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Peacemaking or Power Play? The U.S. and China’s Race for Global Influence
There is one notable element of the July 28 ceasefire meeting in Kuala Lumpur between Cambodia and Thailand under the auspices of the ASEAN...
Questioning ASEAN’s Identity and Community in the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict
The recent Thailand-Cambodia border confrontation has become a huge test for ASEAN’s solidity. The regional organization, boasting long-lasting peaceful relations among the members, now...
Is the Thailand–Cambodia conflict part of the strategic chain of great power confrontations?
Thailand–Cambodia Conflict: When Strategic Trust Collapses
The Thailand–Cambodia conflict unexpectedly erupted in 2025 following a series of deadlocked diplomatic exchanges between Paetongtarn Shinawatra, former Prime...
Cyber Clashes Between Cambodia and Thailand Threaten ASEAN Stability
Bilateral tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, following the border clash on May 28, 2025, between the two countries' militaries, have spread to cyberspace. Both...
ASEAN Faces Strategic Crossroads as China Expands Security Agenda
China initiated the Global Security Initiative (GSI) in 2022, a comprehensive framework designed to strengthen cooperation and promote collaborative approaches to both bilateral and...
Vietnam’s concessions to U.S. won’t be emulated
Starting with Vietnam, around July 9, the Trump administration announced adjusted tariffs in batches for various countries. As an emerging manufacturing hub, East Asia...
Thai Politics on the Verge of Generational Change?
Thai and Cambodian soldiers clashed on May 25, 2025, along the northeastern border of Thailand in the Chong Bok area, which resulted in one...
Why might Thai Prime Minister lose his seat after leaked recording with Hun Sen
Political crisis is engulfing Bangkok in the middle months of 2025 when Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces the risk of losing her seat...
Strategic Trust and the Limits of Personal Politics in Southeast Asian International Relations
In the international relations structures in Southeast Asia, “strategic trust” acts as a glue between countries that are diverse in terms of institutions, histories,...
Military Clashes, Private Conversation and the Ongoing Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute
On May 28, 2025, Cambodian and Thai soldiers clashed in a brief gunfight along the disputed border in Northern Cambodia/Northeast Thailand along the Chong...