US Lobbyists Meddling in Thailand a Concern For All Of Asia
Thailand-based newspaper Bangkok Post in its article, "Yingluck denies Thaksin's involvement," refers to ousted, US-backed dictator Thaksin Shinawatra, removed from power in 2006 by...
When Opposition Turns to Foreigners for Aid
An opposition lawyer might seem like a relatively insignificant piece on the grand chessboard of geopolitics, but when the guns are silent, and proxy wars are not possible, these foot soldiers of foreign interests fight Wall Street and Washington's...
The US, Thai Human Rights, and Saudi Head Choppers
The Southeast Asian nation of Thailand has found itself repeatedly in the spotlight regarding labor practices, and in particular those among its shrimp and fishing production industry where Western media sources continue to focus on the use of...
US Invites Thai Fugitive Mass Murderer to NYC
US special interests have been pursuing a decades-long regional agenda in Southeast Asia in an attempt to create a united supranational front with which to confront Beijing. Exposed first in the "Pentagon Papers" in the 1970's, it was revealed...
Bangkok's Pivot to Beijing
Despite the common misconception that Thailand is one of Southeast Asia's staunchest US allies - the steady erosion of US-Thai relations has been underway for years. Cold War concessions Thailand made to the US during the Vietnam War have ingrained the myth of Bangkok's...
Thailand Blasts: Has US Pivot to Asia Become a Brawl?
An unprecedented terror attack unfolded Monday evening in Bangkok, Thailand leaving 20 dead and over a hundred injured. No single attack of this scale has been carried out in Bangkok before, prompting fears that Thailand's enemies have raised their...
US Nominates War College Grad as Ambassador to Thailand
There are two kinds of "ambassadors" the US employs across the globe to project its unwarranted power and influence beyond its borders. One is a friendly face covert subversion and manipulation can hide behind, the other is a strong voice that...
Russia Сonsolidates its Position in Thailand
Thailand is known to Russians as an extremely popular holiday destination, which only last year was visited by 1.6 million people. During my studies in the Thai group at the Institute of Asian and African Countries, a trip to Thailand seemed a distant dream. The reason...
West's Propaganda War on Thailand's Economy Ends in Bombing
For months after the 2014 military coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra from office in Southeast Asia's nation of Thailand, the West has attempted to destabilize and undermine the military-led government that has since then...
Thailand, International Oil, and the Future of Energy
The Southeast Asian nation of Thailand is currently wrestling with a particularly contentious issue involving international oil concessions. In essence, foreign oil monopolies, particularly Western corporations including Exxon, Chevron, and British Petroleum...
Jihadists in Thailand
Thailand has a special place among a number of South-East Asian countries, threatened by the spread of the jihadist movement, where for over a half-century, separatists and radical Islamists represent a threat to its security, acting under the slogan of creating an independent...
Thailand: US Passionately Pleas for "Compromise"
Corporate-funded think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, in their magazine Foreign Affairs, recently published an article titled, "Silencing the Shinawatras." In it, author Matthew Wheeler encapsulates current US policy toward Thailand regarding the recent ousting by...