ISOC Once Again Puts Thailand’s Government Between the People and the Military

Thailand Under Fire For Brokering ‘Informal’ Meeting on Myanmar

Last week, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin made his first visit to the headquarters of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) at Ruen Ruedi Palace in Bangkok. In addition to serving as prime minister and finance minister, Srettha also serves as director of ISOC, which was set up in the 1960s as part of a … Read more

Why Thailand Should Mediate the Crisis in Myanmar

Why Thailand Should Mediate the Crisis in Myanmar

Advertisement The past two-and-a-half years have seen Myanmar enmeshed in a spiraling political crisis. Since the 2021 coup that toppled a civilian-led government under the National League for Democracy (NLD), the country has been embroiled in a civil war during which at least 3,800 civilians have been killed by the military, and another 23,000 have … Read more

Thai Military Announces Plan to Slash Generals, Streamline Forces

Thai Military Announces Plan to Slash Generals, Streamline Forces

Royal Thai Marines maneuver through a military operation on an urban terrain complex as U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly overhead during an amphibious beach landing as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Hat Yao Beach, Sattahip, Thailand, Feb. 28, 2020. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan E. Gilbert … Read more