Thaksin’s Last Foreign Minister Reminisces at the FCCT

Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand. March 15, 2011. US-educated former foreign minister of Thailand and now Professor of Law and Diplomacy at UCLA, Dr Kantathi Suphamonkhon, was suppose to speak about “Thailand's Diplomacy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” Instead, he gave a self-approving anecdotal recitation of some of his actions as Thaksin’s foreign minister for about 18 months before the 2006 coup in which both Thaksin and Kantathi lost their jobs. It was a mildly entertaining evening, but one that was short of any analysis or new information. Dr. Kantathi had nothing even mildly critical of Thaksin. I got the impression that he was waiting in the wings for another job, if Thaksin regains power.

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