Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Biographic Data
| ID | 313969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pavin Chachavalpongpun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pavin |
| FAMILY NAME | Chachavalpongpun |
| SIGNATURE | CHACHAVALPONGPUN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kyoto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4208-1940 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Overt Power Codification and Defensive Hyper-Personalisation: The Monarchy Strikes Back in Post-Protest Thailand
This article examines the Thai monarchy’s strategic response to the 2020 youth-led protests that called for reforms to the royal family’s place in national life. It argues that King Vajiralongkorn did not merely seek to restore the status quo but executed a profound transformation or ‘overt power codification and defensive hyper-personalisation’. This shift converted informal influence into visible, legally codified, and personally commanded auth…
Dissent from a Distance: Rising Political Activism of Young Thai Diasporas
The recent political upheavals in Thailand, including the collapse of the Future Forward Party, the ascendance of the Move Forward Party, and the youth-led protests of 2020–2021, have amplified the political activism of young overseas Thais. Motivated by perceived injustices within Thailand, a growing number of young, educated Thais have relocated abroad and engaged in political activism to expedite democratic change in their homeland. This study…
Roots of Resilience: Interests and Values in Thai Foreign Policy
This article reinterprets the Thai discourse of bamboo diplomacy. In a normative study of Thai foreign policy, bamboo diplomacy has been readily taken as a self-explanatory approach behind the resilience of Thailand's position through bending with the prevailing wind of international politics for its survival. However, the oversimplification of this view of bamboo diplomacy belittles the reality in which the making of Thai foreign policy demands …
Long Live Patriarchy! The Thai Monarchy’s Position on Gender Equality and Justice
On His Majesty's Service: Why is the Thai Foreign Ministry Royalist
In the final decade of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej reign, various state agencies lined up to defend the monarchy against political opponents. Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of those state agencies expressing its disdain for elected governments dominated by Thaksin Shinawatra whose popularity was perceived to threaten royal power and prerogative and, hence, the stability of the throne. Beginning in 2006, Thai diplomats, serving and…
Peace and Conflict Studies in Thailand: The Primacy of the State’s Narrative of Security
Peace and conflict studies in Thailand is considerably influenced by the security narrative prescribed by the state and manipulated for political purposes. The field of study consequently promotes the interests of the Thai state rather than exploring the socio-political factors that have sustained the longevity of conflicts in the first place. This outcome is most evident in the cases of violence in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand—Pa…
Kingdom of Fear: Royal Governance under Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn
This article examines royal governance under King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) for the light it sheds on Thailand's recent political development. It is argued that the existence of “fear” defines Vajiralongkorn's relationship with the people. For members of the ruling class, fear keeps them in check. Within the palace, promotion and demotion are vital for control. The Royal Gazette (Rachakitjanubeksa) has become a platform for public humiliation …
Nationhood in the Cloud: Cyber Sovereignty in Thailand
At the height of the 2020 protests, the Thai government implemented vigorous online censorship to curb public criticism of the monarchy. In doing so the government cited its obligation to safeguard Thailand’s ‘cyber sovereignty’, which is the focus of this article. I argue that this concept is constructed as a tool that can be wielded opportunistically to ensure regime security, which largely depends on the security of the throne. Notably, the Th…
Royally silenced: As students campaign against lèse-majesté laws, the Thai exile and royal critic with a Facebook group of two million followers considers their fate
Covid-19 Attacks the Regime: The Case of Thailand
The COVID-19 situation in Thailand may be less worrisome in comparison with other countries, but it would be a mistake to celebrate this as the outcome of effective state policy. On the contrary, the Thai case debunks an assertion that an authoritarian approach manages COVID-19 better. Instead, it demonstrates the failure of the government in tackling the pandemic as a result of its shortsighted top-down approach, incapable state agencies, and th…
Racial “Othering” in Thailand: Quantitative Evidence, Causes, and Consequences
This article quantitatively investigates racial “othering” in Thailand by using available World Values Survey proxies. We review racial “othering” in Thailand through inter-group threat theory. We investigate the proportion of Thais who are racially and/or ethnically prejudiced, the number of Thais who are racially and/or ethnically prejudiced compared with other countries’ citizens, whether Thais have become more racially and/or ethnically preju…
Thailand 2015: Anxiety over the royal succession in the post coup 2014
Shane Strate. The Lost Territories: Thailand’s History of National Humiliation
(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.)The Lost Territories: Thailand's History of HumiliationShane StrateHonolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015, xii+253p.The notion of the winners being the ones who write history does not always ring true in the case of Thailand. In Thai historiography, loss and humiliation have also found their way into service as a predominant ideological foundation backing up various state strategies, from the …
Neo-royalism and the Future of the Thai Monarchy
