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October 22, 2019
Southeast Asia
Thailand’s King Consolidates Power—Stripping His Consort of Titles is Just a Tiny Fraction of His Increasing Power
Earlier this week, Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn stripped his consort of all her titles, claiming that she had been disloyal and was essentially trying to take the place of the king. He had only app…
July 9, 2013
United States
Guest Post: In Morocco, King Curbs Free Speech
Tyler McBrien is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on coerced confessions in Morocco, which was released last week,…
April 27, 2013
Global
Charles F. Bolden Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, International Cooperation at NASA
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. discusses his career and future NASA missions at the Conference on Diversity in international affairs.
May 9, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Swaziland: King Mswati Gets a Plane for Forty-fourth Birthday
The Swazi prime minister has announced that a ’development partner’ has presented King Mswati III, forty-four, with a revamped MD-87 private jet as a ’birthday present.’ One South African newspaper, …
December 12, 2011
Thailand
U.S. Citizen Sent to Jail in Thailand for Insulting the King
Joe Gordon arrives at the Bangkok Criminal Court December 8, 2011. The U.S. citizen was given 2-1/2 years in prison on Thursday for insulting the Thai monarchy, the latest in a series of draconian se…
