Thai Monuments Are Disappearing in the Dead of Night
This week’s student protests are part of a backlash against a monarchist elite trying to erase Thailand’s democratic history.
The World According to Cambodia’s CPP
If the West truly wants to change Hun Sen’s behavior, it needs to understand how he sees the world.
Don’t hold your breath for a dramatic Southeast Asian pushback against China
As US-China tensions grow and temperatures rise in the South China Sea, Southeast Asia will only become more tense, anxious and constrained.
The Myanmar Mirage: How the West got Burma wrong
Just few years ago, Myanmar (also called Burma) was widely seen as an international success story.
City of light
The backwash from Sihanoukville could be felt most of the way up National Road 4, the dilapidated two-lane highway linking Cambodia’s capital to its southern coast.
European trade threats could backfire in Cambodia
Pressure from Brussels risks deepening Phnom Penh’s close engagement with China
Why Cambodia yields to China’s strategic commands
The possible establishment of a Chinese naval presence in Cambodia is the logical outcome of long-flawed U.S. policies towards Phnom Penh.
Vietnam learns to live in China’s shadow
Four decades on, China’s 1979 border war is officially ‘forgotten’ in Hanoi.
Thai Politics Has a Princess but No Storybook Endings
With elections coming, the junta still fears the specter of Thaksin Shinawatra.
Cambodia’s Potemkin election — what will come next?
Despite being free from the friction of meaningful opposition, fresh challenges loom for long-ruling Hun Sen
Sanctions will not resolve the Hun Sen problem
China gives Cambodia’s strongman the option to ignore Western pressure
Turning east
By most accounts, the past few years have been anni horribiles for human rights and democracy in Southeast Asia.
