Born:               28 October 1949
Birthplace:     Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Southern Region, Thailand
Education:     Thammasat University (two years), Bangkok
Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Political Science (cum laude), Claremont Men’s College, Claremont, California, USA

Master’s Degree (M.A.) in Political Science, Harvard University, USA* Doctor’s Degree (Ph.D.) in Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, USA*
(supported by the Winston S. Churchill Association and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships)
– spending a year and a half studying Arabic and conducting his research at the American University in Cairo during 1975-1977
Professional experience:
1975-1992 — a columnist for the Nation and the Bangkok …

Thailand’s Cabinet yesterday agreed to hold the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit between February 27-March 1 in Bangkok as planned.
According to Veerasak Footrakul, permanent secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Cabinet during the weekly meeting yesterday decided to give an approval to the schedule, earlier discussed and agreed upon by ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan and Thailand’s Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.

However, Veerasak said, the dates for discussions with ASEAN’s dialogue partners, comprising of China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, would be fixed later because the leaders of all …