Group 6 Members §
- Chea Resan
- Soun Noby
- Moung Michael
- Sok Udom
- Lect: find some good research questions
- 10 minutes presentation
- 5 minutes Q&A
Presentation §
- Cambodia has limited strategies as small state
- China provides security & economic guarantees
- But Cambodia sheltering with few setbacks
- Sour relations with ASEAN, Australia, Japan, against rise of China
- Indirect confrontation from China’s adversaries
- Suggestion:
- Role of an active player in balancing: US & China
- US provides military strategic cooperation
- China provide economic opportunities for prosperity
- Reestablish relations with EU, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, ASEAN
- Put Cambodia higher diplomatic position
- To not rely entirely on China for its protection
- In conclusion:
- West is distancing from Cambodia
- Cambodia officially non-aligned
- Has to rely on China in the BRI
- Why is the West Isolating?
- Cambodia’s FP closer to China
- goal of
- maintaining peace
- societal order
- political stability
- in order to
- reduce poverty
- achieve human dignity
- gain economic prosperity
- => Few FP choices
- Shelter under China
- Debt Trap
- Puppet: ASEAN in South China Sea
- If have to shelter: shift China’s investments to international best development practices
- re-align to non-aligned status
