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Tom Felix Joehnk

@tfexj

2 months

The last hours of South Asia’s longest serving prime minister as reported by @AFP ’s Bangladesh Bureau Chief.

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Tom Felix Joehnk

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I covered Bangladesh and Hasina for the @TheEconomist for fifteen years. This is perhaps the most awful and fateful decision I have seen her take. #Bangladesh

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Will #Bangladesh ’s Gen Z make the cover of the @TheEconomist this week? (It would be first Bangladesh cover since the country’s independence in 1971)

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Student protestors are now apparently inside the Prime Minister’s Office (Gono Bhaban) in Dhaka #Bangladesh

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Extreme centralization is politically divisive and bad economics. In the words of someone outside Bangkok: “The Thai budget is an ice cream cone; when it reaches us the ice cream is gone”.

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Sources in Dhaka say Hasina is out; military is stepping in. #Bangladesh

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No sign that Bangladesh Army has even the semblance of control at this point. A correspondent in Dhaka: 18 people reported dead in a hotel owned by an Awami League loyalist after it was set on fire.

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One of Bangladesh’s most shrewd observers, @ZafarSobhan , once told me: “Never underestimate the Awami League’s capacity to shoot itself in the foot.” What wasn’t clear to me at the time was that, in the end, this would occur by shooting dead young Bangladeshis. #Bangladesh

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The speed at which things are moving in #Bangladesh is truly extraordinary: The country’s president has ordered the release of jailed ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia. #Bangladesh

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For coverage of the ongoing political—and emerging economic—crisis in #Bangladesh , follow @NetraNews .

Netra News

@NetraNews

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INVESTIGATION — Bangladesh’s prime minister appointed Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel to negotiate with the protesting students, but the education minister — responsible for the well-being of the nation’s students — was part of the problem.

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Good summary here. Thailand's real crisis is the economy

Thailand's real crisis is the economy

Political grievances peripheral to economic damage being wrought by COVID-19

asia.nikkei.com

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„This moment is unlike any in recent Thai history“. @mattzwheeler and I on #WhatisHappeninginThailand in today’s New York Times.

Opinion | ‘You Have Awakened a Sleeping Giant’ (Published 2020)

A new generation of activists in Thailand is moving away from coded criticism of the military and the monarchy, and publicly calling for wholesale democratic reform.

www.nytimes.com

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You hear a lot about how the Thai economy — one of Asia’s most open — has miraculously turned the corner despite zero tourists and collapsing trade. Well it hasn’t. Imports fell 26% in July. #WhatsHappeningToTheThaiEcoomy

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It’s probably hard to overstate the magnitude of the power void in #Bangladesh following the Gen Z revolution & today’s military takeover: No political party with the capacity to govern, a military that seems reluctant to run the country, and no clear path to an election.

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Interesting (& sobering) @Asia_Foundation survey of Thai economic conditions: * Some 70% of SMEs make 1/2 or less of their pre-Covid-19 revenue. * > 84% of Thais with only primary education have seen income fall by an average of 63%. More here:

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Incredible picture. The hands. @ThaiEnquirer

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Cash isn’t king. ⁦

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Today in #Bangladesh : Hasina chased into exile, military takes over, former PM Zia ordered released from jail, thousands to be freed, countless deaths in violence and reprisals across the country.

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The Second Wave: Thailand’s Economic Struggle

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What autocracies do with their foes*. • Bangladesh: jail them • Myanmar: lock them away • Thailand: exile them • Laos: ban them to begin with * Cambodia: put them on trial * Vietnam: ban them in the first place *select countries along the arc between India & Indonesia

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Great piece by @kenlwrites , who is perhaps the most insightful political columnist on Thailand. via @ThaiEnquirer @kenlwrites

Opinion: Defending communism is a counterproductive conversation - Thai Enquirer Current Affairs...

Latest Thailand English Online News Opinion: Defending communism is a counterproductive conversation Current Affairs Main - Thai Enquirer %

www.thaienquirer.com

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3 years

Not an atypical Thai public policy response: First, delay and utter confusion, then a sense of direction and near-German efficiency.

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@shashj 90 people yesterday; hundreds since the start in early July.

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Good morning, Berlin.

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@TostevinM Already standard.

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My brief take on an astonishing work of engineering. ⁦ @TheEconomist ⁩

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@NabilaEUspox @CWhiteleyEU There must be ways to express deep concern more convincingly.

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@BangkokDi @mpeer Not official until @RichardBarrow tweets about it.

