift? (March 21, 2023)

(Earlier than 2023)

The Guardian: Anger after Thai court rules 2014 coup leader can carry on as PM (September 30, 2022)

Australian Financial Review: Thailand’s pandemic credibility goes from hero to zero (May 5, 2021)

Interviews

TV interviews, videos, and podcasts

Center for Strategic & International Studies: Thai Politics Update (October 2, 2025)

Straight Talk Southeast Asia: Changing Elite Dynamics in Thailand (May 26, 2025)

Center for Strategic & International Studies: Thailand Update (April 17, 2025)

Suthichai Live: What’s Thaksin up to? (December 16, 2024)

Channel News Asia: Mathis Lohatepanont on Thai PM Srettha being removed from office by Constitutional Court (August 14, 2024)

Suthichai Live: Srettha is out! (August 14, 2024)

Suthichai Live: ‘ทักษิณ’ จะฟื้น ‘เพื่อไทย’ ได้ไหม? (July 28, 2024)

Straight Talk Southeast Asia: Are Thailand’s Politics Stable? (July 16, 2024)

Suthichai Live: What if the Move Forward Party was dissolved? Part 2 (June 10, 2024)

Suthichai Live: What if the Move Forward Party was dissolved? (March 27, 2024)

Center for Strategic & International Studies: Understanding the Thai Elections (May 18, 2023)

Straight Talk Southeast Asia: Towards a Thai Government (July 4, 2023)