Gwen Robinson
@robinsonbkk.bsky.social
NIkkei Asia editor-at-large, & senior fellow, Chulalongkorn University's ISIS (Thailand), former FT correspondent & past president FCCT
It’s a defining global issue of our times, but if in BKK today - International Migrants Day (Dec 18) drop by @FCCThai 4pm-5:30pm to hear experts on Thailand’s growing cross border migration dilemmas.. All welcome
Myanmar dilemmas - what IS Thailand up to? A look behind all the maneuverings around one of the strangest regional meetings on escalating crisis.. @NikkeiAsia
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December 18, 2024 at 3:43 AM
It’s a defining global issue of our times, but if in BKK today - International Migrants Day (Dec 18) drop by @FCCThai 4pm-5:30pm to hear experts on Thailand’s growing cross border migration dilemmas.. All welcome
Myanmar dilemmas - what IS Thailand up to? A look behind all the maneuverings around one of the strangest regional meetings on escalating crisis.. @NikkeiAsia
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/My...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/My...
December 17, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Myanmar dilemmas - what IS Thailand up to? A look behind all the maneuverings around one of the strangest regional meetings on escalating crisis.. @NikkeiAsia
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/My...
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/My...
Thailand’s cross-border migration dilemmas, fuelled by conflict and domestic & regional pressures - what’s going on? Come hear experts @FCCThai in BKK at 4pm on Wed Dec 18 (Int Migrants Day) update on new steps to address urgent issues - all welcome www.fccthai.com/events/462
Thailand’s dilemma: migrants, conflict and regional relations*
Of all regional countries, Thailand has been at the frontline of refugee and migrant flows from surrounding countries. This is particularly so since the February 2021 coup in Myanmar, which has displa
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December 16, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Thailand’s cross-border migration dilemmas, fuelled by conflict and domestic & regional pressures - what’s going on? Come hear experts @FCCThai in BKK at 4pm on Wed Dec 18 (Int Migrants Day) update on new steps to address urgent issues - all welcome www.fccthai.com/events/462
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The regime has now lost control of its border with Bangladesh, and long stretches with China, India and Thailand. Opposition forces are squeezing most of its remaining border crossings. It's not just embarrassing; it signals a trajectory that its neighbors can no longer deny. #Myanmar
A bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:26 AM
The regime has now lost control of its border with Bangladesh, and long stretches with China, India and Thailand. Opposition forces are squeezing most of its remaining border crossings. It's not just embarrassing; it signals a trajectory that its neighbors can no longer deny. #Myanmar
Thailand's impressive and ever-evolving food sector benefits from influx of female talent in top kitchens.. eat it to believe it...
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Thailand's female chefs reach for the stars
From noodle stalls to fine dining, women are emerging from kitchen shadows
asia.nikkei.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Thailand's impressive and ever-evolving food sector benefits from influx of female talent in top kitchens.. eat it to believe it...
asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Li...
asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Li...
If in BKK tomorrow (Monday Dec 9) don’t miss fascinating lunchtime talk @FCCThai by Sirin Phathanothai - sent in 1958 as a small child to live the house of Chinese communist party leaders and was trapped by the cultural revolution. From 1pm - all welcome.
www.fccthai.com/events/456
www.fccthai.com/events/456
The remarkable story of Sirin Phathanothai, a childhood in Communist China and insights into Sino-Thai relations
Sirin Phathanothai was the daughter of a senior advisor to Thai prime minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram during the Cold War era. At the age of eight, she was secretly sent in 1956 together with her 12-ye
www.fccthai.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Warning to brutal dictators everywhere (particularly in Burma) - if it can happen to Assad it can happen to you: the time is coming …
Not just in Syria
The lesson for Russia in Syria: things look very stable—until they don’t.
December 8, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Warning to brutal dictators everywhere (particularly in Burma) - if it can happen to Assad it can happen to you: the time is coming …
If in BKK tomorrow (Monday Dec 9) don’t miss fascinating lunchtime talk @FCCThai by Sirin Phathanothai - sent in 1958 as a small child to live the house of Chinese communist party leaders and was trapped by the cultural revolution. From 1pm - all welcome.
www.fccthai.com/events/456
www.fccthai.com/events/456
The remarkable story of Sirin Phathanothai, a childhood in Communist China and insights into Sino-Thai relations
Sirin Phathanothai was the daughter of a senior advisor to Thai prime minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram during the Cold War era. At the age of eight, she was secretly sent in 1956 together with her 12-ye
www.fccthai.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:56 AM
If in BKK tomorrow (Monday Dec 9) don’t miss fascinating lunchtime talk @FCCThai by Sirin Phathanothai - sent in 1958 as a small child to live the house of Chinese communist party leaders and was trapped by the cultural revolution. From 1pm - all welcome.
www.fccthai.com/events/456
www.fccthai.com/events/456
In SE Asia- and particularly Burma-focused - circles (& Korea), US scholar David Steinberg put Burma studies on the map, with great love and knowledge of the country& people. Always curious, he wrote papers, books & quirky vignettes even into his 90s.. RIP
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
David Steinberg, prominent expert on Myanmar, dies at 96
Dr. Steinberg often challenged U.S. policies on Myanmar, appealing for American engagement rather than sanctions.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:27 AM
In SE Asia- and particularly Burma-focused - circles (& Korea), US scholar David Steinberg put Burma studies on the map, with great love and knowledge of the country& people. Always curious, he wrote papers, books & quirky vignettes even into his 90s.. RIP
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...