Koytry Teng

Koytry Teng is currently a graduate student in Southeast Asian Studies at Ohio University, United States. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the Department of International Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His research interests primarily include party politics, electoral systems, political economy and democratization in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. He is best known here as managing editor at Khmer Scholar.

Clientelism and party institutionalization in post-authoritarian/post-conflict regimes: The case of Cambodia

August 1, 2015 June 20, 2016

After more than two decades of regime transition in 1993, Cambodia’s partysystem remains fluid and subordinated to the hegemonic control of the long-rulingCambodian People’s Party (CPP). The degree of institutionalization of individual parties within the system has thus far been…

What party switching suggests about Cambodia’s party system

February 23, 2015 August 12, 2016

On February 20th, 2015, a Royal Decree, signed by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, officially appoints Van Sam Oeun, a former CNRP lawmaker, who recently defected to the ruling CPP on the ground of “not having an opportunity to serve the…