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The Man Who Stole the Gods: A true story of war, obsession, and a global art conspiracy
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What next for Myanmar’s quest for legitimacy? And where does that leave ASEAN?
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The Salamander’s Tail – a spy novel by Michael Vatikiotis
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FCCT pub trivia
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The archive
Everything the club has hosted, most recent first.
2026 76
- 01 Sept Board games night FCCThai Clubhouse
- 01 Sept Tuesday co-working at the FCCT FCCThai Clubhouse
- 31 Aug Rights, Justice and the Public Good: The record and future of Thai civil society FCCThai Clubhouse
- 31 Aug Can the 200-billion-baht loan deliver a just energy transition for Thailand? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 28 Aug FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 27 Aug Timor-Leste (East Timor): ASEAN’s newest member looks forward from a painful past FCCT Club House
- 26 Aug AI, power and global governance: Who will shape the rules of the 21st century? FCCT Club House
- 20 Aug The Chao Mae Thapthim case: Heritage preservation and the human cost of redevelopment FCCT Club House
- 18 Aug Thailand's Sanguan Farm achieves certified humane cage-free rating FCCT Club House
- 14 Aug Who is the real ‘devil’ in Thailand’s fishing industry? FCCT Club House
- 11 Aug Board games night FCCT Club House
- 10 Aug Navigating Southeast Asia's transition away from fossil fuels FCCT Club House
- 07 Aug Wake for Dave Kendall FCCT Club House
- 04 Aug Co-working at the FCCT FCCThai Clubhouse
- 03 Aug Troubled waters: Tackling transboundary river pollution in Southeast Asia FCCT Club House
- 23 Jul Adder contracts: Can they really be cancelled? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 21 Jul A new perspective on the criminal ecosystem in Southeast Asia
- 09 Jul Green Drinks networking event FCCT Club House
- 08 Jul Myanmar’s civil war: What happens next? FCCT Club House
- 07 Jul Board games night FCCT Club House
- 06 Jul Georgia O’Keefe: The Brightness of Light FCCT Club House
- 02 Jul Nature and climate security: Reframing conservation in a changing world This is not an FCCT event. Free and open to all.
- 25 Jun UNDP hosts a Regional Media Salon, with a theme of “Behind the Algorithm: Technology, Rights & Environment in ASEAN” FCCT Club House
- 24 Jun Reporting Iran: Covering a Regional Crisis With Global Consequences FCCT Club House
- 19 Jun Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs: Admissions Information Session
- 19 Jun Press conference: BDMS Wellness Clinic Harmony Grand Ballroom, 2nd floor, BDMS Connect Center, Bangkok
- 18 Jun Shared Futures: Australia's Commitment to Refugee Protection in the Asia-Pacific FCCT Club House
- 15 Jun Blood Copper – Investigating Abuses in a Massive Mining Project in Myanmar FCCT Club House
- 04 Jun Tiananmen Tonight: Journalism and Courage FCCT Club House
- 27 May “The 2026 Summer (Dis)information Operations”: Online Attacks and Efforts to Discredit the Thai Press FCCThai Clubhouse
- 22 May Asia American Journalists Association (AAKA - Asia) Annual conference: Upholding journalism’s values & viability in the age of AI Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok
- 20 May Tired of the chaos in the US government? How to stop reacting and start acting FCCT Club House
- 14 May Defying Expectations: Essays on innovation, resilience and sustainability in independent media in South and Southeast Asia FCCT Club House
- 13 May Boiled pangolin for lunch? The conservation and spillover threats posed by Laos’ rampant wildlife trade FCCT Club House
- 06 May The Day Iceland Stood Still FCCT Club House
- 04 May Pressing On: Journalism and Press Freedom in South-East Asia FCCT Club House
- 28 Apr Media freedom and threats to journalism FCCThai Clubhouse
- 27 Apr Why Bangkok sits at the centre of an emerging global travel geography FCCT Club House
- 20 Apr Winds of Change – Geopolitics at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia FCCT Club House
- 10 Apr Annual general meeting 2026 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 09 Apr From Thailand to Switzerland: Investment Risks and Community Voices on Energy Projects FCCT Club House
- 08 Apr Muzzling the media: SLAPP writs in Thailand FCCT Club House
- 01 Apr Lost Horizons - A foreign correspondent’s extraordinary life story FCCT Club House
