Thailand

Tansaorn (Wave) Junkrapor (MPP ‘26) shares how working for Thailand’s Department of Local Administration taught him that effective policy comes from listening to the people it impacts, and how he’s now focused on using data to make AI work for vulner...

Yaomin Wen (MPP '07) directs investment banking in Asia Pacific for HSBC (Hong Kong).

Over the past month, students in Thailand have been protesting against the monarchy and the military-led Thai administration and demanding more democracy. An article on the World news website says, “The monarchy seems to have taken note,” as the king...

Last Sunday Thailand held a much-anticipated election, but critics say no matter the result, the outcome will have little impact on the country’s current political turmoil. On March 22, 2019, the Friday before the election, reporter Stephen Wright of...

Robert Axelrod on "the blame game" for responding to cyber attacks In a world where cyber attacks are both increasingly common and increasingly dangerous, deciding whether and how to respond to one is an estimable challenge for policymakers. Blame...

Will Feuer (BA '19) submitted this field report from his internship with Southeast Asia Globe in Cambodia. Four hours outside of Phnom Penh the bus breaks down. It’s roughly midnight, and it’s raining, but as I stumble outside, calling a taxi and hea...

Chiang Mai wasn't Annie Maxwell's (MPP '02) first introduction to the EpiHack. As president of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, which pioneered the "epidemiology hackathon" in 2013, Maxwell had heard a good deal about them. They were multi-day events t...

John Ciorciari was quoted in the October 13 Wall Street Journal article by James Hookway: “After Thai king’s death, crown prince has a hard act to follow.” The highly-popular monarch of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died on Thursday at age 88. H...

The July 2016 edition of Security Studies features an article by John D. Ciorciari and Jessica Chen Weiss entitled, "Nationalist protests, government responses, and the risk of escalation in interstate disputes." AbstractWhile the existing literature...

By Mandira Banerjee for Global Michigan and Michigan Today As Erin Zaikis (BA ’11) lay sick with dengue fever in a Thailand hospital in 2013, she had an epiphany. She wanted to dedicate her life to helping others. Confined to her hospital bed wit...

By Mandira Banerjee Cleaning up As Erin Zaikis lay sick with dengue fever in a Thailand hospital in 2013, she had an epiphany. She wanted to dedicate her life to helping others. Confined to her hospital bed with little to do, she ran through images o...

John Ciorciari was quoted in a Time article called "Deadly Clashes as Thai-Cambodian Temple Tensions Reignite." The article discusses a new series of violent clashes that have erupted around the Preah Vihear Hindu temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site...

The Cambodian Television Network (CTN) interviewed John Ciorciari about the current border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. The dispute centers on the Preah Vihear Hindu temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the surrounding land. The temple...