As journalist Thomas Fuller has written, "For the past year and a half, by the party's own admission, the most important political decisions in this country of 65 million have been made from abroad, by a former prime minister who has been in self-imposed exile since 2008 to escape corruption charges." Here, it's not a husband and wife story -- but rather, brother and sister. Officially, Yingluck Shinawatra -- who very publicly charmed President Barack Obama during an official visit here last fall -- is the prime minister. But it is her brother, exiled former prime minister and Thai billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, who calls the shots via Skype and cell phone from his homes in Dubai and London. Part of the reason the power-sharing works is that the same brilliant advisor is close to both. His name is Pansak Vinyaratn.