Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific
Author: Pongphisoot Busbarat, ANU
Thailand is celebrating a newly elected female prime minister for the first time in its history.
Yingluck Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party are forming a coalition government of 300 seats in parliament, although it may take up to a month to see the faces of new ministries and the coalition’s policies. Read more…
Author: Pongphisoot Busbarat, ANU
The 18th ASEAN Summit held in Jakarta had as its theme ‘ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations.’ But against this backdrop of hopes for increased integration, the current Thai-Cambodian dispute highlights fundamental problems among ASEAN member countries.
The conflict has developed within complex political conditions in both countries. Read more…