- 01 Apr Toxic rivers: Mining pollution and the fight for clean water in mainland Southeast Asia FCCT Club House
- 26 Mar From Displacement to Contribution: The Potential of Myanmar’s Middle Class in Chiang Mai FCCThai Clubhouse
- 25 Mar Democratic Voice of Burma Peacock Film Festival FCCThai Clubhouse
- 20 Mar FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 18 Mar Extreme travel – The challenge of visiting every country on earth FCCThai Clubhouse
- 16 Mar Asia's Security Order in Flux: The role of U.S. allies FCCThai Clubhouse
- 13 Mar Lance Randolph Woodruff FCCThai Clubhouse
- 12 Mar What’s next for Thailand after Feb 8 election FCCThai Clubhouse
- 12 Mar The future of Thailand’s economy and energy amid Middle East conflicts and new world order FCCThai Clubhouse
- 11 Mar A Rohingya Ramadan – A month inside the world’s largest refugee camp FCCThai Clubhouse
- 06 Mar Impacts in South and Southeast Asia from Russia’s Illegal War in Ukraine: Atrocities, Exploitation, and Accountability FCCThai Clubhouse
- 05 Mar Our astonishing future with AI FCCThai Clubhouse
- 27 Feb FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 26 Feb Asia 2026: Riding the fire horse - fault lines, flashpoints and the battle for influence FCCThai Clubhouse
- 25 Feb The future of development cooperation: Opportunities and challenges in Asia-Pacific and beyond FCCThai Clubhouse
- 25 Feb The geopolitics of artificial intelligence FCCThai Clubhouse
- 20 Feb Landmark election in Bangladesh
- 19 Feb "I Didn't Know This Was Illegal" - A Dummies Guide To Thai Startup Law FCCThai Clubhouse
- 18 Feb The global press crisis -- can it get worse? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 18 Feb Launch of the Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2026 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 12 Feb Thailand’s dugongs in danger of extinction -- confronting a crisis FCCThai Clubhouse
- 09 Feb An evening with Barry Broman, retired American spy and writer FCCThai Clubhouse
- 05 Feb Thailand’s Feb. 8 general election: What is at stake? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 05 Feb Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding — 2026 World Report Asia Release FCCThai Clubhouse
- 30 Jan FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 28 Jan The General: Vietnam in the Age of To Lam FCCThai Clubhouse
- 24 Jan The People’s Party Environmental Policy Press Conference 2026 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 22 Jan Drop Dead City: New York on the Brink in 1975 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 21 Jan Beyond the Badge: Crime, Justice, and the FBI in Thailand. FCCThai Clubhouse
- 20 Jan Board Games and Social FCCThai Clubhouse
- 20 Jan Education on the Edge: The Launch of the Survey Report on Access to Education for Conflict-Displaced and Migrant students along the Thailand-Myanmar Border FCCThai Clubhouse
- 15 Jan Four parties, one stage: FCCT election debate FCCThai Clubhouse
- 08 Jan The evolution of transnational organized crime: the global situation and role of Southeast Asia from the drug trade to scam centres FCCThai Clubhouse
2025 68
- 26 Dec FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 18 Dec Media and public invitation to the press conference on the occasion of International Migrants Day 2025 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 17 Dec The upcoming election in Myanmar: Democratic opportunity or farce? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 15 Dec Transnational repression and the forced return of Montagnard rights advocate and refugee Y Qing Bdap FCCThai Clubhouse
- 15 Dec From Ballots to Bullets: Myanmar’s Crisis and Post–Sham Election Outlook FCCThai Clubhouse
- 12 Dec Christmas dinner at the FCCT 2025 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 11 Dec RESPECT Myanmar Survey FCCThai Clubhouse
- 10 Dec “Shoot, Ask ... and Run!” – Photographing Asia with Chris Stowers FCCThai Clubhouse
- 10 Dec The launch of the Sham Election Tracker (SET): Monitoring the junta’s illegitimate election and related human rights violations FCCThai Clubhouse
- 03 Dec The Stringer: The man who took the photo FCCThai Clubhouse
- 03 Dec Launch of the Myanmar Opium Survey 2025 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 02 Dec UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) flagship report: The Next Great Divergence: Why AI may widen inequality between countries. FCCThai Clubhouse
