School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Lee Jones, Bangkok bombing blame game speaks volumes about the state of Thai politics

19 August 2015

In the wake of the Bangkok bombing which killed at least 20 people in the centre of the city, Dr Lee Jones look at four possible explanations for the attack and the accusations of blame within the country’s complex political set-up. He writes: “The dust from the explosion had barely settled before the blame game began. We still know very little about what happened and why – and the finger-pointing tells us more about Thai politics than anything else.”
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