Thailand has been home to more military coup d'états in modern history than any other country.
New Mandala, an academic blog on Southeast Asian affairs, found that Thailand has had 13 successful and nine unsuccessful coups in just over a century. The most recent being in 2014.
But some political scientists say the turmoil is about more than just Thaksin. The One Earth Foundation'sA history of coups Thailand has developed what experts call a "coup culture." That doesn't mean that Thai culture itself is prone to coups. What it does mean is that there has been a normalization of military coups. They are seen as an acceptable way to solve a political crisis, and often it's the public calling for the military to step in.Coup attempts rarely happen in countries that are fully dictatorial or fully democratic.
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