The wildfires burning Australia in 2019, the raging wildfires in California of the United States of America in August, the catastrophic floods in Germany and some European countries in July, and the recent heatwave with some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada and North America killing hundreds of people manifest the grave threats...Read More

Cambodia again is in the spotlight of international media attention. A lot has been written about Cambodia’s approach towards Myanmar. Unfortunately, several media outlets and analysts tend to build an agenda that Cambodia is the spoiler of ASEAN. That invites the question relating to the ethic of journalism: which news stories are based on reality...Read More

ភ្ញៀវ​ប្រចាំ​ថ្ងៃ​របស់​វិទ្យុ​RFIយើង​ រាត្រី​នេះ គឺ​បណ្ឌិត ឈាង វណ្ណារិទ្ធ ដែល​ជា​សាស្ត្រា​ចារ្យ​ខ្មែរ ​បង្រៀន​​វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ​នយោបាយ ​នៅ​ប្រទេស​សិង្ហបុរី ​និង​ជា​ប្រធាន​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​​ចក្ខុ​វិស័យ​អាស៊ី។ ​លោក​បណ្ឌិត​រូប​នេះ ​បា​ន​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ ចំពោះ​ជំនួប​រវាង​លោក ​ហ៊ុន ​សែន ​និង​ប្រមុខ​ដឹកនាំ​ភូមា ​ថា«​ជា​ជំហាន​វិជ្ជមាន​ និង​សំខាន់​ចាំ​បាច់»​។ «ចាំបាច់​ ដើម្បី​ឈាន​ទៅ​ដោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា​ និង​ឈាន​ទៅរក​ការ​ចរចា​រក​សន្តិភាពឲ្យ​ភូមា​ គឺ​គ្រប់ភាគីត្រូវធ្វើការ​ជាមួយ​ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ​របបសឹក​ ដែល​គេជាអ្នក​កាន់​អំណាច ​និង​ កាន់​កូន​សោ​ប្រទេស​»។ ចំពោះ​បណ្ឌិត ឈាង វណ្ណារិទ្ធ, «ប្រសិន​បើ​ ភូមារក​បាន​សន្តិភាព​នៅពេល​ខាងមុខ​មែននោះ គឺ​ជា​​ប្រយោជន៍​សម្រាប់​ទាំងអស់​គ្នា។ ដូច្នេះ ជួយ​ភូមា ក៏​ដូច​ជួយ​កម្ពុជាខ្លួន​ឯង​​​និង​ជួយ​អាស៊ាន​ដែរ​»៕ Full article: https://www.rfi.fr/km/កម្មវិធីផ្សេងទៀត/ភ្ញៀវប្រចាំថ្ងៃ/20220109-កម្ពុជា-ភូមា-កម្ពុជា-ទំនាក់ទំនងការទូត-អាស៊ានRead More

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar has sparked controversy. The Cambodian view is that fostering a conducive environment for dialogue with the military junta would pave the way for the implementation of ASEAN’s five-point consensus. There were mixed reactions before Prime Minister Hun Sen’s high-profile visit to Myanmar over the weekend. Some observers...Read More

This is the second article on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), part of a series of articles covering its economic, trade and investment impacts on Cambodia published in Khmer Times. This article covers the interesting topic of e-commerce international regulations. It is interesting to note that since the dot-com boom of the 1990s, lax...Read More

With teamwork, encouraging prospects for recovery observed at global summit China and Southeast Asia should keep working together to strengthen regional integration in an effort to hasten the economic recovery from the pandemic, a forum heard on Thursday. Senior officials, business leaders and experts at the Global Chinese Economic and Technology Summit discussed the need...Read More

The Asian Vision Institute (AVI) in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Cambodia has published an edited book volume entitled “Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2022: Priorities and Challenges”. The book aims at (1) exploring priorities and key deliverables for Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship, (2) identifying opportunities and challenges for Cambodia’s upcoming ASEAN Chairmanship, and (3) soliciting policy...Read More

China-Cambodia ties provide a solid cornerstone for building the China-ASEAN community with a shared future The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the structural power struggle between major powers. The global power shift is fast evolving, and the Asia-Pacific region is the center of global gravity in terms of geoeconomics, geopolitics and technology. Some say that the...Read More

There is a tendency for media and public opinion to overly focus on the political security aspect of ASEAN. Indeed, the aspect is of high importance because without peace, a wide spectrum of cooperation and community building efforts cannot be done. Nonetheless, with the intensification of superpower rivalry, while ASEAN can be flattered to receive...Read More

When Cambodia takes on its ASEAN chairmanship in January 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) will enter into force.  By virtue of its size and the diversity of its membership, RCEP will become a solid building block for advancing further trade liberalisation in the Asia-Pacific. More importantly, it will mark a major step...Read More