Pavin Chachavalpongpun is Associate Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. Chachavalpongpun served in Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for sixteen years. Transitioning to academia, Chachavalpongpun is a notable political science Professor and the Editor-in-Chief of the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia at Kyoto University. Chachavalpongpun extensive publications include significant works like ‘A Plastic Nation: The Curse of Thainess in Thai-Burmese Relations’ and ‘Coup, King, Crisis: A Critical Interregnum in Thailand’. His latest book, as editor, is 'Rama X: The Thai Monarchy under King Vajiralongkorn.'