Academic:
- http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ Knowledge Wharton
- http://web.mit.edu/research/ MIT Research
- http://library.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Library
- http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ Knowledge Wharton
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/index.html UC Berkley Library
- http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/journal/general.htm UCLA East Asia Center
- http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/research/centres/ Oxford International Relations and Politics Research
- http://www.bcg.com/ Boston Consulting Group
- http://www.mckinsey.com/ McKinsey Consulting
Thai Politicians:
- Abisit Vejjajiva (icon of political opportunist)
- Anupong Paochinda (icon of politicized soldier)
- Chamlong Srimuang (icon of political survivalist)
- Prasong Soonsiri (Right wing intelligence operative)
- Prem Tinsulanond (icon of class system)
- Sondhi Limthongkul
- Thaksin Shinawatra (icon of equalizing opportunity)
- The Thai Political Crisis in Itself
Politics Basics:
- Class Struggle (wiki)
- Forms of Governments (wiki)
- Left Wing Politics (wiki)
- Modernization Struggle (wiki)
- Political Party
- Politics
- Right Wing Politics (wiki)
- Roots of Modern Politics
Thai Brain Power Centers:
- Agancy for Real Estate Affairs
- Bank of Thailand
- Board of Investment
- Department of Export Promotion
- Fiscal Policy Office
- Kasikorn Research Center
- Krung Thai Bank
- Ministry of Finance
- NESDB (LT Economic Planner)
- Public Debt Management Office
- SET Trade (English)
- State Enterprise Policy Office
- Stock Exchange of Thailand (English)
- Thai Bankers Association
- Thai Chamber of Commerce
- Thai Contractor Association
- Thai Free Trade Agreement (English)
- Thai Real Estate Association
- Thailand Developmental Research Institute (Semi-pro think tank)
- Thailand Touriam Authority
- Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce (English)
- TRIS (Thai Credit Rating)
Key Thai Academic:
- Jai Ungpakorn (icon of left wing best)
- Likit Pichitjitsomboob (Key philosopher of red shirt)
- Supachai Panichpak (Thai trade and development expert)
- Therayouth Boonmee (Former Democratic activist turns anti-democracy)
- Verapong Ramangkul (best Thai economist)
- Krisak Choonhavarn (goes global with anti-Thaksin message)
Key Thai Government Private Linkages:
- Bangkok Bank
- Bank for Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperative
- Board of Investment
- CP
- Federation of Thai Industry
- Krung Thai Bank
- PTT
- Saha Pat
- Thai Airways
- Thai Bankers Association
- Thai Chamber of Commerce
- Thai Contractor Association
- Thai Free Trade Agreement (English)
- Thai Hotel Association
- Thai Real Estate Association
- Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce (English)
- TPI
Key Thai Political Roots and Issues:
- a-Pridi Banomyong (Father of Thailand’s Democracy Movement)
- b-Puey Ungpakorn (Father of Thai Professional and Progressive Civil Servant)
- C-Chatichai Choonhavan (Father of Business before Politics politicians)
- D-Kukrit Pramoj (Father of anything goes in politics as long as it is good people)
- e-Thai Government & Politics (Father of all hell breaks loose and give me a piece of the pie)
- F-Electoral Fraud (cancer of Thai politics)
- g-Political Corruption (cancer of Thai politics)
- h-State-Corporate Crimes (cancer of Thai politics)
Key Thai Power Centers:
- American Chamber of Commerce
- Bank for Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperative
- Bank of Thailand
- Chinese Embassy
- Democrat Party
- Federation of Thai Industry
- Fiscal Policy Office
- For Thai Party
- Japanese Chamber of Commerce
- Krung Thai Bank
- Ministry of Finance
- NESDB (LT Economic Planner)
- PTT
- Red Shirt
- SET Trade (English)
- State Enterprise Policy Office
- Stock Exchange of Thailand (English)
- Thai Armed Forces Wiki
- Thai Bankers Association
- Thai Chamber of Commerce
