Cambodia

Chinese sailors in formation in front of the PLAN flag.

The Chinese Navy Expands Its Overseas Footprint

The Chinese Navy plays catch-up to the United States' overseas presence from a new pier in Cambodia that can accommodate far larger ships than any in service with the Royal...

How Will the Taliban End? Remember the Khmer Rouge

It has been almost a year since the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan drew easy parallels to the U.S. exit from South Vietnam almost a half-century before. In Kabul, images...

Should the U.S. Be Worried About a Chinese Naval Base in Cambodia?

Reports have emerged that Chinese officials have been secretly working to construct a permanent military facility at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. If true, this...

Is China Building a Secret Naval Base in Cambodia?

The Chinese military has reportedly begun construction on a secret overseas naval base in Cambodia along the Gulf of Thailand, although both Chinese and Cambodian officials have denied the story...

Vietnam Is in Danger, But America Can Help

The Russian invasion of Ukraine offers a stark reminder of what sometimes awaits minor powers neighboring revisionist great powers. Russia’s invasion in late February 2022 shocked the world, but it...

America Aided the Khmer Rogue to Pushback Against Hanoi

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Khmer Rouge’s ultra-nationalism made them violently suspicious of the Vietnamese Communists, even though the Khmer Rouge’s conquest of Cambodia had only been possible with...

Does the Chinese Navy Want a Base in Cambodia?

Here’s What You Need to Know: A new base could strengthen the Chinese navy near the highly strategic Strait of Malacca, through which an estimated 80 percent of China’s fuel imports...

A Virus Similar to COVID-19 was Present in Cambodia as Early as 2010

In November and December 2010, UNESCO and Cambodian authorities invited researchers from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris to explore several sites in northern Cambodia. The goal was to...

Why America Fears the Creation of Chinese Military Bases in Cambodia

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The presence of a base in Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand would provide the PLAN with a new southern flank in the South China...

Rats That Can Sniff Out Land Mines are Changing the Perception of the Military in Cambodia

Editor’s note: Dr. Darcie DeAngelo is a medical anthropologist at the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) at Binghamton University, State University of New York. In this interview,...

After Losing Vietnam, America Helped Cambodia’s Khmer Rogue Pushback Against Hanoi

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The invasion brought an end to the Khmer Rouge’s monstrous genocide, but not to the war itself. The Khmer Rouge waged a bloody guerilla resistance...

To Beat China, Support People, Not Illiberal Elites

For the last four years, the Donald Trump administration has been quick to impose devastating sanctions on an array of unfriendly countries, despite widespread criticism that such moves are not...