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Me for Radio Free Asia : Laos and Cambodia Don’t Include Scam Industries in Their GDP Data. Should They? "This debate highlights the absurdity of obsessions with GDP and growth." thediplomat.com/2024/09/laos-a…

Me for The Diplomat : What’s Wrong With Calling Hun Sen ‘Despicable’? "Read between the lines of what the Cambodian authorities say and you will see their own insecurities." thediplomat.com/2024/10/whats-…

Me for South China Morning Post. "Foreign investors and diplomats might soon start looking back with nostalgia on the days of dispute within Vietnam’s Communist Party" scmp.com/opinion/asia-o…

Me for Nikkei Asia. "If their revolution is to be genuinely revolutionary, it must overthrow not just the ancien regime of politics but also of thought." asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Myanma…

Me for Radio Free Asia: "Being able to prosecute and then arbitrarily release prisoners for political purposes puts the Communist Party above the law, acting as judge and jury and often the sole absolver of sin." rfa.org/english/opinio…

Me for The Diplomat. "Unless I’m mistaken, the prime minister of Malaysia is a servant of the people – an elected representative. He isn’t a “father of the nation” nor, indeed, the sole pardoner of political sins". thediplomat.com/2024/11/anwar-…

This development surely raises the possibility of a potential conflict of interest under the next Trump presidency – or, at least, it means the specter of self-interest will stalk his dealings with Vietnam”. Me for The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/11/will-a…

Perhaps it would be better if Myanmar’s civil war became a ‘forgotten conflict’ - Would there be any improvement if the conflict was less forgotten? Me for Radio Free Asia rfa.org/english/opinio…

Cambodia, Laos sack foreign ministers in preparation for more combative geopolitics. (The new top diplomats in Phnom Penh and Vientiane are likely to heed China’s concerns.) Me for Radio Free Asia rfa.org/english/opinio…

“Prime Minister Hun Manet, has your father incited violence or not?” Me for Radio Free Asia rfa.org/english/cambod…

Sara Duterte's supporters say impeachment is political persecution, "yet the problem of dynastic politics is that it makes allegations of familial connivance impossible to refute." thediplomat.com/2025/02/some-t…

My latest column for Radio Free Asia: A proposed restart of war games frozen since 2017 comes as Phnom Penh weighs its reliance on China. rfa.org/english/opinio…

My latest column for The Diplomat. "Would any of the region’s governments lift a finger to maintain peace on behalf of a neighbor?" thediplomat.com/2025/03/southe…

My latest column for The Diplomat. “Selecting the worst from Rodrigo Duterte’s vast canon of despicable comments is a task that slips away from you the second you think you have grasped it.” thediplomat.com/2025/03/filipi…

Me for Europe Meets Southeast Asia: The European Parliament Should Be Careful With Thailand’s Lèse-Majesté—Or Change The Way It Talks About It. europeinseasia.substack.com/p/the-european…

Me for Nikkei Asia. "Indonesia and Vietnam are trying an administrative Ozempic to slim bloated bureaucracies". asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Southe…

Cambodia has signed a $38,000-a-month lobbying deal with the firm of Trump loyalist and Hun Sen enthusiast Donald Benton to raise "awareness and understanding of democracy in Cambodia." cambodiaunfiltered.substack.com/p/cambodia-lob…

Welcome, Cambodia, to the unenviable position of being caught between the world's biggest tantrum-thrower and its most calculating authoritarian regime. cambodiaunfiltered.substack.com/p/cambodia-tar…

Why of all days is Xi Jinping visiting Cambodia on April 17? What was Cambodia going to do? Politely decline the visit? “Sorry, Mr Xi, we’re too busy that week with Khmer New Year. How about another day?” cambodiaunfiltered.substack.com/p/cambodia-chi…

Trump postpones “reciprocal tariffs”, including for #Cambodia. What now? cambodiaunfiltered.substack.com/p/trump-cambod…