Charlie Thame
@charliethame.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of International Relations, Thammasat University, Bangkok.
IR, critical theory, political economy, Southeast Asia.
IR, critical theory, political economy, Southeast Asia.
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Charlie Thame
@charliethame.bsky.social
· Aug 17
The Tripartite Structure of Critical International Theory
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For those interested in critical theory / IR, my latest, OA in @internatltheory.bsky.social
Part homage to Andrew Linklater (@interpolaber.bsky.social), part statement of my approach to IR, developed through his
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For those interested in critical theory / IR, my latest, OA in @internatltheory.bsky.social
Part homage to Andrew Linklater (@interpolaber.bsky.social), part statement of my approach to IR, developed through his
La Via Campesina's statement of solidarity with Myanmar:
"Working people and peasants remain the backbone of Myanmar’s resistance ... We stand in unwavering solidarity with Myanmar’s peasants and working people — and with their Spring Revolution!"
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/m...
"Working people and peasants remain the backbone of Myanmar’s resistance ... We stand in unwavering solidarity with Myanmar’s peasants and working people — and with their Spring Revolution!"
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/m...
Myanmar: La Via Campesina in Solidarity with Peasants and Workers facing brutal repression
For over four and a half years, the junta has deliberately sabotaged local food production. Today, 16.7 million people (29% of the population) face hunger — up from 13.3 million in 2024.
viacampesina.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
La Via Campesina's statement of solidarity with Myanmar:
"Working people and peasants remain the backbone of Myanmar’s resistance ... We stand in unwavering solidarity with Myanmar’s peasants and working people — and with their Spring Revolution!"
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/m...
"Working people and peasants remain the backbone of Myanmar’s resistance ... We stand in unwavering solidarity with Myanmar’s peasants and working people — and with their Spring Revolution!"
viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/m...
"Three historical arcs shaped Sudan’s path: colonial extraction, the security-rent state, and the popular revolution."
This brilliant account of Sudan's revolution foregrounds three historical dynamics that also drive Myanmar's.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
This brilliant account of Sudan's revolution foregrounds three historical dynamics that also drive Myanmar's.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
Sudan at the Crossroads of Empire
Revolution, Counterrevolution, and the UAE’s Subimperial Ambitions
abuhureirah.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Three historical arcs shaped Sudan’s path: colonial extraction, the security-rent state, and the popular revolution."
This brilliant account of Sudan's revolution foregrounds three historical dynamics that also drive Myanmar's.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
This brilliant account of Sudan's revolution foregrounds three historical dynamics that also drive Myanmar's.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
The Brazilian IR journal World Tensions has just published an open-access thematic double issue on Marxism and International Relations that includes an interview with me in English and Portuguese. 1/4
revistas.uece.br/index.php/te...
revistas.uece.br/index.php/te...
Imperialism and Subimperialism in the Great Mekong Subregion
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Tensões Mundiais dedica-se à livre e gratuita divulgação acadêmica interdisciplinar, publicando trabalhos relativos ao tema “nações e nacionalismos”.
revistas.uece.br
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Brazilian IR journal World Tensions has just published an open-access thematic double issue on Marxism and International Relations that includes an interview with me in English and Portuguese. 1/4
revistas.uece.br/index.php/te...
revistas.uece.br/index.php/te...
"Myanmar is undergoing a process of revolutionary state-building that offers a choice: back the population to reimagine the nature of the state & pursue justice, or continue down the current path that enables the junta’s destruction & undermines ASEAN."
thediplomat.com/2025/10/supp...
thediplomat.com/2025/10/supp...
Supporting Myanmar Beyond the ‘ASEAN Way’
Addressing the military’s impunity and supporting the emerging “pluralistic state,” is the only effective way forward for the bloc.
thediplomat.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Myanmar is undergoing a process of revolutionary state-building that offers a choice: back the population to reimagine the nature of the state & pursue justice, or continue down the current path that enables the junta’s destruction & undermines ASEAN."
thediplomat.com/2025/10/supp...
thediplomat.com/2025/10/supp...
Since 2022 Gen Z has organised revolutions & dethroned rulers in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Madagascar, & Peru.
Countries w/a combined pop. of 790 million people, making it the largest wave of revolt in human history.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
Countries w/a combined pop. of 790 million people, making it the largest wave of revolt in human history.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
Here’s why you should be paying attention.
foreignpolicy.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Since 2022 Gen Z has organised revolutions & dethroned rulers in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Madagascar, & Peru.