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Factoid: In January 1973, Dr. Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, arrived in Bangkok to discuss whether it would be possible to cut a canal across the Kra Isthmus in southern Thailand by means of nuclear excavation. The New York Times

Teller Consults Thais On Nuclear‐Dug Canal (Published 1973)

Dr E Teller arrives in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan 13 to discuss with officials $500,000, 6-mo survey on whether AEC project 'Plowshare,' program to develop peaceful uses for nuclear explosives, could...

www.nytimes.com

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@mpeer Wow. That’s high, especially given that prices for many goods and services are capped or kept low through administrative measures.

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I know of no better attempt to capture #WhatsHappeninglnThailand . H/t @messmerlukas

The future of Thailand hangs in the balance

When General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his allies seized power in 2014, they promised to bring about national reconciliation, but the divisions in society have become worse. They promised to combat...

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“Certain conditions, however, can mire people in fantasy; one is mental illness and another is monarchy.”

The Cousins Who Ruled 19th-Century Europe, Miserably (Published 2023)

“Empty Theatre,” a novel by Jac Jemc, reimagines the lives of two eccentric royals, King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

www.nytimes.com

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@tfexj

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@a_nnaschneider “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.” Eleanor Roosevelt

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Worth noting that these findings are from the lockdown era (survey data from May-Jun), published with a 2-3 month delay. Next survey (Aug-Sep) should be more telling.

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From The Economist Espresso: Island isolation: Bangladesh’s refugee crisis

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Ich halte ‘what-about-my-freedom-to-kill-you'-Liberalismus für falsch.

Frank Schäffler

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Ich halte eine allgemeine Impfpflicht für falsch.

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King Ludwig II of #Bavaria once ordered his barber to sack his foreign minister.

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@NetraNews Keep up the good reporting.

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My bit from earlier thIs week on Thailand’s (permanent?) state of emergency ⁦ @TheEconomist ⁩

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The future is here. PWC “will allow all its 40,000 U.S. client services employees to work virtually and live anywhere they want in perpetuity”….

EXCLUSIVE PwC offers U.S. employees full-time remote work

Accounting and consulting firm PwC told Reuters on Thursday it will allow all its 40,000 U.S. client services employees to work virtually and live anywhere they want in perpetuity, making it one of...

www.reuters.com

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Who is going to rule #Bangladesh in the next couple of years?

Sheikh Hasina

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The Sunday Times reports all but one of 12 lavatory areas in the British Parliament that were tested showed traces of cocaine…

Parliament drug use claims to be raised with police this week

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle says allegations of cocaine taking are "deeply concerning".

www.bbc.com

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state of play #thailand

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My latest quick read for @TheEconomist :

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@Birdyword Humans are creatures of habit. After two years in the living room, Bali probably feels too bold.

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@spignal Do one thing, @spignal : keep up the good work.

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Thailand gears up for an unfair election |

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@PhilippRotmann Looking forward to reading the blog.

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Folgen des Krieges: Selenskyj: Bereits mehr als 30.000 getötete russische Soldaten

Ukraine-Krieg: Ukraine spricht von 32.000 toten russischen Soldaten

Schwere Kämpfe um die ukrainische Großstadt Sewerodonezk dauern an. Präsident Selenskyj wirbt abermals für EU-Beitritt seines Landes. Bundeskanzler Scholz reist offenbar noch im Juni nach Kiew. Die...

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Daily chart – Coups are less common than they were a half-century ago

Coups are less common than they were a half-century ago

But a greater share of today’s putsches have undesirable long-term consequences

www.economist.com

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Peace in the Maldives and war in Ukraine in one place. @BBCWorld

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Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill slashes hospitalisation risk, trial shows

Pharmaceutical group says results of study on Paxlovid ‘a real game-changer’ in fight against pandemic

www.ft.com

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@jagodamarinic Richtig. Genau gesagt 3% der globalen Wirtschaftsleistung.

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@warrings @meddynyt @CDU @AP Na, da hat sich ja ein storm in a teacup in Wohlgefallen aufgelöst.

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@baptist_simon In 1999 inflation in Russia stood at 86%. 2022: 9%? Really?

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The main social and economic consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in #Thailand is a colossal household debt crisis.

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@pauldrisley Seven rounds in the park 😉

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@tfexj

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A great example of why major German news outlets should publish more of their journalism in English.

DER SPIEGEL

@derspiegel

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In 1991, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl wanted to prevent the eastward expansion of NATO and Ukrainian independence, according to newly released files from the archive of the German Foreign Ministry. Was he trying to assuage Moscow?

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@mong_deb @TheOGLauraWalsh 2k

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