If you’re interested in Thai politics and policy, The Coffee Parliament is the newsletter for you.
A venerable tradition of societies everywhere is to gather around in a café and talk about the politics of the day — for keeping up to date, for debate, and for intellectual fulfillment. So beloved is this activity in Thailand that Thais have coined a special word for it: the sapha kafae — “coffee parliaments.”
And so it is in this spirit that The Coffee Parliament is written. Thailand lies at the heart of mainland Southeast Asia: a kingdom constantly plunged into political turmoil as power alternates between the ballot box and the barracks, an upper middle-income country seemingly eternally on the verge of making the leap to developed country status, a bamboo shifting in the wind navigating the great powers. This newsletter is intended to help you make sense of Thailand, from Bangkok and beyond.
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Latest posts
- Polling data and vibes
- In memory of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who passed away on June 11 at the age of 47.
- Also, some controversy over state welfare card plans
- The answer is: almost certainly
- A lot of activity in parliament