Mending Fences: Vietnam and Cambodia’s Diplomatic Reset | FULCRUM The Ho Chi Minh City Summit signals a pragmatic reset in Vietnam-Cambodia relations, driven by economic interests rather than ideology. Successful cooperation would bring the added advantage of enh…

My take on VN-Cambodia diplomatic reset. Make sense for both in the new era of great powers' uncertainty.
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Upcoming webinar (3/11, 7-8:30pm ET), trying to make sense of (or at least, get a better grasp on) the implications of shifting/collapsing US policy and aid in Myanmar. Germane to that fraught context, but also to the rest of SE Asia and globally.
www.sunycunysoutheastasiaconsortium.org/events

(Re)Setting the boundaries of peacebuilding in a changing global order The liberal peace(building) paradigm faces compound challenges, from the erosion of the liberal international order and growing great power involvement in civil wars to the emergence of alternative...

CCDP researchers & faculty associates Kazushige Kobayashi, Keith Krause, and Xinyu (辛雨) Yuan (袁) co-authored and published a new open-access article in Contemporary Security Policy Journal: "(Re)Setting the Boundaries of Peacebuilding in a Changing Global Order.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Screenshot of the article. Keywords are: East Asian peace; minilateralism; security mini laterals; multilateralism; institutional balancing; over-deterrence.

🚨NEW ONLINE! Back on the theme of minilateralism! (Edition 78-6 2025 focussed on minilateralism in the Indo-Pac). Kai He discusses East Asian peace and the perils of over-deterrence and minilateralism: ⬇️ #openaccess
#AcademicPublishing #InternationalRelations
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Cambodian Krama​​ Receives UNESCO Crown The krama, which symbolises Cambodian identity and forms an integral part of traditional attire, often associated with local customs and practices, reflecting the craftsmanship artistry of Cambodian w...

Cambodian Krama​​ Receives UNESCO Crown kiripo.st/RRAK3s?v=173... #Cambodia

Global Public Opinion on China Global Public Opinion on China (GPOC) aggregates worldwide polling data to better inform public debates and support China-related decision-making among the world’s governments and policy communities, ...

The Asia Society’s Center for China Analysis has built the most comprehensive database on public opinions on China in more than 160 countries. It provides a very different view from that of the most popular surveys, which focus on a more limited group of countries. asiasociety.org/policy-insti...

Interesting foreign policy developments under the new government. H.E. Prak Sokhonn - who revamped Cambodian foreign policy and successfully led Cambodia's third ASEAN chairmanship - is being re-instated as DPM and Foreign Minister.

Thai foreign policy in the twilight zone If foreign policy reflects domestic politics, its unsurprising that Thailand’s diplomacy is confused and haphazard.

I recently had the chance to visit Thailand and discuss Thai foreign policy with a number of close watchers. Some observations in the Interpreter: www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Here a starter pack for people working on foreign policy. Contact me to add you.
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Created a starter pack for social scientists on Bluesky who work on Southeast Asia. Please let me know if you'd like to be added/have a suggestion for someone you know that I've missed! go.bsky.app/Rzj3ND9

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Hey #Cambodia watchers! I've made the move from the other place but miss the local chatter. So I've made a starter pack of people writing in/on/from the Kingdom of Wonder. Please share and follow, and let me know if you want to be added... go.bsky.app/Te5k6z7