In this paper, I study the consequences of Thailand's 2006 military coup for various
dimensions of Thailand's economy. I use the synthetic control method to construct synthetic …

In the aftermath of the 2006 and 2014 Thai coups, observers declared the resurrection of the
bureaucratic polity. Bureaucrats, though, remained influential even during the period of 1992 …

States throughout East Asia have achieved striking economic growth since the late 1980s,
but now they are confronted with the middle-income trap, which widens the income gap and …

Title: The Routledge handbook of civil-military relations/edited by Florina Cristiana Matei,
Carolyn Halladay, and Thomas C. Bruneau. Other titles: Handbook of civil military relations …

This study examines why regime survival rates vary across young democracies. The
literature offers competing claims regarding the effect of the mode of transition on the …

This dissertation takes as its focus the emergence of guardian political order–a hybrid
political system in which elected officials must contend with non-elected 'reserved domains' …

In this article, we investigate the relationship between elections and coup attempts. We
argue that elections have opposing effects on the risk of coup attempts, depending on the …

This chapter examines the tradeoff between democratic civilian control and effectiveness of
the armed forces in Thailand. It also examines Thailand's historical trajectory of civil-military …

This thesis aims to analyse the political role of Thailand's military in relation to the country's
democratic backsliding in the twenty-first century. It has long been well known that the …

The paper presents the first comprehensive analysis of all episodes of backsliding in
democratic regimes in Indo-Pacific Asia from 1950–2022. Based on the experience of this …