The concept of neo-royalism—being sacred, popular, and democratic—has served as a formula of success during King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s long reign. However, in the twilight of the Bhumibol era and with the obviously less able Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn waiting to succeed, this concept poses a potentially dangerous trap for the monarchy and its entire network
Preah Vihear: A Guide to the Thai-Cambodian Conflict and its Solutions
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
Thai-Cambodian Conflict: The Failure of Asean’s Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
In 2008, the Thai-Cambodian conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple was reignited after the issue became politicized by political groups in Thailand. The opposition accused the Samak Sundaravej government of aspiring to achieve its private interests in exchange for Thailand's support for Cambodia's bid to have the Preah Vihear listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Thailand, there was a belief that if Cambodia's bid was successful, the country …
The Vexing Strategic Tug-of-War over Naypyidaw: Asean's View of the Sino–Burmese Ties
This article argues that ASEAN's policy toward Myanmar has been predominantly responsive, dictated by China's activism in the region. It posits three arguments: First, that the release of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, may have been a tactical move to convince ASEAN to award it the 2014 chairmanship and thereby consolidate the legitimacy of the current regime; second, that Thein Sein's suspension of the Myitsone Dam was a strate…
Embedding Embittered History: Unending Conflicts in Thai-Cambodian Relations
This article draws on the concept of historical overhang, which essentially refers to the way in which negative historical memories both inform and influence public perceptions as well as those of policy makers. It is the manner in which perceptions drawn from historical episodes are interpreted that makes them enduring. The distortion of history and the misuse of nationalism are mainly responsible for the endurance of historical overhangs in Tha…
Competing Diplomacies: Thailand Amidst Sino-American Rivalry
Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia."- Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding DirectorInstitute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia"Now i…
The Necessity of Enemies in Thailand's Troubled Politics
Thailand's traditional elite continues to depict former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his “redshirt” supporters as the enemies of the state. This study examines how the making of “otherness” is employed to conceal the dark reality of Thai politics in which the existence of enemies legitimizes the elite's power position and interests
Unity” as a Discourse in Thailand ́s Polarized Politics
On the night of 19 September 2006, the military rolled its tanks onto the streets of Bangkok; it was Thailand's seventeenth military coup since the country abolished the absolute monarchy and adopted democracy in 1932. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, leader of the coup, rationalized the military intervention by stressing, society has become polarised as never before, with mass confrontations between supporters and opponents of the former prime mini…
Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice
Diplomacy under Siege: Thailand’s Political Crisis and the Impact on Foreign Policy
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs - Volume 31, Number 3, December 2009
India and Asean: Partners at Summit
Racial “Othering” in Thailand: Quantitative Evidence, Causes, and Consequences
This article quantitatively investigates racial “othering” in Thailand by using available World Values Survey proxies. We review racial “othering” in Thailand through inter-group threat theory. We investigate the proportion of Thais who are racially and/or ethnically prejudiced, the number of Thais who are racially and/or ethnically prejudiced compared with other countries’ citizens, whether Thais have become more racially and/or ethnically preju…
Neo-royalism and the Future of the Thai Monarchy
The concept of neo-royalism—being sacred, popular, and democratic—has served as a formula of success during King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s long reign. However, in the twilight of the Bhumibol era and with the obviously less able Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn waiting to succeed, this concept poses a potentially dangerous trap for the monarchy and its entire network
Thai-Cambodian Conflict: The Failure of Asean’s Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
In 2008, the Thai-Cambodian conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple was reignited after the issue became politicized by political groups in Thailand. The opposition accused the Samak Sundaravej government of aspiring to achieve its private interests in exchange for Thailand's support for Cambodia's bid to have the Preah Vihear listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Thailand, there was a belief that if Cambodia's bid was successful, the country …
Embedding Embittered History: Unending Conflicts in Thai-Cambodian Relations
This article draws on the concept of historical overhang, which essentially refers to the way in which negative historical memories both inform and influence public perceptions as well as those of policy makers. It is the manner in which perceptions drawn from historical episodes are interpreted that makes them enduring. The distortion of history and the misuse of nationalism are mainly responsible for the endurance of historical overhangs in Tha…
The Necessity of Enemies in Thailand's Troubled Politics
Thailand's traditional elite continues to depict former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his “redshirt” supporters as the enemies of the state. This study examines how the making of “otherness” is employed to conceal the dark reality of Thai politics in which the existence of enemies legitimizes the elite's power position and interests
