No. 52 - Thailand’s Security Sector “Deform” and “Reform” - Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat

At the national level, it addresses the following questions: First, prior to the 2014 military coup, what was the character of the country’s SSR endeavors, how effective were these, and what was the role of foreign actors in pushing for SSR? Secondly, since the 2014 coup, to what extent did the 2014–2019 junta and 2019–present military-dominated government achieve the goal of implementing its own. [...] First, what was the evolution of military security policy in the Deep South prior to 2014? Secondly, what has the policy of the ruling National Council for Peace and Order military junta toward the Deep South been since the coup of 2014? Thirdly, what are the non-state SSR actors involved in the Deep South and how has the military cooperated with them in Deep South policy? Fourthly, given the adve. [...] The fifth security reform, that of civilian Prime Minister Abhisit Vechachiwa (2008–2011), included the proclamation of a new paradigm called “Politics Leading the Military”, which would henceforth place elected civilians ahead of the military in terms of formulating policies to resolve the crisis in the Deep South. [...] The first told us the following: Since the 2014 coup, the new Ad Hoc Committee Structure for Extinguishing the Crisis in the Deep South, CSDS, has been very helpful to peace in the region because it has been very inclusive, bringing together different functional sectors, including the grassroots, NGOs, and military. [...] The first one spoke as follows: [T]he duties of the police regarding security policy in the Deep South are to protect lives, welfare and property of the people in the troubled region.