He was nominated twice for Pulitzer prizes during that period. However, until now, that seems to have been his last serious engagement with Cambodia. His new book, “Cambodia’s Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land,” has been released, and argues in a number of ways that Cambodia is doomed, and would be better off if the place was run by foreigners and NGOs, since the Cambodian state – and PM Hun Sen, especially – are ‘failed’ actors.