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Could the U.S. Play Offense in China's Back Yard?
Relations with Cambodia and Laos have fallen victim to the U.S. administration's foreign policy priority of shared values over shared interests. This approach has failed to make headway in Cambodia and Laos, isolates the United States in a region where few countries are true democracies, and unnecessarily cedes ground to Beijing.
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Jan 13, 2022
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman

International Diplomacy

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Vietnam Is Losing Its Best Friends to China
The wide range of Chinese activities with Cambodia and Laos must be jarring for Vietnamese leaders. China has eclipsed Vietnam in Indochina, and that means that Hanoi's angst will only continue to rise in its own backyard. Vietnam will likely have to find alternative means of engaging Cambodia and Laos to combat Chinese influence in this critical region in the years to come.
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Nov 2, 2020
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Military Facilities

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The Ramifications of China's Reported Naval Base in Cambodia
China and Cambodia have reportedly signed a secret agreement allowing the Chinese navy to use a military facility near Ream, along Cambodia's southern coast, though both countries deny the reports. The installation of a Chinese military facility in Cambodia, if realized, would further complicate an already sensitive and tense situation in the region.
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Aug 7, 2019
Timothy R. Heath
Cambodia

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Does Nuon Chea Still Have No Regrets?
Nuon Chea was convicted of genocide in a tribunal in Phnom Penh in November for his role in the Cambodian genocide. Shelly Culbertson relays the story of her trip to interview him at his home in Pailin in 2003.
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Dec 19, 2018
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson