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Thai ruling party will face tough challenges in 2025

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: THAILAND
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Thailand AP ASEAN Cambodia China Malaysia Myanmar Singapore United States

Topical: economy industry international relations politics social foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade government growth investment judicial military opposition party policy regional tourism agriculture artificial intelligence automobile banking civil war constitution data debt digital fiscal food gambling gender guerrillas legislation reform security technology treaty
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2025), "Thai ruling party will face tough challenges in 2025", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB292164

Friday, January 10, 2025

Paetongtarn became premier in August, succeeding party colleague Srettha Thavisin, whom the Constitutional Court removed from office.

The military will act against Thaksin if it believes he is closely involved in foreign policy and therefore matters of national security.
If treaty ally Washington threatens increased tariffs, Bangkok will try to bargain by offering increased US access to Thai military bases.
Higher US tariffs on China would potentially benefit Thailand by facilitating increased Thai exports to the United States.