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    Explaining Cambodia’s Foreign Policy: The Importance of Domestic Factors and Sino-Cambodia Relations on ASEAN

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    Creator
    Vu, Minh
    Advisor
    Looney, Kristen
    ORCID
    0000-0001-6603-0147
    Abstract
    This paper studies the Cambodia decision to block the ASEAN Foreign Minister Statement from supporting the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s reward to the Philippines in the Philippines v China 2016 case on their disputed claims in the South China Sea. This paper argues that the Cambodian position on the South China Sea, and subsequently its decision to block confronting language in the ASEAN joint statements, is motivated by its domestic political leadership, namely Prime Minister Hun Sen, and not because of strategic geopolitical consideration. Prime Minister Hun Sen and his political party Cambodian People’s Party prioritize staying in power over any other foreign policy objective. Therefore, he has little interest in balancing the US or Vietnam or ASEAN but rather siding with China because it helps him secure his grip on power domestically. This paper will analyze the Cambodia’s decision in 2016 and the period leading up to it, answering what drives Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and how that decision reflects the ASEAN integration process.
    Description
    M.A.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1059426
    Date Published
    2020
    Subject
    ASEAN; Cambodia; China; Domestic Politics; Foreign Relations; South China Sea; International relations; Political Science; Asia -- Research; International relations; Political science; Asian studies;
    Type
    thesis
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    21 leaves
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