Awkward father-daughter dance leaves Thailand with unclear road ahead

BANGKOK, Thailand — As father-daughter dances go, there may be few more awkward in modern political history than the one being choreographed in Bangkok these days. Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 38, is the daughter of a coup-toppled, convicted, former international fugitive — and former prime minister — Thaksin Shinawatra, 74, who many here believe is seeking to manipulate her new populist, capitalist-friendly coalition government. “I insist he is not trying to dominate,” the new prime minister told reporters after parliament elected her on Aug. 16 after yet another...