#geopolitics: #Cambodia, emerging name in the middle of global chess board of super powers: #china #USA #Russia #France and regional-level tigers: #Thailand, #Vietnam
Radio France Internationale #RFI has just #broadcasted a long article in which they analysed the recent movements in Cambodia via recent visit of US Secretary of #Defense, Director of #CIA and #military cooperation treaty with #Russia.
Personal observation:
1. #Russia has motives to extend their muscle to Asian region in the context of mistrust and collapse of relation between #NATO and #Kremlin.
Besides of existing names: China, North Korea, India, Iran and Vietnam, #Russia finds their new #allies in West Pacific rim, a global economic hub who could bring a lof of benefits to Russia in terms of economic growth, investment, technology, export markets, weapon deals. Morever, #diversification strategy minimizes the sole dependence risk on China. Russia fully understands the volatility of Sino-Russo relation with prolonged controversary topics like: Russian Empire in 18th and 19th century forced #Qing feudal regime on sovereign territory treaty in which China abandoned a vast land to Russia (nowadays #Kamchatka peninsula and #Manchuaria region)
2. The USA warms up the relationship with Phnom Penh with new cabinet led by PM Hun Manet, alumna of United States Military Academy at West Point. Certainly PM Hun Manet does not possess the attitude of anti-American value like his father, Hun Sen. The action of the #Pentagon will gradually loosen #Cambodia in the tight arms of #Beijing to avoid the disaster in which China could successfully re-enforce their dream of establishing new naval fortress at #Ream, deep sea port of #Cambodia, besides of the 1st overseas naval base at #Djibouti, Africa.
3. #France: the silent player on international arena. They could lever up their exisiting relationship from era of French colony on Indochina peninsula from 19th century.
4a. #China: their strong foothold in Cambodia supports their strategy of international affairs via #Belt and #Road #Initiative (#BRI), the so-called “Chain of Pearls”. #Ream Port, the most sought-after jewel that #beijing is always desperate for in order to upgrade the current capability of Chinese Naval Force from coastal defence and naval legion into deep-blue #ocean Naval Army with fleets of carriers (built by their own shipyards in Dalien hub) and other battle ships.
Khmer Times / Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) / Phnom Penh Post / ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) / Lowe Institute of Political Economy / Chatham House / Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) / Carnegie Foundation - Peace Palace / International Institute for Strategic Studies
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