OPINION: Tibetans’ voices will be silenced if RFA, VOA are shut down
BEIJING – The U.S. government’s announced plans to cut funding to international broadcasters Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have dealt a heavy blow...
Category : Opinion
OPINION: Vietnam ruling party chief To Lam is creating executive power
Vietnamese leader To Lam recently spent a week in Indonesia and Singapore, where he celebrated the 70th and 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, respectively, and...
OPINION: Resuming bilateral Cambodian military drills won’t be enough for the US
Why is Phnom Penh now willing to give the United States what it has been demanding for years? At a meeting on Feb. 24 with...
OPINION: Rohingya women are the grassroots advocates behind genocide arrest warrants
The global celebration of International Women’s Day is a call to action to support and amplify the efforts of the extraordinary girls and women around...
OPINION: Despots face a security rethink in the age of drones
On Feb. 11, Hun Sen, Cambodia’s de-facto ruler, claimed that the authorities had weeks ago uncovered a plot to kill him at his provincial mansion...
OPINION: China’s flyers flout aviation rules with flares and flybys
It happened again. A Chinese pilot flew his aircraft dangerously close to a foreign aircraft, something that is happening with increased frequency. In the latest...
OPINION: Banning Khmer Rouge denialism is a bad move for Cambodia and the world
Quite soon, possibly to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover in April, Cambodia will pass a new law making it a...
Vietnam’s To Lam consolidates power through personnel changes at 10th Plenum
Exactly one year ahead of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 14th Party Congress, the Central Committee convened its 10th Plenum, where General Secretary To Lam...
Myanmar military regime enters year 5 in terminal decline
Myanmar’s military approaches the fourth anniversary of the coup d’etat that put them in power in terminal decline. The economy continues to atrophy, with even...
Thailand lets autocratic neighbors hunt down opponents on its soil
Even by Cambodian standards, it was a brazen attack on an opposition figure. Lim Kimya, a 73-year old member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue...