Kingdom of Fear: Royal Governance under Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn
This article examines royal governance under King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) for the light it sheds on Thailand's recent political development. It is argued that the existence of “fear” defines Vajiralongkorn's relationship with the people. For members of the ruling class, fear keeps them in check. Within the palace, promotion and demotion are vital for control. The Royal Gazette (Rachakitjanubeksa) has become a platform for public humiliation …
Dissent from a Distance: Rising Political Activism of Young Thai Diasporas
The recent political upheavals in Thailand, including the collapse of the Future Forward Party, the ascendance of the Move Forward Party, and the youth-led protests of 2020–2021, have amplified the political activism of young overseas Thais. Motivated by perceived injustices within Thailand, a growing number of young, educated Thais have relocated abroad and engaged in political activism to expedite democratic change in their homeland. This study…
Roots of Resilience: Interests and Values in Thai Foreign Policy
This article reinterprets the Thai discourse of bamboo diplomacy. In a normative study of Thai foreign policy, bamboo diplomacy has been readily taken as a self-explanatory approach behind the resilience of Thailand's position through bending with the prevailing wind of international politics for its survival. However, the oversimplification of this view of bamboo diplomacy belittles the reality in which the making of Thai foreign policy demands …
Nationhood in the Cloud: Cyber Sovereignty in Thailand
At the height of the 2020 protests, the Thai government implemented vigorous online censorship to curb public criticism of the monarchy. In doing so the government cited its obligation to safeguard Thailand’s ‘cyber sovereignty’, which is the focus of this article. I argue that this concept is constructed as a tool that can be wielded opportunistically to ensure regime security, which largely depends on the security of the throne. Notably, the Th…
Diplomacy under Siege: Thailand’s Political Crisis and the Impact on Foreign Policy
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs - Volume 31, Number 3, December 2009
Diplomacy under Siege: Thailand’s Political Crisis and the Impact on Foreign Policy
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs - Volume 31, Number 3, December 2009
India and Asean: Partners at Summit
Unity” as a Discourse in Thailand ́s Polarized Politics
On the night of 19 September 2006, the military rolled its tanks onto the streets of Bangkok; it was Thailand's seventeenth military coup since the country abolished the absolute monarchy and adopted democracy in 1932. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, leader of the coup, rationalized the military intervention by stressing, society has become polarised as never before, with mass confrontations between supporters and opponents of the former prime mini…
Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice
Competing Diplomacies: Thailand Amidst Sino-American Rivalry
Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia."- Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding DirectorInstitute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia"Now i…
The Necessity of Enemies in Thailand's Troubled Politics
Thailand's traditional elite continues to depict former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his “redshirt” supporters as the enemies of the state. This study examines how the making of “otherness” is employed to conceal the dark reality of Thai politics in which the existence of enemies legitimizes the elite's power position and interests
The Vexing Strategic Tug-of-War over Naypyidaw: Asean's View of the Sino–Burmese Ties
This article argues that ASEAN's policy toward Myanmar has been predominantly responsive, dictated by China's activism in the region. It posits three arguments: First, that the release of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, may have been a tactical move to convince ASEAN to award it the 2014 chairmanship and thereby consolidate the legitimacy of the current regime; second, that Thein Sein's suspension of the Myitsone Dam was a strate…
Embedding Embittered History: Unending Conflicts in Thai-Cambodian Relations
This article draws on the concept of historical overhang, which essentially refers to the way in which negative historical memories both inform and influence public perceptions as well as those of policy makers. It is the manner in which perceptions drawn from historical episodes are interpreted that makes them enduring. The distortion of history and the misuse of nationalism are mainly responsible for the endurance of historical overhangs in Tha…
Thai-Cambodian Conflict: The Failure of Asean’s Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
In 2008, the Thai-Cambodian conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple was reignited after the issue became politicized by political groups in Thailand. The opposition accused the Samak Sundaravej government of aspiring to achieve its private interests in exchange for Thailand's support for Cambodia's bid to have the Preah Vihear listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Thailand, there was a belief that if Cambodia's bid was successful, the country …
Preah Vihear: A Guide to the Thai-Cambodian Conflict and its Solutions
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is one of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute"s flagship publications. Now in its fourth decade of publication, CSEA has succeeded in building up an international reputation as one of Southeast Asia"s premier academic journals. The aim of the peer reviewed journal is to provide subscribers with up to date and in-depth analysis of critical trends and developments in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.…
Neo-royalism and the Future of the Thai Monarchy
