chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: This evening, the Royal Thai military launched a coup against Thaksin Shinawatra’s Thai Rak Th … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: Ban Ki-moon and Surakiart Sathirathai are actively wooing Ghana right now. A special envoy of the Pr … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: Last week, we pointed out an open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Foreign Mi … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: This week, Sathirathai goes to Argentina and Peru. The same human rights group that has attacked Sat … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: The Nation, an online Thai news source, editorializes on Thaksin’s trip to Myanmar: Just last … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: In our last post, we pointed out that the Malaysian Press had suggested that Myanmar/Burma ASEAN rel … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: Surakiart Sathirathai gave an interview to Channel News Asia about his candidacy for UN Secretary G … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: GPF has a copy of the letter written by the Asian Human Rights Commission. Some excerpts. It is quit … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: Former Thai FM Surin Pitsuwan is attacking Sathirathai for silence on the Israeli killing of UN Peac … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: Well, the first straw poll has occurred. It has raised several questions and ended several questions … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: Will human rights become an issue again? According to one Thai news source, it might for Sathirathai … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: There is a quite amusing debate emerging on the candidacy of Niranjan Deva-Aditya over at UNSG. Appa … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: One of Sathirathai’s advisors at Harvard wrote a piece in today’s Boston Globe. Sathirat … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: The (very conservative) Washington Times reports that Dhanapala has been offered a job to drop out b … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: The Central Asian diplomats must be exhausted. During the week, they completed groundbreaking meetin … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: This is great stuff. Someone at the Bangkok Post does not like Sathirathai. Check out these excerpts … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: The entrance of Shashi Tharoor will have an impact on the other candidates. A quick rundown: Dhanapa … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: This is an excerpt from the transcript of Ban Ki-moon's CFR speech. First, Warren Hoge, … more →
chapter15 wrote 3 years ago: This is a reprint of a Foreign Policy article on the UNSG race. Jayantha Dhanapala Why he’ll g … more →