- Thai Contractor Association
- Thai Free Trade Agreement (English)
- Thai Labor Campaign
- Thai Media
- Thailand Developmental Research Institute (Semi-pro think tank)
- Thailand Tourism Authority
- Thailand’s highly politicized legal system
- Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce (English)
- World Bank Thailand Office
- Yellow Shirt
Expat favorite Thai Blog
- 4amExpat (The real life of a real expat)
- Absolute Bangkok (Absolutely wonderful site)
- Bangkok Bugle (about media, publishing, loads of great links)
- Bangkok Crime (Exposing the Under-belly of Thailand)
- Bangkok Pundit (most popular)
- Buffalo Dung (deep thinking stuff here)
- Jot Man (Global Net Citizen)
- Naganadeeleg (As neutral as it gets)
- Newmandala (a view of SE Asia)
- Not-The nation (great humor twist on Thai news)
- Phillip (Malaysian View of Thailand)
- Rule of Lords (strong on human rights)
- Thai Crisis (cutting edge, short and crisp)
- Thai Politics by Siam Report (truly covers it all)
- Thailand Jumped the Shark (highly popular)
- Thailand Tonight (Latest Development on the region)
Globalization:
- ASEAN (wiki)
- Culture Industry (wiki)
- European Union
- Global Environment (wiki)
- Globalization (wiki)
- IMF (wiki)
- International Business (wiki)
- International Federation of Journalist (wiki)
- International Investment Analyst Association (wiki)
- International Labor Organization (wiki)
- International Political Science Association (wiki)
- International Relations (wiki)
- International Religious Liberty Association (wiki)
- Internet (wiki)
- United Nations (wiki)
- WTO (wiki)
Global Brain Power Centers:
- American Enterprise Institute
- Asia Development Bank
- Boston Consulting (First Wave Consulting)
- Cato Institute (The mix here is Liberty, Free Market, and Peace)
- Center for Democracy and Technology (Advocate Against Internet Censorship)
- Center for Democratic Institutions (Aussie Funded)
- Center for European Studies
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- CICenter (Espionage & Spy)
- Council of Foreign Relations
- G8 Info Center
- International Finance Corporation (Help rebuild countries hurt by conflict)
- International Monetary Fund (The Safety Net of Last Resort)
- McKinsey (First Wave Consulting)
- MIT Sloan School (Second wave management thought)
- NABE (lots of links to think tanks)
- National Endowment for Democracy
- Nobel Economist (with links to each winners)
- Open Society Institute
- Penn’s Wharton (Second wave business thought)
- Rand Corporation (hard-core independent think-tank)
- Strat Four (International Relations Made Fun)
- US Congress (starting-point for exploring the biggest maze in the universe)
- US Federal Reserve (where big minds makes big mistakes)
- World Bank (cheap money for “0″ standard of deviation development)
- World Economic Forum
- World Labor Organization (where labor gets its smart)
- World Trade Organization
Global Most Influential People:
- 10 Most Influential BizTech Leaders of 2008
- 100 of the History Most Influential People (with links)
- 25 Media Most Influential Liberal
- 50 Most Influential Management Guru
- Forbes Ranking of Rich People
- Most Influential Blogs (In Categories)
- Most influential people (in categories)
- The Most Influential Political Journal (with links)
- Time Man of the Year since 1927 (with links to each)
- World’s Most Influential Business Leaders
Global Developing World:
- Class Struggle
- Developing World
- Development Theories
- Exploitation
- Famine
- Freedom
- Liberty
- Micro-Credit
- Revolutionaries
Global Labor Movements:
Global Environment:
Global Historical Development:
- Age of Discovery (wiki)
- Art History (wiki)
- Asia History (wiki)
- British Empire (wiki)
- Civilization (wiki)
- Cold War History (wiki)
- Dark Ages (wiki)
- Economics Theory (wiki)
- Industrialization (wiki)
- Philosophy (wiki)
- Renaissance Age (wiki)
- Social Science Development (wiki)
- Thai History (wiki)
- US History (wiki)
Polls:
