GIGA Journal Family | 03/08/2025

New Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 2/2025

This special issue is about Thailand's 2023 elections. Its articles dissect the diverse factors driving the surprising results seen in the 14 May polls. Prima facie, impressively liberal outcomes were delivered, albeit ones that would later be confounded by a series of conservative manoeuvres.


  • Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Vol. 44, No. 2 (2025)

    Special Issue: Thailandʼs 2023 Election: A Liberal Moment in a Competitive Authoritarian System

    Guest Editors: Aim Sinpeng, Greg Raymond

    Original Articles

    • Aim Sinpeng, Greg Raymond: Thailandʼs 2023 Election: A Liberal Moment in a Competitive Authoritarian System

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    • Duncan McCargo: ‘Not the Same as Before’? Contested Discourses of Political Change in Thailandʼs 2023 Elections

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    • Saowanee Alexander: “Vote for who you like; fight for the right party”: A case study of voting reasons in Thailandʼs Northeast in the 2023 general elections

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    • Surachanee Sriyai, Akkaranai Kwanyou: Pathways of Persuasion: Unravelling Narrative Dynamics in Thailandʼs 2023 General Election

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    • Jacob I. Ricks, Allen Hicken: Voting for Winners and Losers in a Hybrid Regime: How Thailandʼs 2023 Election Shaped Voter Opinion

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    • Aim Sinpeng: Persisting Patronage: Challenges to Breaking Gender Barriers in Thai Elections

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    • Gregory V. Raymond: Authoritarian Securitisation and Moral Panic: The Discourse and Role of the Senate in the 2023 Thai Election

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    • Pavin Chachavalpongpun: Dissent from a Distance: Rising Political Activism of Young Thai Diasporas

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