Thailand on the verge: forum at ANU, April 21 2010
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 2010-04-23

Nicholas Farrelly, Peter Jackson, Andrew Walker and Peter Warr take part in Thailand on the Verge, a forum at The Australian National University on Wednesday 21 April 2010. For more Thai politics analysis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2liXe3dIYIA

Thailand is on the verge: of crisis, of a different future, of the reconsolidation of the old order.  Borders open and then rapidly contract.  There is unending insurgency and counterinsurgency in southern Thailand.  Red and yellow shirt protestors are in the streets.  The question of royal succession looms.  Violence against migrants grows. Human rights are sliding by the wayside. Law is constantly dismembered and redefined.

The event was introduced by Professor Paul Hutchcroft and moderated by Dr Tyrell Haberkorn.

A podcast of the full forum is available at http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/podcasts/20100421_Thailand-on-the-verge.mp3

For more on Thai politics and culture: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala