[20220126]IF10253_泰国：背景和美国关系.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated January 26, 2022Thailand: Background and U.S. RelationsThailand is a long-time military treaty ally and economic partner of the United States. The United States operates numerous regional offices from the Bangkok Embassy, one of the largest American diplomatic missions in the world. Bilateral cooperation includes security initiatives and operations, law enforcement efforts, and regional health and education. These ties endure, but more than a decade of political turmoil in Thailand, including military coups in 2006 and 2014, have complicated U.S.-Thai relations. The Thai governments efforts to manipulate political processes and suppress critics have raised questions about Thailands prospects for returning to full democratic governance, including the peaceful transfer of power and protection for civil liberties. International organizations have alleged numerous human rights abuses, including the governments curtailment of freedoms of speech and assembly, harassment of government critics, use of lese majeste (offenses against the monarchy) laws to muzzle dissent, arbitrary arrests, and a lack of protections for human trafficking victims, labore