- 01 Dec Democrats Abroad Thailand presents: Information for US Expats: Financial planning tips and an update on US tax compliance FCCThai Clubhouse
- 27 Nov Thailand-Cambodia situation: Update on landmines and scam centres FCCThai Clubhouse
- 26 Nov Baturu women’s international film festival and forum FCCThai Clubhouse
- 25 Nov A conversation with Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow FCCThai Clubhouse
- 24 Nov Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre FCCThai Clubhouse
- 24 Nov Beyond borders. A toolkit for reporting on forced displacement and migration in Asia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 21 Nov Documenting atrocities in Ukraine and fighting for justice: A conversation with Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk FCCThai Clubhouse
- 20 Nov Chat GBV: Confronting AI-facilitated violence against women journalists in Southeast Asia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 17 Nov Withering hopes: Exploring the migration decisions, lived experiences and aspirations of Myanmar youth who arrived in Mae Sot after 2021 FCCThai Clubhouse
- 12 Nov What does the unresolved battle of maps along the Thai-Cambodian border mean? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 03 Nov Journalism and civic space: International Civil Society Week Week 2025 keynote address FCCThai Clubhouse
- 31 Oct FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 31 Oct Invisible Nation: What does it take to defend democracy under constant threat? FCCThai Clubhouse House
- 30 Oct The blunt truth FCCThai Clubhouse
- 29 Oct The unequal future: Asia’s struggle for justice in a warming and wired world FCCThai Clubhouse
- 22 Oct Escape from Manus prison: One man’s daring quest for freedom FCCThai Clubhouse
- 17 Oct Blood Berries – A horror story in Finland’s forests FCCThai Club House
- 10 Oct CONVERGE @ FCCThai FCCT Club House
- 02 Oct [Postponement] A night with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TOT) governor: Thai tourism weathers challenging times FCCThai Clubhouse
- 02 Oct Press briefing of Asian and African parliamentarians at the Bangkok Climate Week FCCThai Clubhouse
- 24 Sept Ho undercover — Ho Chi Minh's covert journey to independence (An evening with author Teddy Spha Palasthira) FCCThai Clubhouse
- 11 Sept The symposium: Fundraising and the art of getting an investor base that can get you to scale FCCThai Clubhouse
- 10 Sept New Zealand Society & New Zealand Thai Chamber of Commerce quiz night FCCT Club House
- 08 Sept Fragmented aid and resistance along the India-Myanmar border (Research report launch) FCCThai Clubhouse
- 08 Sept Feeding profit, failing children (Embargoed press briefing) FCCThai Clubhouse
- 04 Sept On the frontline of Cambodia's enviromental battles FCCThai Clubhouse
- 03 Sept A Useful Ghost: The development of Thai film on the global stage (Talk and Q&A) FCCThai Clubhouse
- 02 Sept Thabyay: Creative resistance in Myanmar [Documentary film screening] FCCThai Clubhouse
- 29 Aug FCCT pub trivia FCCThai Clubhouse
- 28 Aug Ethnic demographic and health survey in Myanmar FCCThai Clubhouse
- 20 Aug Is it the end of Thailand's weed wonderland? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 13 Aug What's next for Thai politics? FCCThai Clubhouse
- 01 Aug Talking tariffs and Thai politics: An evening with Jakrapob Penkair — a former and possibly future government spokesman
- 09 Jul Vampire state — The rise and fall of the Chinese economy
- 07 Jul Internal reform, external strain: Bangladesh’s transition and the future of the Rohingya crisis (Lunchtime discussion)
- 04 Jul 7.7 MMERQK: Through the cracks -- life after the Myanmar earthquake
- 26 Jun The price of freedom: An evening with Australian journalist Cheng Lei
- 25 Jun Holding the Myanmar military accountable: ILO article 33 sanctions against the SAC junta
- 20 Jun A Stitch in Time: Bangkok Refugees embroider their life stories
- 06 Jun "I was someone else's property": Slavery, human trafficking and torture in Cambodia's scamming compounds
- 16 May Policies and patterns: State-abetted transnational crime in Cambodia as a global security threat
- 08 May Dateline — Saigon (Documentary screening with producer and director Thomas D. Herman)
- 24 Apr Frontline poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar’s military
- 10 Apr A war of their own: FULRO — The other national liberation front, Vietnam 1955–75
- 04 Apr Trump’s global trade war: What will it mean for Thailand and the region?
