This parade of toppled and ousted governments has led Pavin Chchavalpongpun, another eminent Thai scholar, to call his country a “failed state.” That description may not yet be true, but the shadow of state failure is certainly growing.
这一系列被推翻和放逐的政府，使另一位杰出的泰国学者帕文·差瓦彭分（Pavin Chchavalpongpun）将自己的国家称为“失败的国家”。这种说法可能还不正确，但是，泰国国家失败的征兆的确正在增强。