Cambodia

Drawn into the political maelstrom: Cambodia's nascent press

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
This short article describes the rapid growth of the Cambodian press since the UN intervention in Cambodia.

The monarchy's future public role: To reign but not to rule? 

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
The short article summarises the role of Cambodia’s monarchy: the king remains a stabilising force in Cambodian political life.

Cambodia's agonising quest: Political progress amidst institutional backwardness

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
Lao Mog Hay critiques Cambodia’s flawed democratisation in the period 1991-98, finding a return to unconstitutional repressive measures after the UN’s transitional authority left.

Diplomatic pragmatism: ASEAN's response to the July 1997 coup

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
Sorpong Peou assesses the role of ASEAN in Cambodia, arguing that it will be restricted to crisis management as long as it refuses to adopt a more interventionist, proactive approach.

Between war and peace: Cambodia 1991-1998

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
David Ashley recounts the developments of 1991-98, characterised by factional scrambles for power and the weakening of state structures.

Cambodia’s historical legacy

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
David Chandler traces Cambodia’s history from medieval times to the 1991 Paris peace accords, examining the ways history has shaped the country’s present day politics.

Introduction: Cambodia's constitutional challenge

Safeguarding peace: Cambodia's constitutional challenge
Nov 1998
Dylan Hendrickson, Jeremy Armon and Laura Gibbons introduce the Cambodia issue of Accord, summarising key developments and issues since the 1991 peace settlement.

Chea Vannath

Chea Vannath is President of the Center for Social Development, a Cambodian non-governmental organisation that seeks to influence public policy and promote good governance. She holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Portland State University.

Mu Sochua

Mu Sochua has been a leading human rights advocate for over 25 years, and is a prominent member of Cambodia’s leading opposition party, the Sam Rainsy Party. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 and touted by the New York Times in 2010 as ‘part of a new generation of women who are working their way into the political systems of countries across Asia and elsewhere’. Since her return to Cambodia in 1990 she has worked to promote women’s rights, founding Khemara – the first indigenous NGO in Cambodia.

Sorpong Peou

Sorpong Peou is a Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. He received his PhD in Political Science from York University, Toronto. His publications include Conflict Neutralisation in the Cambodia War: From Battlefield to Ballot-box (Oxford University Press, 1997). His forthcoming book will be entitled Foreign Intervention and Regime Change in Cambodia.

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