A People's Coup by Thailand's Minority -- Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Wall Street Journal
If Mr. Suthep fails, he will have exposed the chasm between alternate interpretations of Thailand's social contract, and further weakened the electoral base of the Democrat Party.
Never has Thai politics degenerated so quickly from uneasy accommodation to outright insurrection.
It started a month ago with broad-based opposition to an expansive amnesty legislation that would have absolved former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from convictions for corruption and abuse of power. It ended up as a civilian putsch by anti-Thaksin forces, led by the Democrat Party and its erstwhile heavyweight MP Suthep Thaugsuban.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Analysis: Saudis have few options as they push tougher foreign policy -- Angus McDowal, Reuters
The Other Arab Awakening -- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times
Billions from Beijing: Africans Divided over Chinese Presence -- Bartholomäus Grill in Bagamayo, Spiegel Online
Africa's Crumbling Center -- Thibaud Lesueur and Thierry Vircoulon, New York Times
Long-running societal divide fuels Thai conflict -- Todd Pitman, AP
The protesters confronting the Thai government are pushing the country deeper towards social conflict -- The Independent editorial
U.S., China Scoreless After One: Xi strikes out, Biden comes to the plate, score tied -- Michael Auslin, NRO
Will a Rising China Be a Responsible China? -- Frank Ching, Real Clear World
The New Head of Pakistan’s Army Holds the Country’s Most Important Job -- Bruce Riedel, Daily Beast
How Russia and EU Can Build a Greater Europe -- Sergei Markov, Moscow Times
Putin's Pyrrhic Victory in Ukraine -- Yevgeny Kiselyov, Moscow Times
Good-Bye to Germany’s Angela I, Empress of Europe - Josef Joffe, Bloomberg
Venezuela losing clout in region -- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
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