Nathan Paul Southern


Nathan Paul Southern is an investigative reporter and security specialist. He covers nontraditional security threats, Chinese expansionism, organized crime, and terrorism.

Articles by Nathan Paul Southern
New Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, a 45-year-old man wearing a short-sleeved button shirt, clasps his hands and smiles as he speaks to people gathered on a road. He is surrounded by a small group of other officials and security personnel.
New Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, a 45-year-old man wearing a short-sleeved button shirt, clasps his hands and smiles as he speaks to people gathered on a road. He is surrounded by a small group of other officials and security personnel.
A mural warns of the dangers of heroin use in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 17, 2022. Lindsey Kennedy for Foreign Policy
A mural warns of the dangers of heroin use in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 17, 2022. Lindsey Kennedy for Foreign Policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Oct. 19, 2018, during a one-day state visit to the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Oct. 19, 2018, during a one-day state visit to the country.
Two men check their weapons at a training camp in Myanmar.
Two men check their weapons at a training camp in Myanmar.
A wildlife keeper checks a pangolin enclosure.
A wildlife keeper checks a pangolin enclosure.
Participants pose to show their traditional Japanese tattoos (Irezumi), associated with the yakuza, during the annual Sanja Matsuri festival in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on May 20, 2018.
Participants pose to show their traditional Japanese tattoos (Irezumi), associated with the yakuza, during the annual Sanja Matsuri festival in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on May 20, 2018.
People eat lunch in front of a billboard along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 6, 2019.
People eat lunch in front of a billboard along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 6, 2019.
People wearing protective face masks hold banners during a protest against draft laws used to threaten abortion-rights protesters in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 20.
People wearing protective face masks hold banners during a protest against draft laws used to threaten abortion-rights protesters in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 20.
El Chapo boxes of aid for the needy
El Chapo boxes of aid for the needy
Police block drivers in Cambodia during the coronavirus pandemic
Police block drivers in Cambodia during the coronavirus pandemic
Men wearing face masks walk past a wall painted with images of U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on April 5.
Men wearing face masks walk past a wall painted with images of U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on April 5.
Law enforcement officers wearing face masks in Kazakhstan
Law enforcement officers wearing face masks in Kazakhstan
A vendor sells bats at the Tomohon meat market in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Feb. 8.
A vendor sells bats at the Tomohon meat market in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Feb. 8.
A supporter of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) shouts slogans during a demonstration in Phnom Penh on December 17, 2013. (Tang Cchin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images)
A supporter of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) shouts slogans during a demonstration in Phnom Penh on December 17, 2013. (Tang Cchin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images)