Cambodia

Upstream dams are destroying the Mekong Basin.

Ignoring Cambodia and Laos is a strategic mistake—but engagement requires a smarter balance of values and interests.

Diminishing tourism has created new incentives for the illegal wildlife trade.

Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.

Mutant viruses, rich Chinese tourists, and a military government no one trusts are among the reasons cases are surging.

Amid economic crisis, sweeping new legislation on “public order” would stifle dissent—and effectively criminalize people for being poor.

With little faith in the government’s coronavirus response, many rural Cambodians are turning to the divine.

In Southeast Asia, the coronavirus pandemic has provided a handy excuse for a clampdown on free speech.

In South Africa, people are brewing beer at home. Muslims in India are celebrating Ramadan alone. And city streets everywhere are vacant.

Drought coupled with the coronavirus pandemic spells danger for food security.

The Cambodian prime minister is using the pandemic as cover to silence his remaining critics.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

Hun Sen needs somebody to blame for the impending disaster.

Eager to appease his benefactor in Beijing, the Cambodian leader is excluding China’s role from the Khmer Rouge narrative.

Cambodia’s autocrat is putting his own people at risk to court his Chinese backers.

The prime minister uses a shroud of democracy to counter dissatisfaction and thwart the opposition.

Refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge as children are being deported from the United States in record numbers—and are adapting as adults to life in a country most have never known.

Cambodia’s strongman has found an unlikely American voice.

Foreign Policy staffers review recent releases.

Dubious electoral endorsements are becoming normal for dictators worldwide.