Sam Rainsy

Sam Rainsy, Cambodia’s finance minister from 1993 to 1994, is the co-founder and acting leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).

Lack of COVID-19 Vaccination Means Immunity Passports Essential

Immunity passports or certificates are simple common sense and a precious tool to safely restart the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. This health document...

Why Are Southeast Asia, India and Africa Relatively Spared by COVID-19?

In my article in The Geopolitics on May 13, "Why Southeast Asia Is Relatively Spared by COVID-19", I presented the cases of five countries in Southeast...

Why Southeast Asia Is Relatively Spared by COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the planet with the global death toll now close to 300,000. But the deaths seem to be concentrated...

Retreating Vaccination Hopes Make Immunity Passports Essential

The acceptance by governments and business leaders of the validity of COVID-19 immunity testing has gathered pace as the prospects for the fast development...

Immunity Passports: A Reliable Contribution to the End of Confinement

After publication of my article "International Immunity Passports Can Help Restore Freedom of Movement" in The Geopolitics on 8 April, some reactions have questioned the feasibility of these...

International Immunity Passports Can Help Restore Freedom of Movement

Many countries on all continents have closed their borders to foreign visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Such indiscriminate border closures are a wasteful...

Exiting Coronavirus Confinement Is a Shot in the Dark Without Immunity Testing

The threat posed by the spread of coronavirus to even essential US defense functions highlights that the urgency of testing for immunity is growing...

How to Prevent COVID-19 From Paralysing the World’s Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic is currently imposing confinement on 3 billion people, leading to the world economy being more or less paralyzed. The purpose of this...

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