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Thaksin's Troubles

February 2006 | Political Risk Analysis

The political and economic backdrop to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's tenure is increasingly volatile. This represents a comprehensive reversal of fortune for a leader whose common touch had rendered his political performance largely beyond reproach in the immediate aftermath of his election victory in 2001.

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