The concept of neo-royalism—being sacred, popular, and democratic—has served as a formula of success during King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s long reign. However, in the twilight of the Bhumibol era and with the obviously less able Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn waiting to succeed, this concept poses a potentially dangerous trap for the monarchy and its entire network
Thailand 2015: Anxiety over the royal succession in the post coup 2014
Shane Strate. The Lost Territories: Thailand’s History of National Humiliation
(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.)The Lost Territories: Thailand's History of HumiliationShane StrateHonolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015, xii+253p.The notion of the winners being the ones who write history does not always ring true in the case of Thailand. In Thai historiography, loss and humiliation have also found their way into service as a predominant ideological foundation backing up various state strategies, from the …
Racial “Othering” in Thailand: Quantitative Evidence, Causes, and Consequences
This article quantitatively investigates racial “othering” in Thailand by using available World Values Survey proxies. We review racial “othering” in Thailand through inter-group threat theory. We investigate the proportion of Thais who are racially and/or ethnically prejudiced, the number of Thais who are racially and/or ethnically prejudiced compared with other countries’ citizens, whether Thais have become more racially and/or ethnically preju…
Royally silenced: As students campaign against lèse-majesté laws, the Thai exile and royal critic with a Facebook group of two million followers considers their fate
Covid-19 Attacks the Regime: The Case of Thailand
The COVID-19 situation in Thailand may be less worrisome in comparison with other countries, but it would be a mistake to celebrate this as the outcome of effective state policy. On the contrary, the Thai case debunks an assertion that an authoritarian approach manages COVID-19 better. Instead, it demonstrates the failure of the government in tackling the pandemic as a result of its shortsighted top-down approach, incapable state agencies, and th…
Kingdom of Fear: Royal Governance under Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn
This article examines royal governance under King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) for the light it sheds on Thailand's recent political development. It is argued that the existence of “fear” defines Vajiralongkorn's relationship with the people. For members of the ruling class, fear keeps them in check. Within the palace, promotion and demotion are vital for control. The Royal Gazette (Rachakitjanubeksa) has become a platform for public humiliation …
Nationhood in the Cloud: Cyber Sovereignty in Thailand
At the height of the 2020 protests, the Thai government implemented vigorous online censorship to curb public criticism of the monarchy. In doing so the government cited its obligation to safeguard Thailand’s ‘cyber sovereignty’, which is the focus of this article. I argue that this concept is constructed as a tool that can be wielded opportunistically to ensure regime security, which largely depends on the security of the throne. Notably, the Th…
Peace and Conflict Studies in Thailand: The Primacy of the State’s Narrative of Security
Peace and conflict studies in Thailand is considerably influenced by the security narrative prescribed by the state and manipulated for political purposes. The field of study consequently promotes the interests of the Thai state rather than exploring the socio-political factors that have sustained the longevity of conflicts in the first place. This outcome is most evident in the cases of violence in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand—Pa…
Roots of Resilience: Interests and Values in Thai Foreign Policy
This article reinterprets the Thai discourse of bamboo diplomacy. In a normative study of Thai foreign policy, bamboo diplomacy has been readily taken as a self-explanatory approach behind the resilience of Thailand's position through bending with the prevailing wind of international politics for its survival. However, the oversimplification of this view of bamboo diplomacy belittles the reality in which the making of Thai foreign policy demands …
Long Live Patriarchy! The Thai Monarchy’s Position on Gender Equality and Justice
On His Majesty's Service: Why is the Thai Foreign Ministry Royalist
In the final decade of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej reign, various state agencies lined up to defend the monarchy against political opponents. Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of those state agencies expressing its disdain for elected governments dominated by Thaksin Shinawatra whose popularity was perceived to threaten royal power and prerogative and, hence, the stability of the throne. Beginning in 2006, Thai diplomats, serving and…
Dissent from a Distance: Rising Political Activism of Young Thai Diasporas
The recent political upheavals in Thailand, including the collapse of the Future Forward Party, the ascendance of the Move Forward Party, and the youth-led protests of 2020–2021, have amplified the political activism of young overseas Thais. Motivated by perceived injustices within Thailand, a growing number of young, educated Thais have relocated abroad and engaged in political activism to expedite democratic change in their homeland. This study…
Overt Power Codification and Defensive Hyper-Personalisation: The Monarchy Strikes Back in Post-Protest Thailand
This article examines the Thai monarchy’s strategic response to the 2020 youth-led protests that called for reforms to the royal family’s place in national life. It argues that King Vajiralongkorn did not merely seek to restore the status quo but executed a profound transformation or ‘overt power codification and defensive hyper-personalisation’. This shift converted informal influence into visible, legally codified, and personally commanded auth…
Political science (22 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (20 works) · Law (16 works) · Politics (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Political economy (13 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (10 works) · Economics (8 works) · Monarchy (7 works)