Associate Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Dr. Pavin Chachavalpongpun is associate professor at Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Japan. Pavin is the author of two books: A Plastic Nation: The Curse of Thainess in Thai-Burmese Relations and Reinventing Thailand: Thaksin and His Foreign Policy. He is also editor of Good Coup Gone Bad: Thailand's Political Developments Since Thaksin's Downfal, l, released in 2014.