- ABAC Poll (Right wing Thai poll)
- Gallup (global poll)
- Global Voices
- Suan Dusit Poll (Thailand’s best)
Rankings:
- Country’s Risk (wiki)
- INSEAD (Developmental Knowledge & Rankings)
- International Institute for Management Development (competitive rankings)
- Moody International (credit rating)
- Standard and Poor (credit rating)
- The Economist Rankings
- Top Global Investors Opinion
- TRIS (Thai Credit Rating)
Human Rights & Democracy:
- Human Rights Watch at hrwdc@hrw.org
- Amnesty International at http://www.amnesty.org/
- Humanitarian Law Project at hlp@igc.org
- Freedom House at info@freedomhouse.org
- Asia Human Rights Commission at ahrc@ahrc.asia
- International Council of Human Rights Policy at ichrp@ichrp.org
- Center for Justice and Democracy at centerjd@centerjd.org
- American for Democratic Action at info@adaction.org
- Alliance for Freedom and Democracy in Asia http://www.asiademocracy.org/
- Nation Democratic Institute http://www.accessdemocracy.org/
- Asian Legal Resource Center at alrc@alrc.net
Individualism:
- Anti-Globalization movement
- Brookings Institute
- Classical Liberalism Wiki
- Freedom
- Liberty
- Open Europe (focus on EU policy)
- Rand Corporation
- The Independent Institute
- Voice of Reason
Political Philosophy:
- Class Struggle (wiki)
- Forms of Governments (wiki)
- Left Wing Politics (wiki)
- Modernization Struggle (wiki)
- Political Party
- Politics
- Right Wing Politics (wiki)
- Roots of Modern Politics
High Impact Media:
- Al Jazeera (Views from the Middle-East)
- Bangkok Post (smart right wing propaganda)
- BBC (Strongest pro-Democracy Media)
- Bloomberg (Up-beat stock news)
- CNN (America’s angle)
- Financial Times (The real bottom-Line)
- MCOT (Thai Gov. Official Mouth-Piece)
- New York Times (City Folks Best)
- Reuters (Planet’s most powerful media)
- South China Morning Post (Asia’s Common Ground)
- Straits Times (Cutting-edge SE Asia)
- Thai Rath (Thai political insider)
- The Economist (Simply global’s best)
- Washington Post (Power Player)
- WSJ Opinion (Money in the Bank)
Media with an Attitude
- Anti-War (Peace Train Home)
- Asia Sentinal (Extreme Directness)
- CATO (Mixing individualism, free market and peace)
- IFEE (Big bang for press freedom)
- Matichon (where intellectual fight it out in Thailand)
- Nation (Yoon’s Love & Hate)
Cutting Edge Magazine
- Chief Financial Officer Magazine
- Chief Information Officer Magazine
- Eye Spy Magazine
- Psychology Today
- Reason magazine
- The Economist (Simply global’s best)
- The New Republic Magazine
- World Trade Magazine
Thai Red Media:
- Ararayachon (Keen eyes here for thought provoking articles)
- House of 111 (Former TRT MPs are here)
- Jakrapob (One of the leaders of Red Shirt)
- Midnight University (Center for Liberal Intellectuals)
- Noppadon (A trusted Thaksin’s aid)
- Same Sky (Best all around critical thinking)
- Siam Freedom Fight (Clear and Crisp with SecretMai)
- Thai Free News (Loads of Great Writers)
- Thaksin You Will Not Walk Alone (Great all around pro-Thaksin)
- Thinking in Ink (Jessica we all love is here)
- Vattavan (One of the sharpest pro-democracy mind)
- We Red (The site for Red Shirt)
Right Wing Media:
- American Enterprise Institute (Conservative on US policy)
- Heritage Foundation (Right Wing Think Tank)
- Manager (Thailand’s Extreme Right)
- Right Wing News (from the US)
Expat Help Center:
- At Bangkok (Life & Living)
- Business Traveler
- Expat Exchange
- Expatriate Wiki
- Famous Expats in Thailand
- Global Expatriates Center
- Global HR News (loads of cutting edge analysis)
- Thailand Expat Forum
- Times on Business Traveling
- Transition Abroad
Expat Skill Center:
- Adaptation (wiki)
- Business Philosophy (wiki)
- CIA Fact Book
- Competition (wiki)
- Creativity
- Critical Skill
- Culture (wiki)
- Innovation
- International Business (wiki)
- International Negotiation Journal
- Liberal Political Skill
- Management
- Marketing Effectiveness (wiki)
- Negotiation (wiki)
- Relationship (wiki)
