Thai politics was shaken to its very core yesterday with the announcement that King Vajiralongkorn‘s elder sister Ubolratana will run for Prime Minister in the upcoming Thai general elections. At first glance, the reaction is simple: monarchy should never run for office, and this announcement would appear to be bad news for Thai democracy. But […]
Category: Asia
Elite Maneuvering, the Uighur Crisis, and Indonesian Politics
Aaron Connelly recently tweeted about a sudden increase in attention to the Uighur crisis in Indonesia. THREAD: Domestic political pressure on the Indonesian government to take action on the mass internment of Uighurs in #Xinjiang is growing, after a long period of silence from much of civil society and the press. — Aaron Connelly (@ConnellyAL) […]
