Published on 16 Feb 2026

The Bad Bet That Sealed a Crushing Defeat for Thai Reformists

Thailand’s reformist movement suffered a major setback in the country’s latest general election, raising fresh questions about the future of progressive politics in the kingdom.

In a Bloomberg analysis of the defeat, Prof Duncan McCargo shares insights into the political miscalculations that shaped the reformists’ outcome, and what the result signals about Thailand’s evolving electoral landscape.

Read the full article here.