Countries w/a combined pop. of 790 million people, making it the largest wave of revolt in human history.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
Countries w/a combined pop. of 790 million people, making it the largest wave of revolt in human history.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
1/3. I wrote an article over four years ago arguing that economic corridors were an essentially extractivist paradigm that facilitate the reproduction of imperial-hierarchical relations across the international ...
theconversation.com/donald-trump...
theconversation.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy
A glossy 38-page plan for the redevelopment of Gaza envisages a futuristic mix of smart manufacturing, luxury resorts and the ‘voluntary relocation’ of Palestinians.
theconversation.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
1/3. I wrote an article over four years ago arguing that economic corridors were an essentially extractivist paradigm that facilitate the reproduction of imperial-hierarchical relations across the international ...
theconversation.com/donald-trump...
theconversation.com/donald-trump...
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21st century battle of green state capitalism vs brown climate barbarism off to a good start
2/ Chinese firms have committed $227+ billion across 461 green manufacturing projects in 54 countries since 2011 - with 88% of investment occurring just since 2022. This dwarfs the $200 billion Marshall Plan (in today's dollars).
September 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
21st century battle of green state capitalism vs brown climate barbarism off to a good start
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New article: The tripartite structure of critical international theory, by @charliethame.bsky.social, doi.org/10.1017/S175... @internatltheory.bsky.social
The tripartite structure of critical international theory | International Theory | Cambridge Core
The tripartite structure of critical international theory
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August 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New article: The tripartite structure of critical international theory, by @charliethame.bsky.social, doi.org/10.1017/S175... @internatltheory.bsky.social
The Tripartite Structure of Critical International Theory
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For those interested in critical theory / IR, my latest, OA in @internatltheory.bsky.social
Part homage to Andrew Linklater (@interpolaber.bsky.social), part statement of my approach to IR, developed through his
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For those interested in critical theory / IR, my latest, OA in @internatltheory.bsky.social
Part homage to Andrew Linklater (@interpolaber.bsky.social), part statement of my approach to IR, developed through his
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Tripartite Structure of Critical International Theory
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For those interested in critical theory / IR, my latest, OA in @internatltheory.bsky.social
Part homage to Andrew Linklater (@interpolaber.bsky.social), part statement of my approach to IR, developed through his
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For those interested in critical theory / IR, my latest, OA in @internatltheory.bsky.social
Part homage to Andrew Linklater (@interpolaber.bsky.social), part statement of my approach to IR, developed through his
"The war is about elites in Bangkok and Phnom Penh weaponizing myth to distract from corruption, inequality, and repression.
The people who pay the price are the rural poor, not the generals, oligarchs, or bureaucrats who send them to die."
jacobin.com/2025/08/thai...
The people who pay the price are the rural poor, not the generals, oligarchs, or bureaucrats who send them to die."
jacobin.com/2025/08/thai...
The Thailand-Cambodia War Was About Shoring Up Elite Power
Thailand and Cambodia shocked observers by going to war last month. The destructive border conflict doesn’t stem from an upsurge of popular nationalism: the political elites in both countries needed a...
jacobin.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"The war is about elites in Bangkok and Phnom Penh weaponizing myth to distract from corruption, inequality, and repression.
The people who pay the price are the rural poor, not the generals, oligarchs, or bureaucrats who send them to die."
jacobin.com/2025/08/thai...
The people who pay the price are the rural poor, not the generals, oligarchs, or bureaucrats who send them to die."
jacobin.com/2025/08/thai...
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
Khmer voices for peace: "Every dollar spent on weapons is a dollar stolen from the people ... Whether it’s a mother shielding her children in a Thai convenience store or an old man praying in a Cambodian pagoda, every innocent life lost is a tragedy ... we must agree on this."
Innocents Die, Nationalism Wins—At What Cost?
In the fog of war along the Cambodia–Thailand border, one truth cuts through the propaganda: more civilians are dying than soldiers. Despite claims fro...
cambodianess.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Khmer voices for peace: "Every dollar spent on weapons is a dollar stolen from the people ... Whether it’s a mother shielding her children in a Thai convenience store or an old man praying in a Cambodian pagoda, every innocent life lost is a tragedy ... we must agree on this."
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Sign says:
“Stop harming Cambodian workers. They don't know anything about this. If you want to show off how cool you are, go live at the border instead. Don't pick on people who can't fight back. That's not cool at all, you bastxrds.'"
Good stuff & brave of the driver to speak up like that.
“Stop harming Cambodian workers. They don't know anything about this. If you want to show off how cool you are, go live at the border instead. Don't pick on people who can't fight back. That's not cool at all, you bastxrds.'"
Good stuff & brave of the driver to speak up like that.
