Duncan McCargo on Thailand’s New Political Force

In their recently published book Future Forward: The Rise and Fall of a Thai Political Party (NIAS Press, 2020), Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul examine the party’s origins, how it upended Thailand’s “red”/”yellow” political dichotomy, and its contribution to the current protest movement.

McCargo, director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen, and a longtime observer of Thai politics, spoke with The Diplomat Southeast Asia Editor Sebastian Strangio about the remarkable rise of the Future Forward Party, and the challenges facing Thailand’s new youth-led protest movement.

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