Duncan McCargo quoted in NYT on the death of Former Thai Premier, Prem Tinsulanonda

Former Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda of Thailand in Bangkok in 2016. As prime minister from 1980 to 1988, he often served as a proxy for the king and weathered two coup attempts.

NYSEAN's co-founder Duncan McCargo was quoted in the New York Times article titled, “ Prem Tinsulanonda, Former Thai Premier and Adviser to King, Dies at 98”.

“The king trusted Prem absolutely,” wrote the political scientist Duncan McCargo, “seeing him as an incorruptible figure who shared his soft and understated approach, but who was a skilled alliance-builder and wielder of patronage.”

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