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History of Thailand's military junta (2017x27)

Exibido em:: Ago 09, 2017

As a country by the Gulf of Thailand and in the centre of Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand finds itself at the intersection of regional trading routes. Yet, despite its geopolitical value, the country has yet to establish a modern system of governance. Since the 1930s, Thailand underwent 19 coup attempts, of which 12 were successful. To put it into perspective, that is one coup every four years. So, to understand the country’s cycle of revolutions, we must explore the past and go over the origins of the Thai military government.