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Thai Diplomacy Has Come Full Circle
18 April 2023
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: After eight arduous years, Thai diplomacy has come full circle. With less than a month to go before …
Thai 3Rs Secret to Handling US, China
19 July 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: Recent visits by the foreign ministers of China and the US created lots of buzz among the …
Time to Strategise Thai-Philippine Ties
05 July 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: Newly elected Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai …
6 Reasons to Recalibrate Thai-US ties
28 June 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: After years of benign neglect, Thailand is seeing some earth-shaking developments from the US, with the Biden …
New Thai-Lao Strategic Impetus, Rail Connectivity
06 June 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: The Lao PDR has come a long way, from a land-locked nation to a land-linked hub. Since …
Boosting Thai-US Ties in an Age of Crisis
31 May 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: The Thailand-US alliance is still alive and well but in order to move forward, both sides have …
Behind the Scenes: Thailand's IPEF Talks
24 May 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: At the weekly cabinet meeting last week, item No.15 was one of the most important issues up …
Thailand Revamps Middle East strategy
08 February 2022
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: After 32 years of frosty relations, the dramatic normalisation of Thai-Saudi diplomatic relations have far-reaching implications for …
Thailand-UN at 75: Peace and Security
07 December 2021
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: There are a few things at which Thailand has excelled at the United Nations: Multilateralism, South-South cooperation, …
Thai Sway on Paris more than Food
23 November 2021
By Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Communications Advisor: It is almost impossible to convince the French that there are other cuisines in the whole wide world …
