Now, with China surpassing Japan in both areas, the Japanese government appears willing to throw its principles out the window to compete with China for Hun Sen’s affections.
Category: Analysis
How can Cambodian farming survive climate change?
There is a huge gap in adaptive capacity, particularly in rural areas where a large majority of the population live and a large number are dependent on farming or agricultural-related activities.
Controversial land law threatens Myanmar ethnic communities
“If this is mishandled, it could even spark widespread civil unrest and a return to armed conflict in parts of the country.”
Forests cannot grow on state violence
Millions of forest dwellers will soon be subjected to more severe state repression than Thai Muslims in the deep South under the suffocating emergency law.
Looming drug crisis threatens regional security
New UN report makes clear that regional law-enforcement efforts have failed to curtail the unprecedented growth in the production of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine in the Mekong subregion.
Massive environmental destruction: MOMA and Trees in Cambodia
Polluting production are facilities set up in wildlife preserves where rare Mreah Prew Phnom trees are killed to produce the illicit drug. For each tree harvested six more are felled for firewood to power the extraction.
Trends in small-scale fishery in Myanmar: Tenure rights and gender
New investment and government policies are oriented toward opening up the country, but the voices and aspirations of those who are among those being most affected by these dynamics – men and women in the small-scale fishery sector – are mostly invisible.
Top 10 Countries with the Worst Water Crisis
Even with the Mekong River Cambodia (7) is a water-poor country with an estimated 84 percent of the population lacking access, while Laos (6) suffers from municipal wastewater, fertilizer and mining pollution along with ongoing dam construction.
Myanmar’s Myitsone Dam Dilemma
Pitted against the wounded ego of Beijing and the anger of Chinese hydropower investors are very high stakes on Myanmar’s side of the fence: national pride, self-determination.