David Hutt
Asia Times
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Hun Sen not that good at ensuring security
Imagine the household. Your protective father warns every day that there are murderers and thieves at the gates, the sort of people who want to do your family serious harm. Your community used to b… → Read More
Hun Sen’s dynasty plan under hot military fire
A dispute involving relatives of Cambodia’s senior politicians could complicate or even derail Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long-planned dynastic succession while raising new questions about whether Ch… → Read More
Ukraine war nudging Cambodia toward the West
Insinuations from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top Western officials last week that China might provide weapons to Russia could put Cambodia’s Beijing-friendly Prime Minister Hun Sen in… → Read More
Myanmar’s overlooked but not-yet-forgotten war
Just over two years since a military coup that unleashed a brutal civil war in Myanmar, many believe that the world has closed its eyes to the conflict. Tom Andrews, the independent UN special inve… → Read More
Myanmar election ploy threatens to split ASEAN and West
Myanmar’s military junta reckons it has a way out of the turmoil and war it unleashed after staging a democracy-killing coup two years ago. Despite sparking a nationwide uprising that has left an e… → Read More
The Myth of Doi Moi in Vietnam
The country’s people have flourished not because of the Communist Party of Vietnam, but in spite of it. → Read More
New Lao PM inherits multiple poison chalices
The scion of a major political dynasty and a key conduit for Chinese investment, Sonexay Siphandone took over as Laos’ prime minister last week after the unexpected early resignation of his predece… → Read More
2023 will be better, but not great, for Laos
Year 2022 has been an annus horribilis for communist party-run Laos. Analysts are divided on whether 2023 will bring any relief. Even the more optimistic-minded aren’t too optimistic. “The economy … → Read More
Asia’s longest-serving leader still not a statesman
Just three days before Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen jetted off to Paris for one of his first visits to France in years, Cambodian researchers discovered the remains of a Cambodia-France F… → Read More
Taxpayers of Southeast Asia, Arise!
The region needs a new coterie of taxpayer alliances and NGOs that investigate how taxes are spent. → Read More
Hun Manet to rule Cambodia way ahead of schedule
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen could step down in the middle of next year as succession plans to hand power to his eldest son are seemingly on a new fast track. After eliminating an… → Read More
Cambodia quietly trying to distance itself from China
PHNOM PENH – It’s commonly said that Cambodia is one of China’s most unwavering allies and partners. But that might quietly be changing as the Southeast Asian nation becomes more and more dependent… → Read More
No glimmers of democratic hope allowed in Cambodia
As Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) threatens to ban its latest opposition rival ahead of next year’s elections, the United States and European Union can be expected t… → Read More
China more popular among SE Asia publics than elites
Southeast Asian general publics tend to be far more positive about China than their national elites, according to a comparison of existing polls of “elite” opinion and a recently-published survey o… → Read More
Are Laos’ New Railways a Solution to its Lack of Trade with the West?
Transport costs are not the only problem facing the country, but reducing them could help spur progress in other areas. → Read More
West needs to pay for Myanmar military defections
Western governments have been remiss in offering assistance to defectors and deserters of Myanmar’s security forces, despite the shadow government’s repeated requests for help, according to Nationa… → Read More
China-indebted Laos way more broke than advertised
Laos’ public debt could climb to nearly 95% of GDP by the end of 2022, making it one of the most heavily indebted and mostly likely to default nations in Asia, according to World Bank estimates pub… → Read More
How Malaysia’s polls imperil Myanmar’s revolution
Myanmar’s shadow government could lose one of its closest supporters in Southeast Asia after Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Malaysian prime minister, announced the dissolution of parliament on Monday, se… → Read More
EU talks tough but goes soft on Myanmar trade
The European Union is preparing to impose a new tranche of sanctions against Myanmar’s democracy-suspending, coup-installed military regime, but behind → Read More
Time for US, EU to recognize Myanmar’s NUG
Just over a year ago, Myanmar’s shadow government declared a defensive war against the military junta that seized power in a February 1, 2021, democracy-suspending coup. The junta’s unpopular rule … → Read More