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អាវុធទៅរុស្ស៊ី សក់ពាក់ទៅចិន៖ របៀបដែលកូរ៉េខាងជើងធ្វើឱ្យសម្ព័ន្ធមិត្តរបស់ខ្លួនមានតុល្យភាព

A clear division of labor ensures North Korea’s alliances with Russia and China are complementary, not competitive with each other. North Korea’s balancing act is back in the spotlight. In September, it opened its first road bridge with Russia. Just last week, North Korea opened a similar one with China. Pyongyang’s land bridge with Russia will strengthen the bilateral arms trade while the one with China will provide it with energy products, raw materials, and heavy equipment for domestic consumption.  The two bridges are a microcosm of how North Korea seeks to benefit from improved relations with Moscow and Beijing. North Korea is looking for military assistance from Russia and economic help from China. The clear division of labor ensures North Korea’s alliances with Russia and China are complementary, not competitive with each other. North Korea has decades of experience when it comes to managing relations with Moscow and Beijing for its own benefits. In July 1961, the country s...
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ដីមុនទឹក៖ ហេតុអ្វីបានជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រដ៏អស្ចារ្យរបស់វៀតណាមជាមូលដ្ឋានគឺទ្វីប

 Despite limited past operations in littoral waters, the country’s strategic attention has been overwhelmingly directed at land-based threats. Is Vietnam a continental or a maritime power? And what domain should it prioritize to ensure its security in the age of rising Chinese power? This old debate has recently been revived by a series of scholarly exchanges since August, starting with my suggestion that Vietnam needs to pivot landward for its security given that the Paracel and the Spratly islands do not matter to its survival. Recently, Alexander Vuving joined the debate, arguing that a land-sea binary is no longer relevant to modern warfare, and that historically, Vietnam and its imperial predecessors had not ignored the sea during major land wars, as I suggested in my earlier writings. Vuving’s contribution is empirically important to the debate, for if Hanoi did not neglect the sea while fighting a land war against the United States and South Vietnam, my argument that Hanoi ...
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The scam Empire

 Some people worry that sharing problems will affect our reputation but what is shared locally does not necessarily reach the same audiences abroad, as social media content is shaped by algorithms and how people access online platforms. The blame should be on those who cause wrongdoing, not those who expose it. Sharing is not about damaging cambodia's image, but about calling for accountability and supporting reform. We Trust in our government's commitment to reform. Raising concerns is one way to support that rpocess and encourage positie change. The goal is not to make Cambodia look bad, but to make Cambodia better. Whatever you sow,   you will reap the consequences. Do not just follow the news; understand the news.
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ហេតុអ្វីបានជាមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលបណ្តុះបណ្តាលរបស់ចិននៅឡាវនឹងមិនផ្លាស់ប្តូរគោលនយោបាយការបរទេសមិនចូលបក្សសម្ព័ន្ធរបស់វៀតណាម?

 Hanoi’s best option to keep its western neighbors neutral is to resist further Chinese encroachment by political means. China’s recent announcement of the opening of a new Joint Logistics and Training Center to train air force pilots in Ban Keun, Laos, has caused much concern about China’s intentions and capabilities. The new center, together with the China-Cambodia Joint Support and Training Center at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia, gives China’s military the ability to cover inland airspace over Indochina and out toward the Gulf of Thailand. Vietnam has not commented on the new base at Ban Keun, but Prime Minister Le Minh Hung just concluded a visit to Laos and Cambodia. Laos was Hung’s first official visit since assuming the prime ministerial post in April. Hung and Thongloun Sisoulith, the president of Laos and general secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, affirmed the “great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion” between t...
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ហេតុអ្វីបានជាមូលដ្ឋានទ័ពអាកាសថ្មីរបស់ចិននៅឡាវអាចធ្វើឱ្យវៀតណាមភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល?

 Hanoi likely to view the Ban Keun facility as Beijing’s bid to ‘encroach into its area of influence’ in Vientiane, analysts say A newly opened China-backed air force training centre in Laos could unsettle Vietnam, even as it aims to modernise Vientiane’s military and balance defence ties among Beijing, Moscow and Hanoi, observers say. China’s National Defence Ministry said last Tuesday that the joint support and training facility at Ban Keun Airport in the Laotian capital would strengthen the expertise of local air force pilots and was “not directed against any third party”. “The establishment and operation of the two institutions reflect mutual respect and equal consultation between China and Laos, aligning with domestic laws of both countries, as well as international law and common practices,” the ministry said in a statement. It added that the installation, widely described as China’s third overseas defence base, “contributes to enhancing practical military cooperation, as wel...
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ភាពឆបគ្នាជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រដ៏អស្ចារ្យ៖ មូលដ្ឋានគ្រឹះនៃភាពជាដៃគូជប៉ុន-វៀតណាម

 The quick pace of reconciliation between Tokyo and Hanoi since the end of the Cold War has reflected the compatibility of their respective grand strategies. In an address to Vietnam National University in Hanoi in May, Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae affirmed Japan’s commitment to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) concept. Tokyo pledged to increase its political, economic, and defense cooperation with ASEAN so that each ASEAN state can “acquire autonomy and resilience” in the face of intensifying geopolitical competition. It was Takaichi’s first public address on updating her predecessor Abe Shinzo’s FOIP vision, and her decision to deliver it in Vietnam says a lot about the current state of Japan-Vietnam ties. The reconciliation between Japan and Vietnam since the end of the Cold War has been nothing short of extraordinary. During the Third Indochina War (1978-1991), Japan sided with China and the United States to isolate Vietnam due to its status as a Soviet ally. Jap...
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សក្ដានុភាពនៃការពឹងផ្អែកហួសពីតំបន់ជិតខាងរបស់ប្រទេសថៃ

 The past year has seen considerable steps forward in the country’s relationships with Singapore and Indonesia. Varying degrees of dependence – and interdependence – dictate how Thailand approaches its neighbors. Attention naturally fixates on adjacent states, not least because the poorly demarcated frontiers of mainland Southeast Asia are a hotspot for armed confrontation and illicit businesses. Drug trafficking, cyber scam operations, and unregulated rare earth mining are all concentrated in this sub-region. But now is an opportune time to reflect on Thailand’s low-friction dynamics with Singapore and Indonesia, given their recent diplomatic momentum amid mounting global supply chain risks, and the Thai government’s pursuit of a more proactive foreign policy aimed at better communicating national interests. Early this month, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met in Bangkok for the fifth Thailand-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat – the h...
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