If things go badly wrong, Thailand — one of the most successful societies in Asia and comfortable with its positive international and regional standing — could topple from its perch.
So what lessons should the other nine countries of ASEAN take from Thailand’s experience?
Crucially, Thailand demonstrates that there can be serious repercussions when democratic elections bring a changing of the guard. The government of deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the older brother of former prime minister Yingluck, which held power from 2001 until the coup of 2006, represented an uncomfortable challenge to the old order of royal, military and bureaucratic authority.
If things go badly wrong, Thailand — one of the most successful societies in Asia and comfortable with its positive international and regional standing — could topple from its perch.So what lessons should the other nine countries of ASEAN take from Thailand’s experience?Crucially, Thailand demonstrates that there can be serious repercussions when democratic elections bring a changing of the guard. The government of deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the older brother of former prime minister Yingluck, which held power from 2001 until the coup of 2006, represented an uncomfortable challenge to the old order of royal, military and bureaucratic authority.
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