July 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sign says:
“Stop harming Cambodian workers. They don't know anything about this. If you want to show off how cool you are, go live at the border instead. Don't pick on people who can't fight back. That's not cool at all, you bastxrds.'"
Good stuff & brave of the driver to speak up like that.
“Stop harming Cambodian workers. They don't know anything about this. If you want to show off how cool you are, go live at the border instead. Don't pick on people who can't fight back. That's not cool at all, you bastxrds.'"
Good stuff & brave of the driver to speak up like that.
"In Bangkok there is a rogue military holding a civilian government hostage, in Phnom Penh a state gutted by the fever dreams of the Chicago School, both perpetrating a completely unjust and unnecessary conflict. The only losers in this war ... will be the poor of Thailand and Cambodia."
WAR.. EXPLAINER... that I wrote
Phue Thai, Khmer Rogue, Vietnamese attempts at post-genocide reconstruction, CIA fuckery, Eastern Tigers, Thai-hoteps, Bhumjaithai, Hun Sen, UN shock therapy, The Shinawatras.
Whole fucking mess.
dindeng.com/thai-cambo-w...
Phue Thai, Khmer Rogue, Vietnamese attempts at post-genocide reconstruction, CIA fuckery, Eastern Tigers, Thai-hoteps, Bhumjaithai, Hun Sen, UN shock therapy, The Shinawatras.
Whole fucking mess.
dindeng.com/thai-cambo-w...
Thai - Cambodia War - DinDeng - ดินแดง
In Bangkok there is a rogue military holding a civilian government hostage, in Phnom Penh a state gutted by the fever dreams of the Chicago School, both perpetrating a completely unjust and unnecessar...
dindeng.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"In Bangkok there is a rogue military holding a civilian government hostage, in Phnom Penh a state gutted by the fever dreams of the Chicago School, both perpetrating a completely unjust and unnecessary conflict. The only losers in this war ... will be the poor of Thailand and Cambodia."
Thai voices for peace: statement from Assembly of the Poor.
“We resist the ultra patriotism and militarism that makes states turn their back on people, while manipulating fear, hatred and loss as their political instruments.”
“We resist the ultra patriotism and militarism that makes states turn their back on people, while manipulating fear, hatred and loss as their political instruments.”
July 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Thai voices for peace: statement from Assembly of the Poor.
“We resist the ultra patriotism and militarism that makes states turn their back on people, while manipulating fear, hatred and loss as their political instruments.”
“We resist the ultra patriotism and militarism that makes states turn their back on people, while manipulating fear, hatred and loss as their political instruments.”
Wonderful interview, moving and inspiring in equal measure. Well worth your time.
for this week's Lunch with the FT, I met a humanitarian hero: war doctor David Nott www.ft.com/content/e5fa...
War zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’
The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God
www.ft.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Wonderful interview, moving and inspiring in equal measure. Well worth your time.
Interview w/Paul Chambers: academic freedom in Thailand is in crisis, administrators lack courage to protect academics from security forces. www.bbc.com/thai/article...
คุยกับ ดร.พอล แชมเบอร์ส ในวันที่มองว่าเสรีภาพทางวิชาการแย่กว่า 30 ปีก่อน - BBC News ไทย
บีบีซีไทยพูดคุยกับ ดร.พอล แชมเบอร์ส ถึงบทบาทของกองทัพ ความช่วยเหลือจากสถานทูตสหรัฐฯ และมุมมองของเขาต่อเสรีภาพทางวิชาการในไทย
www.bbc.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Interview w/Paul Chambers: academic freedom in Thailand is in crisis, administrators lack courage to protect academics from security forces. www.bbc.com/thai/article...
Exciting news: a new special collection at TU library.
150+ books on Thai & SEA history, political economy, & IR, donated by prof. Kullada Kesboonchoo-Mead. Mostly Thai language but some English too.
Full list here: bit.ly/3ZSEjqk
150+ books on Thai & SEA history, political economy, & IR, donated by prof. Kullada Kesboonchoo-Mead. Mostly Thai language but some English too.
Full list here: bit.ly/3ZSEjqk
June 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Exciting news: a new special collection at TU library.
150+ books on Thai & SEA history, political economy, & IR, donated by prof. Kullada Kesboonchoo-Mead. Mostly Thai language but some English too.
Full list here: bit.ly/3ZSEjqk
150+ books on Thai & SEA history, political economy, & IR, donated by prof. Kullada Kesboonchoo-Mead. Mostly Thai language but some English too.
Full list here: bit.ly/3ZSEjqk
Postdoc in IR/PolSci in Bangkok next year.
