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Freedom, justice and solidarity are the basic principles underlying the work of the Konrad-Adenauer-Sti-ung (KAS). ?e KAS is a political foundation, closely associated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). As co-founder of the CDU and the ?rst Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) united Christian-social, conservative and liberal traditions. His name is synonymous with the democratic reconstruction of Germany, the ?rm alignment of foreign policy with the trans-Atlantic community of values, the vision of a uni?ed Europe and an orientation towards the social market economy. His intellectual heritage continues to serve both as our aim as well as our obligation today. In our European and international cooperation e?orts, we work for people to be able to live self-determined lives in freedom and dignity. We make a contribution underpinned by values to helping Germany meet its growing responsibilities throughout the world. KAS has been working in Cambodia since 1994, striving to support the Cambodian people in strengthening democracy, the rule of law and human rights. ?ereby, the foundation works towards creating an environment conducive to economic and social development. All programs are conceived and implemented in close cooperation with the Cambodian partners on central and sub-national levels. KAS is mainly working in the following ?elds: Administrative Reforms and Decentralization, Strengthening Political Parties and Parliaments, Legal Reform, Media Development, Political Education and Social Market Economy, as well as Foreign Policy

Consultancy.

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Endorsement ........................................................................ Foreword ........................................................................ Preface ........................................................................ List of Biographies ........................................................................ Abbreviations ........................................................................

PART I: INTRODUCTION

-About This Book: A Readers' Guide ..................................................................1

-Chapter 1: Introduction: Cambodia's Political History and Foreign Relations, 1945-1998

Dr. PATH Kosal

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PART II: RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

AND MARITIME SOUTHEAST ASIA

-Chapter 2: An Overview of Cambodia-Thailand Relations: From Hostility to Harmony?

Dr. DETH Sok Udom

-Chapter 3: A History of the Future is Waiting to be Made: Contemplating Thai-Cambodian Relations-A Thai

Perspective

Dr. Morakot MEYER

-Chapter 4: Cambodia's Relations With Vietnam:

Prospects and Challenges

KRY Suyheang & CHY Terith

-Chapter 5: Vietnam-Cambodia Relations: An Analysis from a Vietnamese Perspective

Dr. NGUYEN Vu Tung

-Chapter 6: Cambodia's Relations with Laos: In the Shadow of China

Ambassador Julio A. JELDRES, Ph.D

-Chapter 7: Cambodia and Maritime Southeast Asia

Dr. Alvin Cheng-Hin LIM

iv PART III: RELATIONS WITH REGIONAL AND GLOBAL POWERS -Chapter 8: European Union-Cambodia Relations

Robert HÖR

............135 -Chapter 9: Australia's Role In Cambodia:

More Than a Peacemaking Architect

LENG Thearith

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-Chapter 10: Cambodia-Japan Relations: the Bumpy and Winding Road to the Strategic Partnership and Beyond

Dr. LEANG Sim Onn

-Chapter 11: Cambodia-Korea Relations: Bilateral Cooperations and the Changing Dynamics of Triangular A?airs

BIN Rasmeykanyka

-Chapter 12: Cambodia-China Relations: What Do Cambodia's Past Strategic Directions Tell Us?

CHEUNBORAN Chanborey

-Chapter 13: Cambodia-United States Relations: From Early Encounters to Post-Cold War

Serkan BULUT

.......249 -Chapter 14: Cambodia-Russia Relations

Dr. TENG Delux

.....269 -Chapter 15: Cambodia-India Relations

Anirudh S. BHATI & Dr. Bradley J. MURG

..............................291 PART IV: MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -Chapter 16: Cambodia in the ASEAN Context

SAM ATH Sambath Sreysour & Dr. OUM Sothea

...............311 -Chapter 17: Cambodia and the United Nations: A Multilateral Engagement

Ambassador SUN Suon, Ph.D

PART V: ECONOMIC INTERGRATION AND SECURITY

COOPERATION

-Chapter 18: Cambodia's Defense Policy and Strategic

Environment: Contemporary Issues, Challenges

and the Way Forward

VAR Veasna

............365 -Chapter 19: Greater Mekong Subregional Cooperation (GMS) and Cambodia's Foreign Policy

