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Bertil Lintner

Essay
JUL/AUG
2009
The Battle for Thailandpremium content icon
Bertil Lintner

After widespread civil unrest, Thailand remains deeply polarized, its economy is contracting, and its king is getting older. Whatever the outcome of the present crisis, the future of Thai democracy does not look good.
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
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In the Quicksands of Somalia
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Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance
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