Elite Plus Magazine : Country Portrait

MYANMAR'S THAI PIONEERS

Emerging from decades of military rule, Thailand's neighbour and AEC partner is an economic and legislative Wild West but a potentially lucrative, dynamic market

CROUCHING ELEPHANT, DANCING DRAGON

Thailand's closer ties with China are a strategic rebalancing act rather than an indication the military junta is here to stay, or that the US alliance is no longer welcome, say political experts

WEAVING A SILK ROAD THROUGH CHINA'S NEW NORMAL

New international soft-power policies are an example of Beijing's adaptation to domestic industrialization and slowing growth, potentially leading to closer financial and diplomatic ties with the AEC and greater reciprocal investment

Country Portrait

April/May 2016

THE ART AND CRAFT OF GUIDING THE CENTRAL BANK

Prasarn Trairatvorakul, recently retired governor of the Bank of Thailand, reminisces on a meaningful career.