Thai junta risks fracture as royal transition nears

Interim Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has installed his loyalists to top positions, fuelling allegations of nepotism

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  • Penetrating the system
  • Privy Council
  • Parliament
  • Praetorian guard?
  • Wooing China
  • Sources of discontent
  • Lack of accountability
  • Risk of a counter-coup
  • Prayuth's agenda
  • Targetting Thaksin
  • Managing the monarchy

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