Posted on October 1, 2016. Tags: Cambodia, Corruption, Economics, South-East Asia
Hun Sen’s increasingly despotic grip on Cambodia, and his family’s oligopoly of the country’s economy, should invite stronger condemnation and countermeasures from the West. In July of this year, the NGO Global Witness published an excoriating exposé of Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia. The thrust of their criticism was directed at […]
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Posted in Asia, Economics, World
Posted on March 20, 2016. Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Corruption, Democracy, democratization, Election, Myanmar, presidential elections, South-East Asia, World
Image by United Nations Photo Urging caution in light of Myanmar’s new president. His selection leaves many questions unanswered. Following on from Monday’s vote in parliament, Htin Kyaw has become president of Myanmar. Does he represent a new dawn for a nation which has languished in the shadows of poverty and authoritarianism? He is a […]
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Posted in Asia, World