27 mars 2023
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Maurice Compagnon, « Thaïlande », Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine, ID : 10.4000/books.irasec.6908
2022 in Thailand has been a year of political crumbling of the governing coalition, in power since 2019, partly due to rivalry between General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, and General Prawit, deputy Prime Minister, which could pave the way for a victory of the Pheu Thai party in the 2023 elections. In the diplomatic field, Thailand as maintained a prudent neutrality in a context of war (Russia-Ukraine) and tensions (China-US), and has successfully organized the APEC meetings. On the economic front, Thailand has returned to growth, despite a very disappointing end to the year. It marked the year with a key political and economic measure, the decriminalization of cannabis. This measure is expected to enhance health care industry as well as tourism.