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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 Fever Test: What the Energy Crisis Reveals About the Limits of Political Stability
Thailand's new government inherited a structural illness. The Iran conflict did not create the crisis — it ran the diagnostic test. Six weeks into the Bhumjaithai mandate, a 35-billion-baht Oil Fund deficit, a minister who admitted on air that GPS tracking of oil trucks was never operational, and farmers in the ruling party's own heartland saying they cannot take it anymore. MCG examines what the energy crisis of March 2026 reveals about the structural limits of Thailand's political stability — and what it means for investors in the region.