Dear Sir,   Recently, due to differences of position in regards to the South China Sea issues, there has been a growing trend of Vietnam accusing Cambodia of forgetting the past assistance Vietnam gave to…

Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has a monumental task ahead of her: fulfilling British – or, more accurately, English and Welsh – voters’ demand to Brexit the European Union, and managing the far-reaching consequences…

Most of Europe’s history has been marked by conflict. The American historian Robert Kagan wrote in 2003 that “Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus”;  but Europe was for centuries home to the…

Many Western media outlets were highly critical of France’s 2010 law banning face coverings, such as burqas that cover a woman’s face and entire body, and local decrees adopted this year banning full-body “burkini” swimsuits…

The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than seven million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit.

Donald Trump’s recent claim that his opponent in the US presidential race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State is vicious nonsense.

When media outlets around the world were showing shocking picture of a Syrian child named Omran who, soaked in dirt and blood, had miraculously survived bombings in Aleppo, most of us couldn’t help feeling deeply troubled in spirit.

For more than a year, headlines worldwide have been pointing to a Chinese economic slowdown. But a closer look at regional dynamics within China tells a different story – one that is less about deceleration than changing gears.

This year’s presidential election campaign in the United States is certainly unique. Donald Trump has shaken up the way a campaign is run, how a nominee communicates with voters and the Republican Party’s platform, with…

The Summer Olympic Games have been in full swing in Rio. Every time the world’s top athletes gather for the games, people everywhere have the opportunity not just to root for their countries, but also…

Cambodia may be one of the few winners from the debacle known as Australia’s policy on asylum seekers and refugees. The only other winners were Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru.

The South China Sea dispute has put Cambodia and Asean in the international spotlight and some of the headlines have shown the Southeast Asia region in a bad light.

The Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are in full swing, and as much as I would like to sit back and watch every hour of them, I find myself engrossed in a different…

Inequality is a global problem. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening and deepening in different parts of the world, mainly due to unfair and unjust industrialization and unsustainable development.

South Korea is moving forward with plans to host an advanced missile-defense system – known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD – in partnership with the United States Army.

Asean celebrated its 49th birthday two days ago amid increasing global and regional uncertainties and the rising doubts over the central role of Asean in the region.

It is entirely possible that when Russian President Vladimir Putin gazes up at the stars at night and imagines the world of his dreams, he smiles at the thought of Donald Trump as US president.

Much of the world is watching Chinese President Xi Jinping with concern. Not only has he been re-concentrating power in the hands of the central government; many believe that his radical anti-corruption campaign is a…

For students of incomprehensible behavior by otherwise apparently intelligent leaders, Australian politics is the gift that keeps on giving.

In the 45th anniversary of Asean, Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia said “although the Asean member states still have some differences on some issues, I believe that we shall strongly commit ourselves to move…

On the evening of July 15, a group within the Turkish Armed Forces attempted to stage a coup in Turkey, with the aim of deposing the democratically elected government.