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It could be “so near yet so far” again for birthday boy

July 28, 2022
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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A Pheu Thai “landslide” is very likely, no matter how the party-list calculation fights end. In fact, despite the Thai Raksa Chart setback and failure to win a single party-list…

Avoid creating big bomb out of monk’s case

May 20, 2022
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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The Luangpoo Saeng controversy contains two dangerous substances that shall never be mixed. The first one is monks not doing their jobs properly while the second is reporters gravely mistaking…

(Photo by Andrew Harnik)

Alarm, not reflection, greets Capitol “Riot” anniversary

January 24, 2022
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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The point is not about Joe Biden’s approval rating has hit a new low. It’s about the eventuality and unavoidability of it. No matter how hard he has possibly tried,…

US President Joe Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Cold War in greyer world

December 9, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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It used to be a black and white situation, or so it seemed, when the United States and the then Soviet Union boycotted each other’s key events for fun, when…

Biggest thing to fear is fear itself

May 20, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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A lot can go wrong if or when “Walk-in” (or whatever they call it) vaccination facilities are opened. People may scramble to receive jabs, creating potentially dangerous clusters. Untoward incidents…

Endgame. Whose endgame?

May 13, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Intensifying vaccination drama in Thailand is taking place against an intriguing international backdrop featuring an apparent race between the West on one side and a Chinese-Russian alliance on the other…

Uncertainties with opportunism, despair and risk-taking in full swing

May 5, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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The prime minister is taking a big gamble with his future, something intertwined with the national course. The opposition has proposed an ironic and controversial way to handle COVID-19. The…

A child wearing a protective facemask runs on a sidewalk marked for social distancing in front of a Buddhist shrine in central Bangkok. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

Maybe it’s better if we do nothing at all

April 28, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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It goes without saying that “Doing nothing” does not include wearing face masks, hand washing, and some exercise. The time has come once again for Thais to “de-group”, “de-party”, “de-politicize”,…

A statue of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi at Marina Beach in Chennai, India. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

How the world has changed since Gandhi

April 21, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Human beings’ “fights for freedom” have come a long way since the man loved and idolized by so many all across the world and considered a symbol of peaceful resistance…

What is Jatuporn up to?

April 1, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Among top Thai political activists, Jatuporn Prompan is probably the most unpredictable. Wild speculation, therefore, has greeted his surprising plan to lead a separate street protest against the prime minister. Whatever…

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