A Crime Scene Near a Bangkok Monastery

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Wat Bowonniwet Vihara sits on a busy street in the heart of Bangkok’s historic district.  The Buddhist temple serves as the headquarters of a monastic sect with close ties to the Thai royal family. On the evening of January 7, a gunman fired two shots near a side entrance toContinue Reading

Neil Loughlin on Cambodia’s Coercive State

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A central puzzle for analysts of contemporary Cambodia is how to explain the remarkable durability of the current ruling party, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). In power since 1979, the CPP government, which was led for more than 38 years by former Prime Minister Hun Sen, has gradually managed toContinue Reading