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An "Ironclad Friend": Explaining Cambodia's Bandwagoning Policy towards China
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Abstract In this article, drawing from both interviews and secondary sources, we examine why Cambodia welcomes the rise of China when other states appear to be less enthusiastic. Despite the alarm in the region at China's assertiveness, Cambodia, unlike some other nation states, has chosen to bandwagon with ... mehr
In this article, drawing from both interviews and secondary sources, we examine why Cambodia welcomes the rise of China when other states appear to be less enthusiastic. Despite the alarm in the region at China's assertiveness, Cambodia, unlike some other nation states, has chosen to bandwagon with China. While some states in the region are pursuing a mixed strategy of economic engagement with China on the one hand and security alignment with the United States on the other (i.e. hedging), which allows such states to be on good terms with both the United States and China, Cambodia has embraced China almost exclusively. Situating the issue within the IR literature of bandwagoning, balancing, and hedging, this article presents four variables explaining the motivations behind Cambodia's bandwagoning policy towards China. Towards the end, we offer some suggestions for Cambodia to move forward.... weniger
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Cambodia; bandwagoning; China; hedging; Southeast Asia
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 444-464
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 39 (2020) 3
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)