Thitinan Pongsudhirak is professor at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies in Bangkok.
Several political missteps put Bangkok in troubled waters
Shopkeepers prepare frozen seafood at a wholesale market in Pathumthani province, on April 8, following a tariff rate of 36% imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, making Thailand one of six countries in Southeast Asia region hit by much higher-than-expected U.S. tariffs. © Reuters
Thitinan Pongsudhirak is professor at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies in Bangkok.