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Bangkok Governor Election 2026: What the Next Generation Expects
Bangkok votes for governor on 28 June 2026. Rather than add to the campaign noise, we asked two of our junior members to write about the city their generation actually wants: cleaner streets, working drainage, and a realistic path to a home. Their reflection, with MCG's read on how the race is likely to land.
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.