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Author Archives: Sim Vireak

Sim Vireak is a strategic adviser to the Asian Vision Institute based in Phnom Penh. He has written articles on a variety of topics pertaining to Cambodia's political economy, development and foreign affairs. The views expressed are his own and do not represent those of his affiliation.

Posted inOpinion

Cambodia’s economy: what to watch for in 2022

by Sim Vireak February 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cambodia was a world leader in economic growth and poverty reduction. It sustained an average growth rate of 7.7% between 1995 and 2019, raising its per capita income from US$323 in 1995 to $1,621 in 2019, and graduated to a lower-middle-income economy in 2015. The poverty rate fell from 47.8% […]

Posted inOpinion

Top US paper misleading world on Cambodia’s Covid fight

by Sim Vireak July 29, 2021July 29, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Challenges of democratization: the perils of intervention

by Sim Vireak July 18, 2021July 16, 2021
U.S. Navy Builder 3rd Class Zavier Favila, center, and a Cambodian worker apply stucco to the walls of a school in Cambodia. Photo: U.S. Navy/Released
Posted inOpinion

Refocusing on poor countries’ capacity to deliver

by Sim Vireak June 18, 2021June 18, 2021
This photo taken on April 17, 2018 shows a showroom of a complex including luxury residence and hotel in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. In the city, construction projects for Chinese people, casinos and hotels are progressing one after another.( The Yomiuri Shimbun )
Posted inOpinion

Cambodia refocusing on sustainable economic model

by Sim Vireak June 3, 2021June 3, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Asian identities and the US-China bifurcation of world order

by Sim Vireak March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Cambodia’s challenges in dealing with foreign actors

by Sim Vireak December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Cambodia has no reason to fear a Biden presidency

by Sim Vireak November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Bridging the chasm in Cambodia-Vietnam trust

by Sim Vireak October 6, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Mekong countries don’t need to bank on outsiders

by Sim Vireak September 15, 2020September 15, 2020
A Cambodian garment worker gets pay for her lunch in front of a factory in Phnom Penh. Women in worksites such as these are often targets of sexual harassment. Photo: AFP/ Tang Chhin Sothy
Posted inOpinion

Cambodia-EU: The debate on ‘trade-not-aid’

by Sim Vireak July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Three pathways to war between the US and China

by Sim Vireak June 15, 2020June 15, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Cambodia’s state of emergency law in context

by Sim Vireak April 23, 2020April 23, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, World

Cambodia faces questions of conscience, self-reliance

by Sim Vireak February 12, 2020February 18, 2020
A temple by the riverside in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.Photo: iStockphoto
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Foresight 2020

Cambodia’s three wishes for 2020

by Sim Vireak January 2, 2020February 18, 2020
A Chinese lion dance in Sihanoukville in 2017. Photo: Youtube
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam

Dynamism of Chinese investment in Cambodia

by Sim Vireak November 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia

‘ASEAN Way’ key to solving South China Sea conflicts

by Sim Vireak October 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, United States, World

Cambodia’s relations with China, US not incompatible

by Sim Vireak July 26, 2019February 18, 2020

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