Decoding Trump's Tariff Game Through Geoeconomics
An illustration for an article that reads the tariff policy through geoeconomics, arguing that moves which seem irrational by mainstream economics make sense as power over efficiency.
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These illustrations accompany articles on heavy, intense subjects such as politics, power and society. I try to convey the essence and feeling of each piece through thought and interpretation, turning written language into visual language that connects readers to the story.
Thai Feminism Challenging Historical Materialism/ illustration
Media and the Bangkok Governor Election/ illustration
Child Sexual Abuse by a Family Member/ illustration
Why Do the Scots Put Traffic Cones on Statues?/ illustration
Thai Government Scholars/ illustration
Workers vs. Algorithms/ illustration
China's Environmental Law Reform and the Push for a Nature-Positive Economy/ illustration
One-Size-Fits-None: Bridging Inequality and Restoring Safe Spaces for Every Child/ illustration
Rethinking Thailand in a New World Order/ illustration
Accidents and Road Safety Design/ illustration
OECD x FTAs: Thailand's Biggest Economic Challenge Is a Domestic One/ illustration
Create Conditions for Change/ illustration
Journalists' Rights in Profit-Driven News/ illustration
Village Health Volunteers: Politics and the Patronage Vehicle/ illustration
Loneliness and Gambling/ illustration
Mental Health, Drugs, and Violence in Youth/ illustration
The Politics of Feeling: Affective Politics in Thailand/ illustration
Myanmar's Brain Drain: The Doctor Exodus/ illustration
The Death of the '97 Constitution in Thailand : The Demand for Public Law Experts/ illustration
The Death of the '97 Constitution in Thailand : The Constitution for Military Reform/ illustration
"It's as if We Don't Exist in China": Chinese LGBTQ+ Under Repression and the Search for a New Life in Thailand/ illustration
Wild Mushrooms on the Imaginary Map: Seasons, Flavors, and the Forest Knowers of Phu Phra Bat/ illustration
Are Thai Children Happy? Listening to the New Generation's Mental Health/ illustration
Frieren Looking Up': Viral from Human Imperfection, Reflecting the Spirit of Artists Worldwide/ illustration
US Shutdown: Where Does Public Health Stand in the Land of the Free?/ illustration
Reading and Writing': A Profound Power/ illustration
Digital Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: ASEAN United in 'Control, Block, and Harass' Online/ illustration
From the Borderline to the Classroom: Teaching Children About the Thai-Cambodian Dispute Without Cultivating Hatred/ illustration
Rescuing Hope for Thai Tourism: A Crucial Mission Amid the Storm of Challenges/ illustration
Trump's 19% Tariff: Good, Bad, or Both?/ illustration
Hate Crimes in Conflict/ illustration
Japanese Rice Prices Are Falling But the Problem Isn't Over: Causes, Policies, and Politics/ illustration
If Workers Can't Survive, Neither Can We: Why Society Must Care About Workers' Quality of Life/ illustration
90-Day Deadline: Where Do Thailand's 'Trump Tariff' Negotiations Stand — And Who Has the Upper Hand?/ illustration
China–Thailand: Brothers or Strangers? When Closeness Is Challenged by the Grey Bussiness/ illustration
What's Next for American Soft Power? Reading the Final Intellectual Legacy of Joseph Nye/ illustration
Understand, Don't Judge: Fighting the Drug Crisis Through a Justice System That Treats Users as 'Patients'/ illustration
The US President and the Deep State: Is the Bureaucracy a Tool or an Obstacle to Presidential Power?/ illustration
How Does Big Tech Contribute to Genocide? When Technology Serves Violence and Hatred/ illustration
It's Not the Language: It's the State's Gaze: Seeing Islamic Education Beyond the Security Framework/ illustration
Decoding Trump's Tariff Game Through Geoeconomics/ illustration
"Won't You Let Us Take Care of Ourselves?" People with Disabilities and the Employment Barriers That Still Exclude/ illustration
No Choice But Alternatives: The World's Energy Imperative/ illustration
Amnesia, Forgetting, and the Longing for Authoritarian Defendants/ illustration
Nuclear Deterrence in a Multipolar World: Risk Factors for a Major War/ illustration
The End of Thai Labour... Not Because of AI — But Because of the National Plan!/ illustration
Feed Corn Politics: When Import Deals Serve Capital — Not Farmers, Not Consumers/ illustration
Saffron and Substances: Inside the Drug Crisis Haunting Thailand's Monasteries/ illustration
Does Foreign Criticism Equal Interference? Thai Democracy Through the Eyes of Outsiders/ illustration
"We Don't Have a Lifetime to Wait for One ID Card": Uncertain Lives, Blocked Dreams, and the Struggle of Stateless Children/ illustration
Dark Humour and Grief on TikTok/ illustration
Sacred Monks in Thai Luk Thung, Part 1: Private Yodrak Salakjai and the 'Buddhist Voice' Against Communism/ illustration
We Can — and Should — Do Better : Why Thailand Still Needs Universal Health Coverage/ illustration
Flowers in the Military Camp(?): Unpacking Patriarchy When the Media's Image of 'Thai Female Soldiers' May Not Be Real/ illustration
You Can Never Fill the Sea': Why More Doctors Alone Can't Deliver Universal Mental Health Care/ illustration
What the Ukraine War Tells Xi Jinping and Biden/ illustration
Reading the Ladder to Power: Profiling the Srettha 1 Cabinet/ illustration
One Year After Nong Bua Lamphu: Scars, Unforgettable Pain, and the Journey Forward/ illustration
Mass Shootings': Exploring the Complex Causes of Mass Killing Behaviour/ illustration
When Words Are Weapons: How Online Attacks on Political Activists Reach Into Real Life/ illustration
Tackling Doctor Resignations in a Tangled Web: Dos and Don'ts from a Systems Thinking Perspective/ illustration
No Academic Freedom in Peripheral Universities/ illustration
Peace Cannot Come from the Barrel of a Gun': The Dreams and Hopes of Southern Border Youth, Waiting to Bloom/ illustration
Interns = Legal Free Labour(?): Examining the Vocational Training Act to Give Interns Their Rights/ illustration
Voter's Guide: Analysing Political Parties' Health Policies in the 2023 Election/ illustration
In Capitalism, Teachers Are Not Civil Servants — They Are Workers: The Rise and Decline of Education Unions in England/ illustration
Heroes When They Win, Outsiders When They Don't: Racial Bias and the French National Team/ illustration
This May Not Be a Home They Feel at Ease In": Exploring the Discourse on 'Separatism' in the Thai State/ illustration
Willing but Powerless': Listening to the Problems of Thai Youth Councils That Adults Often Overlook/ illustration