Yingluck Shinawatra and The Future of Thai Politics
VIEW EVENT DETAILSOn July 3rd, the elections in Thailand resulted in Yingluck Shinawatra and her Phua Thai party winning a landslide victory, and Ms. Shinawatra is now poised to become her country's first female prime minister. However, many questions remain as to how she will lead her country and what the role of her elder brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured, left, with Ms. Shinawatra), will be.
Please join Catharin Dalpino, Professor of International Relations at Simmons College and Visiting Scholar in Southeast Asian Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Karl Jackson, director of Asian Studies and Southeast Asian Studies at SAIS, for an informative discussion about the aftermath of the July 3rd elections.
Catharin Dalpino is a Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Thai Studies in the Asian Studies Program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is also Director of the Aspen Institute’s Program on Agent Orange in Vietnam, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States, where she directs a US-Europe-Southeast Asia Dialogue. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and former Brookings Institution Fellow, Professor Dalpino specializes in Southeast Asian security, international relations and domestic politics. She is the author of three books about US policy in Asia and numerous book chapters, journal articles and op eds.
Karl Jackson is the director of Asian Studies and Southeast Asian Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. He served as the national security advisor to the Vice President of the United
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Event Details
The Cinnabar Room Whittemore House, 2nd Flr. 1526 New Hampshire Ave, NW