6-12 months including a modest stipend & visa support.
Link is a bit clumsy (seems admin must approve access) but further details here:
lnkd.in/eW_sVc5b
6-12 months including a modest stipend & visa support.
Link is a bit clumsy (seems admin must approve access) but further details here:
lnkd.in/eW_sVc5b
June 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Postdoc in IR/PolSci in Bangkok next year.
6-12 months including a modest stipend & visa support.
Link is a bit clumsy (seems admin must approve access) but further details here:
lnkd.in/eW_sVc5b
6-12 months including a modest stipend & visa support.
Link is a bit clumsy (seems admin must approve access) but further details here:
lnkd.in/eW_sVc5b
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“The revolution doesn’t end with the military being defeated…”
In our latest episode, political analyst Charlie Thame unpacks Myanmar’s Spring Revolution—not just as a fight for democracy, but as a redemptive uprising to fulfill decades of broken promises.
insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
In our latest episode, political analyst Charlie Thame unpacks Myanmar’s Spring Revolution—not just as a fight for democracy, but as a redemptive uprising to fulfill decades of broken promises.
insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
Episode #348: Spring Awakening — Insight Myanmar
A fierce push for sovereignty against military rule and global indifference
insightmyanmar.org
May 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“The revolution doesn’t end with the military being defeated…”
In our latest episode, political analyst Charlie Thame unpacks Myanmar’s Spring Revolution—not just as a fight for democracy, but as a redemptive uprising to fulfill decades of broken promises.
insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
In our latest episode, political analyst Charlie Thame unpacks Myanmar’s Spring Revolution—not just as a fight for democracy, but as a redemptive uprising to fulfill decades of broken promises.
insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...
Interesting interview w/ former UN humanitarian chief:
- international community complicit in Gaza, indifferent in Sudan
- need to rethink IO beyond UN, more open to the people, South, and better w/aid
- Syria shows war works
- met w/ "awful people" in Naypyitaw
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/g...
- international community complicit in Gaza, indifferent in Sudan
- need to rethink IO beyond UN, more open to the people, South, and better w/aid
- Syria shows war works
- met w/ "awful people" in Naypyitaw
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/g...
How to Think About Solutions in Gaza and Sudan
Former U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths on the need to talk to all sides, no matter how repugnant.
foreignpolicy.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Interesting interview w/ former UN humanitarian chief:
- international community complicit in Gaza, indifferent in Sudan
- need to rethink IO beyond UN, more open to the people, South, and better w/aid
- Syria shows war works
- met w/ "awful people" in Naypyitaw
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/g...
- international community complicit in Gaza, indifferent in Sudan
- need to rethink IO beyond UN, more open to the people, South, and better w/aid
- Syria shows war works
- met w/ "awful people" in Naypyitaw
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/g...
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The person removed is Burmese, and likely can’t be removed to Myanmar because of the ongoing military dictatorship and its war against revolutionary forces there. So they removed him to South Sudan instead
🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.
May 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The person removed is Burmese, and likely can’t be removed to Myanmar because of the ongoing military dictatorship and its war against revolutionary forces there. So they removed him to South Sudan instead
Shameful by UK gov. Kyaw Zwar Minn stated in 2022 that he would leave the house when ASSK was released or the UK recognised the NUG; that he would only hand over the house "to the legitimate, elected government of Myanmar, not to the military". Good on him.
www.reuters.com/world/uk-cha...
www.reuters.com/world/uk-cha...
UK charges exiled Myanmar ambassador with trespassing at diplomatic residence
British police charged Myanmar's former ambassador to the United Kingdom with trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London that he has refused to leave since being ousted for opposing Myanmar's 2021 military coup.
www.reuters.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Shameful by UK gov. Kyaw Zwar Minn stated in 2022 that he would leave the house when ASSK was released or the UK recognised the NUG; that he would only hand over the house "to the legitimate, elected government of Myanmar, not to the military". Good on him.
www.reuters.com/world/uk-cha...
www.reuters.com/world/uk-cha...
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US academics are now mobilizing to support Paul Chambers! The American Political Science Association sent a strong letter to Sec of State Rubio, US Congress, & Thai gov't to demand that #Thailand drop all criminal charges against Chambers. Full text of letter here: apsanet.org/wp-content/u...
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
US academics are now mobilizing to support Paul Chambers! The American Political Science Association sent a strong letter to Sec of State Rubio, US Congress, & Thai gov't to demand that #Thailand drop all criminal charges against Chambers. Full text of letter here: apsanet.org/wp-content/u...