- Sales (wiki)
- Skill in General
- Strategy (wiki)
- understanding (wiki)
- Understanding Economic Policy
Intelligence News:
- http://spy-ops.com/web/BreakingNews.as For breaking Global Intelligent News from Spy Magazine
- http://globalintel.net/w For Global Intelligence News broken into regions
- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/index.html ACLU Actions on national security
- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html National security archives for latest declassified US intelligence
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden Osama Bin Laden
US Intelligence:
- NSA (National Security Agency)
- DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency)
- NRO (National Reconnaissance Office)
- NIMA (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
- AFI (Air Force Intelligence)
- AI (Army Intelligence)
- NI (Naval Intelligence)
- MCID (Marine Corps Intelligence Department)
Intelligence links:
- http://www.intelligencesearch.com/intelligence-agencies.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorist_Intelligence_Center
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:UK_Intelligence_Agencies
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Intelligence
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky
Intelligence Resources:
- Close Protection World
- Future Global PIc
- Dog Tags Direct
- eInvestigator
- Glossary of Spy Terms
- Numbers & Oddities: The Spooks Newsletter
- British ENIGMA 2000 Number Monitors Group
- Infidelity Private Investigators
- John Brawn Self Defense
- Home Security Cameras & Security Systems
- The Literature of Intelligence: A Bibliography via Muskingum College
- Adjudicative Desk Reference via DSS
- Defense and Intelligence Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Security Related Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Forms
- DOD FOIA Regulations from DOD Directive 5400.7
- NRO FOIA Handbook (very large, ~3 meg)
- NRO Records Schedule
- CFC Spotlight on Military News via Canadian Forces College
- Unpublished Manuscripts at CMH
- Air University Research Database
- GovBot Search Engine
- Defenselink Locator search engine
- DOD Organizational Charts 1999
- DCD Downloads Site
- Investigator’s Guide to Sources of Information (local pdf) or html via GAO
- GAO Legal Page for War and Military Affairs
- DOD Publications and Regulations via NARDIC
- How to Get It: A Guide to Defense-Related Information Resources
- Joint Electronic Library via DTIC
- DOD Organization and Function Guidebook
- Current Journal Abstracts at the National Defense University
- Research Links, via Foreign Military Studies Office
- University Publications of America: Military Intelligence Reports
- SearchMil (search engine of .mil domains with caches pages)
- S2 Company Toolbox
- Xerox Map Viewer
- Professional Journals and Organizations
Other Links on Peace and International Relations:
- The Acronym Institute
- Arms Control Association
- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs – Harvard University
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Nonproliferation Program
- Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies — The Johns Hopkins University
- Center for Defense Information
- Center for Energy and Environmental Studies — Princeton University
- Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy, University of Minnesota
- Center for International Security and Cooperation — Stanford University
- Center for International Trade and Security — University of Georgia
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies — Monterey Institute of International Studies
- The Center for Policy Studies in Russia — PIR Center
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Council for a Livable World
- Council on Foreign Relations: Terrorism Questions and Answers
- Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
- The Eisenhower Institute
- Federation of American Scientists
