Panel I: Foreign Policy 

• Thailand’s Foreign Relations with ASEAN, China, and the US - Apichai Shipper, Foreign Service Institute 

• Thailand 4.0: The Junta’s Post‐Coup Nation Branding Project - Petra Desatova, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds 

• Moderator: Amy Freedman, Columbia University and Long Island University 

Panel II: Electoral Politics 

• Thailand’s Roadmap to Democracy: Political Crisis and Political Transition - Pitch Pongsawat, Chulalongkorn University  

• Looking forward to Elections: Party Prospects and Potential Pitfalls - Allen Hicken, University of Michigan 

• Moderator:  Penchan Phoborisut, California State University‐Fullerton

Panel III: Economy and Public Policy 

• Thailand 4.0: Is The Thai Government Solving Old Problems in A New Way?" - Arwiphawee Srithongrung, Associate Professor of Public Administratio,, Wichita  State University       

• Various Understandings of ‘Thailand 4.0’: Unrevealed Conflicts - Naphon Phumma, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University 

• Moderator: Frank Munger, New York Law School  

Panel IV:  Policy Contexts 

• Charting the Cartography of the NCPO’s Media and Technology Policy on its Path  to Thailand 4.0 - Penchan Phoborisut, California State University‐Fullerton   

• Not a Deep State: Justice and Politics in Late‐Reign Thailand - Duncan McCargo, Columbia University   

• Moderator: Petra Desatova, University of Leeds 

Event Details

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Hosted by Weatherhead East Asian Institute and NYSEAN.