Cambodian PM Enjoys Global Grace Period Despite Following Father's Hardline Rule

FILE — French President Emmanuel Macron, right, winks as he welcomes Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet in Paris, Jan. 18, 2024. Hun Manet has enjoyed warming relations with the West during his first few months in power despite maintaining much of his father's hardline tactics.

Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has enjoyed warming relations with the Western world during his first six months in power, while simultaneously reaffirming Phnom Penh's ties to Beijing and maintaining the hardline tactics of his father and predecessor, Hun Sen.