Thailand has experienced polarization for more than a decade. It has arisen out of a conflict between the different worldviews held by powerful royalist-nationalists who seek to perpetuate their power and by the millions of ordinary people who long for modernization and a more democratic society. The conflict has led to violence and several coups, the most recent of which was launched in May 2014 by the National Council for Peace and Order. Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is n...

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