Thaksin Shinawatara

The final results of the March election give no party an absolute majority and suggest that political divisions will remain if not intensify.

Failure by the government to keep to the recently announced date could lead to political instability.

Impatience is growing after multiple delays.

Polls are once again set to be postponed, delaying the country’s return to civilian, democratic rule.

New rounds of confrontation seem more likely than long-term reconciliation.

The former Thai prime minister faces a potential jail term over a bungled rice scheme.

In abandoning its democratic ideals, the country risks a return to a pre-modern era.

By ignoring the democratic regression, Washington is sending dangerous signals to the rest of the region.

A new report underscores the worsening political situation in Thailand.

The junta appears intent on forestalling the Thaksins’ return to political power.

The nation remains as divided as ever over the fallout from the Shinawatras’ controversial rice subsidies.