Opinion

OPINION: H. KISSINGER AND CAMBODIA

AKP Phnom Penh, December 01, 2023 -- Henry Kissinger, a former national security adviser and US secretary of state, has died. Brilliant intellectual, skillful diplomat, he leaves a very mixed record. On the positive side, we must remember the establishment of relations with the People’s Republic of China which allowed the in...

OPINION: A Paris Agreement that failed to bring peace

AKP Phnom Penh, October 23, 2023 -- 32 years ago, on October 23, 1991, three agreements were signed in Paris, officially called “Agreements for a comprehensive political settlement of the Cambodian conflict”. Some, who recall this event, refer to the “Paris Peace Agreement”. Others do not hesitate to assert that these agreements and the United N...

OPINION: How a local war between Israel and Hamas could become a global war ?

AKP Phnom Penh, October 12, 2023 -- Beyond the legitimate emotions aroused by the terrible suffering inflicted on innocent civilians on both sides, we must examine the possible repercussions of the current conflict and the risks of an extension of this conflict, through a sort of domino effect. This is why we must think beyond today and consider al...

OPINION: Should we ban crime reporting by the media?

AKP Phnom Penh, October 05, 2023 -- Recently, an eminent personality proposed that social networks and the media stop broadcasting images and reports on crimes committed. In a democracy, such proposal opens a very important debate. Because several fundamental questions are at stake: the values that circulate in society and the legacy of the re...

OPINION: A Tool to Destroy Cambodia

AKP Phnom Penh, October 04, 2023 -- For nearly 60 years The Far Eastern Economic Review was the most authoritative and influential newsmagazine of the Far East. It gradually disappeared between 2004 and 2009. With such a degree of intellectual honesty and rigor, it has never been replaced. The Washington-based news magazine trying to fill the...

Opinion: Cambodia and the conflict in Ukraine

AKP Phnom Penh, September 09, 2023 — Often, foreign observers do not understand Cambodia's position on this conflict in Europe. We are concerned by this war which has a global impact. As Samdech Techo Hun Sen rightly pointed out, “As the war continues, the world economy will still be impacted negatively, and everyone, whether Europe or even Camb...

Opinion: 55 Years of Cambodia-Vietnam Relations: Lessons from the Past and Prospects

AKP Phnom Penh, June 24, 2022 -- This June 2022 marks the 55th anniversary of the official diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Vietnam. Cambodia and Vietnam are neighboring countries with a joint border of more than 1,270 km and sharing the same Mekong River. The relations between the two countries are bound by historical, geographical, an...

OPNION: Cambodia Promotes Sustainable Forest Management for Climate Response

AKP Phnom Penh, January 15, 2022 -- 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 heatwav...

OPINION: Setting the Agenda for Cambodia’s Peace Efforts for Myanmar

AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2022 -- 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:...

OPINION: A Stronger Cambodia Requires Domestic Unity, a More Flexible and Friendlier Foreign Policy

AKP Phnom Penh, January 05, 2022 -- I am sure a lot of us have learned about the events in Cambodia’s past, both good and bad, especially in the 70s, but how many of us have used that experience to avoid repeating our history? The country’s domestic politics alone would have not divided the nation but external factors had a very large impact giv...

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