- 02 Apr Trump’s shutdown of Voice of America and Radio Free Asia
- 26 Mar Thai government tour of China’s Xinjiang region after deportation of 40 Uyghurs
- 19 Mar Backlash: Donald Trump and the remaking of America
- 12 Mar The impact of the dismantling of U.S. Foreign Humanitarian and Economic Assistance in Southeast Asia and how to address it
- 28 Feb Media freedom in the Mekong region
- 19 Feb The Red Emperor and Donald Trump II: Two styles in leadership
- 27 Jan Train journeys with Chinese characteristics: From green trains to high-speed rail
- 24 Jan Amitav Acharya, could Burma turn a corner in 2025? (Lunchtime book talk)
- 22 Jan Forever stuck in limbo: Uyghurs in Thai immigration detention
- 20 Jan The incoming Trump administration: What it means for Asia and the world
- 17 Jan Human Rights Watch world report 2025 (Asia release): Citizens across Asia stand up against oppression
2024 23
- 18 Dec Thailand’s dilemma: migrants, conflict and regional relations*
- 16 Dec Enforced disappearance, Impunity and rights abuses in Laos
- 09 Dec The remarkable story of Sirin Phathanothai, a childhood in Communist China and insights into Sino-Thai relations
- 04 Dec Resistance diaries: An exhibition of artwork by ‘The Kite Tales’
- 29 Nov Lunchtime talk with George Yeo, former Singapore foreign minister
- 28 Nov 'The informal imperialist' on Britain and the opening up of Burma (Lunchtime talk by Ron Graham)
- 27 Nov Thailand’s cat poems and cat culture: An updated understanding (Show and tell)
- 21 Nov The Politics of Coercion: State and Regime Making in Cambodia
- 18 Nov Absent without leave: Taiwan movie night
- 13 Nov Media and civil society activists fight back against scam centers
- 17 Oct Olympic gold: An evening with Thai gold medalist Panipak Wongpattanakit
- 16 Oct The US Election: What’s happening and how it will impact US relations with Thailand and the region
- 11 Oct Averting Environmental Disaster along the Mekong
- 10 Oct Protecting refugee Y Quynh Bdap: Thailand’s obligations on the eve of the UN Human Rights Council vote
- 04 Oct The economic cost of the Mekong and Chao Phraya’s annual floods
- 02 Oct The Future of Thailand: Perspectives from Leaders of Different Generations
- 26 Sept Meet the leaders of Thailand’s opposition, the People’s Party
- 24 Sept Changes in the Thai automotive industry
- 12 Sept Witness to Genocide: Chasing Southeast Asia’s Rohingya crisis
- 09 Sept Neil Davis redux — death is a lady
- 22 Aug What foreign investors want
- 07 Aug An evening with award-winning author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
- 31 Jul On the shadow tracks: Book launch
What people say
The FCCT is the only place in Bangkok where you can debate Southeast Asian politics over a cold beer and then bump into a Pulitzer winner at the bar. It’s equal parts newsroom and living room.
Alex B Southeast Asia Correspondent, Global Newswire I came to Thailand for remote work and found a second home at FCCT. It’s not just a club — it’s a portal into the region’s real stories, people, and pulse.
Jake M. Writer & Consultant As a diplomat, the FCCT provides a unique, informal space to connect with journalists, academics, and policy thinkers. The conversations are always insightful — and refreshingly candid.
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