When the 19 September 2006 coup happened, Ford Ruangprapaijitseree was in elementary school, and at the time, the coup only meant that he got a day off from school. He writes now that the coup not only revealed how normalised military intervention had become but also set the stage for institutions deliberately designed to weaken civilian authority over the armed forces. Changing this design is now one of Thailand’s most urgent democratic tasks.

<p>Video clip of Chulalongkorn University lecturer Siripan Nogsuan's presentaion as part of 'Democracy and Crisis in Thailand' conference, organized by McGill University and Thailand Democracy Watch (TDW), Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University on 9 March.</p>

<p>Video clip of&nbsp; Kyoto University lecturer Yoshifumi Tamada's presentaion as part of 'Democracy and Crisis in Thailand' conference, organized by McGill University and Thailand Democracy Watch (TDW), Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University on 9 March.</p>