- Global Green
- Harvard Sussex Program on Chemical/Biological Warfare Armament and Arms Limitation
- The Henry L. Stimson Center
- Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM)
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
- Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
- Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS)
- National Institute for Public Policy
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- No-proliferación para Seguridad Global (NPS Global)
- Nuclear Control Institute
- Peace and Security Funders Group
- RAND
- The Russian Academy of Sciences
- Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (RANSAC)
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- United Nations Foundation – UN & Global Security
- US Civilian and Research Development Foundation
- Wisconsin Project
Interesting Blog
- How Appealing
- Volokh Conspiracy
- Instapundit
- Mark Kleiman
- Kaus Files
- Oxblog
- Dynamist
- Balkinization
- The Paper Chase
- FedLawyerGuy
- Statutory Construction Zone
- SCOTUS
- Bag and Baggage
- Unlearned Hand
- Winds of Change
- CalPundit
- One Hand Clapping
- VodkaPundit
- Defense Tech
- Priorities & Frivolities
- SGT Stryker
- Outside the Beltway
- Citizen Smash
- BlackFive
- StrykerNews
- Plastic Gangster
- Stop the Bleating
- Tapped
- Dan Drezner
- Brad DeLong
- War & Piece
- IRAQ NOW
- Dagger JAG
- Law From The Center
- Abu Muqawama
- Attackerman
- Baghdad Bureau
- BlackFive
- CounterTerrorism Blog
- The D-Ring
- Danger Room
- Democracy Arsenal
- DipNote
- Douglas Farah
- George Packer
- Global Guerillas
- Heritage National Security Blog
- Intl Law Grrls
- IraqSlogger
- James Fallows
- Kings of War
- Long War Journal
- Max Boot
- Mountain Runner
- Opinio Juris
- Outside the Beltway
- The Paper Chase
- SCOTUS Blog
- Small Wars Journal
- Soldier’s Home
- Volokh Conspiracy
- War Historian
- War & Piece
- The Washington Note
- Abu Aardvark
- Abu Muqawama
- All American Patriots
- All Our Might
- Armchair Generalist
- Battlefield Tourist
- Belmont Club
- Black Five
- Blogs Of War
- Captain’s Journal
- Counter Terrorism Blog
- Covertress
- Danger Room
- Defence And Freedom
- Defence Of The Realm
- Defence Talk
- Defense And The National Interest
- Defense Tech
- Department Of Defense Blog
- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
- Emergency Blog
- Fabius Maximus
- Fogg Of War
- Foreign Policy Blog
- Gateway Pundit
- Global Guerillas
- Global Incident Map
- Global News Blog
- Global Security
- Grow A Brain
- Haft Of The Spear
- Harpers Magazine — Washington Babylon
- Homeland Security
- In From The Cold
- Information Dissemination
- Infowars
- Institute For War And Peace Reporting
- Insurgency Research Group
- Intel Dump
- Intel Fusion
- Intel News
- Intellibriefs
- Intelligence Summit
- Jihad Watch
- Kings Of War
- Long War Journal
- Memri
- Michael J. Totten
- Michael Yon
- Middle East And Central Asia Security Report
- Middle East Strategy At Harvard
- Milcom Monitoring Post
- Military Blog
- Military Watch
- Miserable Donuts
- Missing Links
- Mountain Runner
- Mudville Gazette
- Naval Open Source Intelligence
- Neptunus Lex
- New Wars
- Nukes And Spooks
- Pat Dollard
- Prairie Pundit
- Profit From Knowledge
- Raman’s Terrorism Analysis
- Rantburg
- Registan
- RUSI
- Russian Navy Blog
- Schneier On Security
- Secrecy News
- Security Dilemmas
- Sic Semper Tyrannis 2008
- Small Wars Journal
- Space War
- Spytalk — CQ Politics
- State Failure Blog
- Strata-Sphere
- Strategy And National Security
- Strategy Page
- Talisman Gate
- The Strategist
- The Tank (National Review)
- The Tension
- The Terror Wonk
- The Torch
- Threatswatch
- Thunder Run
- U.N. Dispatch
- Ubiwar
- Villagers With Torches (Pakistan)
- War And Piece
- War In Context
- War Is Boring
- War News Today (Iraq & Afghanistan)
- War On Terrorism
- Weapons Blog
- Westhawk
- World Defense Review
- Zenpundit
- Zero Intelligence Agents
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