Dr. CHHEANG Vannarith

-Chapter 20: Cambodia's Integration in Global Economic and Financial Systems

YOU Sokunpanha

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ENDORSEMENT

It is indeed a privilege for me to be asked to write an endorsement for

Konrad Adenauer

Sti?ung's new book,

Cambodia's Foreign Relations in Regional and Global Contexts . ?is academic publication will certainly contribute to a better understanding of the evolution of Cambodia's foreign policy in the context of fast-paced and changin g regional and international landscapes. ?ere is no denying the fact that there are not many publications written on this subject from the perspectives of Cambodian scholars and intellectuals, many of whom I assume have witnessed the country's painful journey from the horrors of war at its worst period in the midst of the 1970s to peace, reconstruction and reintegration into the global community of nations. We must be mindful that Cambodia's foreign poli cy imperatives have been dictated internally by its historical, cultural, geographical and political contexts while externally shaped, to a great extent, by powerful forces of global ization, competing geopolitical multipolar rivalries, and the rising of traditional and non -traditional security threats, as well as other mega trends like climate change and food/energ y security issues, to mention just the major ones. As great advances in science and technology continue to unfold in the 21st century, bringing along innovation and improved well-being to humanity, the post-

Cold War

geopolitical landscape has brought, on the other hand, many uncertaintie s to the world. ?e current global and regional contexts, characterized by i) increasing li kelihoods of con?icts (as in the Korean Peninsula), ii) the newly emerging trends of protec tionism and populism (as embodied in President Trump's "America First" and now "America Alone" with its pullout from the "Trans Paci?c Partnership (TPP)"), iii) the rise of China as an economic power and its grand strategy of the "Belt and Road Initiative" (recently counterweighted by Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Paci?c Strategy," in tandem with India's "Act East Policy," and ASEAN-led "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)"), are forming multi-dimensional, cross-cutting geopolitico-economic kaleidoscopic forc es that exert tremendous pressure on a small country like Cambodia. Last but not least, Cambodia's foreign policy alignment with its regi onal ASEAN

Community, well known for its

"ASEAN Centrality" and "ASEAN Way," o?ers another perspective on how the country is conducting its policy coordination in a multilateral framework or in fora like the G20, the WTO, ASEM, and the UN, on global issues such as the UN peacekeeping operations and the SDGs. In sum, and in light of the above, I can only congratulate Konrad Adenau er Sti?ung and all the contributing authors for their perseverance in delivering such a quality publication that is much needed for our academia, think tanks and policy makers.

Enjoy the reading!

His Excellency Dr. SOK Siphana

Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia

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FOREWORD

I am deeply honored by the request from the editors to write the forewor d for this great book. Cambodia's Foreign Relations in Regional and Global Contexts is a very timely and important book. At the outset, I would like to strongly compliment t he three editors, Associate Professor Dr. Deth Sok Udom, Ambassador Sun Suon and Mr. Serka n Bulut, who shared a common vision in 2016 to produce an edited volume on Cambod ia's foreign relations in historical and contemporary contexts. ?ey were strongly supported by Cambodia Country Representative Mr. Rene Gradwohl of the German foundati on Konrad Adenauer Sti?ung, which ?nanced this project. Now, their vision ha s become a reality. ?e determination and painstaking e?orts of the editors, beginning in Mar ch 2016, produced this extraordinary book. Cambodia's journey since independence has been long and turbulent. ? is book tells the story of how Cambodia, like a phoenix, has risen from the ashes of s u?ering and deep despair: from being a victim of the power struggles for hegemony in Sout heast Asia during the Cold War to be reborn as a proud nation among nations in the dynamic process of globalization that is sweeping Asia and the world. I think this central theme is articulated most clearly in the following ?ve chapters: the ?rst and the last plus the three chapters 12,

13 and 14 which deal with the relations of Cambodia with the three superpowers: China,

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CAMBODIA'S

FOREIGN RELATIONS

IN REGIONAL AND

GLOBAL CONTEXTS