BGA Senior Adviser Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak wrote an update on Thailand's Senate election scandal. Context Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has delivered a politically consequential but carefully bounded decision in the long-running controversy over alleged manipulation of the country’s 2024 Senate selection. For investors and multinationals, the immediate takeaway is reassuring. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his Bhumjaithai Party-led coalition government face no direct threat from … Continue Reading
BGA Senior Adviser Amb. Ajay Bisaria argues that the G7 has already evolved into a de facto D10, with India, Australia and Korea now central to the world’s leading democratic coalition. He explores why formally recognizing this shift could strengthen democratic cooperation and elevate India’s role in a rapidly changing multipolar order.
(September 11, 2026)
BGA Senior Adviser Amb. Scot Marciel argues that Myanmar’s military government is using renewed diplomacy to bolster its legitimacy, but lingering sanctions and skepticism from Western governments will continue to constrain its reintegration.
(September 10, 2026)
Ray Powell and Jim Carouso speak with David Capie, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, on shifting Pacific attitudes toward the United States and…
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Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak
