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Sebastian Strangio is a journalist and author focusing on Southeast Asia. Since 2008, his reporting from across the region has appeared in more than 30 leading publications in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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Posts tagged "Hun Sen"
The World According to Cambodia’s CPP

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.
City of light

City of light

The backwash from Sihanoukville could be felt most of the way up National Road 4, the dilapidated two-lane highway linking Cambodia’s capital to its southern coast.
Why Cambodia yields to China's strategic commands

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.
Cambodia's Potemkin election -- what will come next?

Cambodia’s Potemkin election — what will come next?

Despite being free from the friction of meaningful opposition, fresh challenges loom for long-ruling Hun Sen
Sanctions will not resolve the Hun Sen problem

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

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
Cambodia Becomes the World’s Newest One-Party State

Cambodia Becomes the World’s Newest One-Party State

With strong Chinese support, Prime Minister Hun Sen has effectively destroyed all opposition to his autocratic rule.
Cambodia's Crumbling Democracy

Cambodia’s Crumbling Democracy

Behind the growing repression of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government
The Past Isn't Past

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

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.
Power and Democracy

Power and Democracy

The late historian Benedict Anderson once reflected that voting was a peculiar form of political action.
Dictators Everywhere Are Stumping for Trump

Dictators Everywhere Are Stumping for Trump

From Cambodia to Zimbabwe to North Korea, the Republican nominee has cornered the authoritarian autocrat demographic.