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.
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.
Sanctions will not resolve the Hun Sen problem
China gives Cambodia’s strongman the option to ignore Western pressure
One-Party Cambodia’s Grim Message
China-backed authoritarianism is on the rise in Cambodia as the influence of the US and other Western donor countries retreats
The Past Isn’t Past
Lumphat seemed forsaken by time. Stretched out along a bend of the Srepok River, this former town was now little more than a village, a mere sprinkling of civilisation in a landscape of red earth and pantone blue skies.
Cambodian Democracy Makes Its Last Gasps
An indifferent United States and assertive China have emboldened one of Asia’s longest-serving leaders to embrace outright authoritarianism.
Geopolitics behind a Cambodian conviction
PHNOM PENH – EARLY on November 24, 2000, about 70 gunmen slipped into the center of Cambodia’s capital city. After drinking and singing traditional songs at a karaoke bar, one unit of men moved towards a series of government buildings armed with AK-47 rifles, grenades and B-40 rocket launchers.
Why I’m For Obama
If hypocrisy, as one writer claims, is an unavoidable — even integral — part of democratic politics, then the two remaining Democratic nominees for president are locked in a dead heat. Both stridently oppose a war that they once supported as members of Congress, and both employ a high-minded liberal rhetoric littered with non-partisan clichés...
