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Thai Foreign Policy Under Review: Good Relations, Limited Leverage
Scholars at Chulalongkorn University assessed Thailand's relations with the US, China, the EU, and Japan, and found the bargaining power missing.
The Supplier Base, Not the Border: What Thailand Is Actually Deciding About Japan
Japan has asked Thailand to review car tariffs under JTEPA, and the Prime Minister has ordered a tax review to retain Japanese production. Meanwhile Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Mazda have committed fresh billions. On what the money is actually telling us.
Calibrated Re-engagement: ASEAN's Benchmark Problem and the Road to 2028
Thailand has given its Myanmar policy a name, calibrated re-engagement, and a set of benchmarks to go with it. Its own foreign minister has since confirmed that no commitment was secured. MCG examines the framework ASEAN is quietly building in place of the Five-Point Consensus, why the bloc remains divided over it, and what the road to Thailand's 2028 chairmanship means for business across the border.
Thailand's Land Bridge and the Moving Map It Must Account For
Thailand is reviewing its nearly trillion-baht plan to bypass the Strait of Malacca. We weigh the Land Bridge against the chokepoint data, energy forecasts, port competition, and geopolitics that have shifted since the original 2024 study, and ask which version of the idea still holds up before the 90-day review reports.
Concrete Is Not Connectivity: What Thailand's Aviation Build-Out Actually Decides
Thailand is building its most ambitious airport expansion in a generation. But its future as an aviation hub will be decided in the institutional layer: its carriers, its MRO and cargo ecosystem, and the partnerships now forming in Paris, not in terminal capacity. A strategic read for 2026.
Thailand's Anti-Corruption Push and the OECD Clock: Reading the JSCCIB May 2026 Survey
Thailand's private sector named ten state agencies in its first agency-level bribery survey. The Prime Minister called the problem a "stigma." With OECD accession approaching and the Corruption Perceptions Index at its lowest in 19 years, a strategic reading of who is setting the anti-corruption agenda — and what reform will actually look like.
Thailand's Land Bridge: The Trillion-Baht Question Returns
Three feasibility studies that disagree. Sixty-seven per cent public support that admits limited understanding. An SEC Bill with eighteen statutory exemptions. A pipeline pivot now folded into the cabinet brief. A strategic reading of Thailand's Land Bridge as the Anutin government begins its 90-day review.