David Streckfuss

David Streckfuss has worked with The Isaan Record Record since 2013. He has worked in international education for nearly three decades and, on the side, is an independent scholar who occasionally writes pieces for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Asian Nikkei Review, and Al Jazeera.
Opinion

Losing after Winning an Election

Isaan voters have a long track record of their candidates winning and then eventually losing. Northeasterners picked parties whose leaders became prime ministers in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2014. But they lost to coups (twice), court rulings (two or three times), and election annulments (twice). The overwhelming choice of Isaan voters (and the majority of voters throughout the country) now face a new challenge: an unelected Senate. Will its beloved Pheu Thai Party rise to the occasion and save democracy? Or will it take the premiership and break the pro-democratic bloc? Does it have any choice?

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Series: The new generation of Isaan rises up: Part I

The Isaan Record launches its series, “The new generation of Isaan rises up.” How does the current student movement in Thailand compare to other student movements historically? We ask the noted scholar Thongchai WInichakul to weigh in.