Kem Sokha

Since the 1990s, accusations of foreign interference have occupied a privileged position in the Cambodian leader's rhetorical arsenal.

The result of July's election is largely a foregone conclusion, but serious retaliation from Western governments is unlikely.

Have Western embassies been told to consider closing?

Prime Minister Hun Sen wants his people to adore him for not treating them as badly as he could have. 

Kem Sokha, the former head of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, has also been banned indefinitely from voting or running for office.

Despite his party's nearly unchallenged dominance, Hun Sen is bent on preventing the emergence of a political alternative.

Unity offers the only hope for defeating Prime Minister Hun Sen – but cynicism and egotism stand in the way.

Prime Minister Hun Sen's party won nearly three-quarters of the vote in an election marred by claims of vote-buying and intimidation.

For the first time, an opposition party not led by a magnetic political personality has made inroads.

Since the banning of the Cambodia National Rescue Party in 2017, an old party has kept its flame burning.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a reminder that the pursuit of democracy and peace are intimately connected.