The recent election is further evidence of the death of Cambodian democracy and regime transition under Hun Manet.
Việt Lê portrays a new approach to contemporary visual art in Cambodia and Vietnam that moves beyond a fetishised focus on conflict and trauma.
Chheang Vannarith talks about economic and political developments in the Mekong region, China’s role, and minilateralism in Southeast Asia.
the CPP-led government should show a commitment to engage in reforms and look after it citizens beyond the established patronage networks.
Building on its COVID-19 successes, Cambodia must reverse its democratic drift, restore ties with the US and its allies, and step up its foreign policy ambitions.
China’s dam-building in the Greater Mekong is not only a challenge for the host country, but creates wider international concerns about environmental and social practices.
A new understanding of competition between elite groups may be the best way to foster the rule of law in Cambodia after the re-election of the People’s Party.
In Cambodia, economic land concessions are taking property away as fast as landmine removal is giving it back, but now, consensus is that the most pressing issue there is land rights.
It would be hard to imagine a more complex array of development challenges than those facing Cambodia. During the brutal civil war and genocide of the 1970s, the lives and institutions of Cambodia were shattered and perhaps two million people died at the hands of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime.
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