A resolution to the conflict is unlikely in 2023. Jakarta should therefore take a realistic and flexible approach.   Cambodia, as the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]

Youth is widely considered a key driving force for a country’s development. In the National Policy on Cambodia Youth Development, the Cambodian government recognizes youth as “a key resource and the most […]

This year, October 23rd marks the 31st anniversary of the Agreements on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict, commonly known as the Paris Peace Agreements (PPAs).   The […]

China sees Cambodia as its key ally in the region and has provided a lot of political support and financial assistance to it. On the diplomatic level, China has always […]

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) achieved a landslide victory in the commune elections in June 2022, gaining 80 per cent of the 11,622 commune council positions. Yet there is speculation that Cambodian […]

Allowing China exclusive access to the Ream Naval Base, or any other facility, would seem to contradict the broader direction of the country’s foreign policy.   On June 6, the […]

In recent weeks, the Cambodian government has given hints that it is open to an improvement in relations with Washington.   On May 12 and 13, the United States and […]

Sokvy Rim explains why Cambodia’s foreign policy options have been constrained by the leaders’ concerns of regime survival at various stages of its history. If this trajectory continues, it may […]

Introduction Cambodia recently took a surprising turn on Myanmar. It invited Myanmar’s military-appointed foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin to pay a working visit in early December 2021. A day after […]

For several years now, China has sought to increase its soft power, spending resources to do so, including through providing funding for its Belt and Road Initiative and Confucius Institutes. […]