Direct military rule has become rare in world politics. Today, most military regimes have either given way to some form of democracy or been transformed into another form of authoritarianism. This article formulates an analytical framework for the detachment of militaries from politics and...

The 18th military coup in Thai history ended the era of Thaksin Shinawatra. The reasons for the coup lie in both the lacking professionalization of the Thai military and the increasing confrontation between the prime minister and the military generals. After the putsch initially has been...

Myanmar is a “problem state”, a state that is challenged by the multiple problems of weak statehood, contested legitimacy and bad governance. While internal legitimacy is weak, the international community does not know how to react to this problem in a coherent way. Western states follow a...