Ream Naval Base

Despite the two nations' differences, Chum Sounry says relations are moving ahead.

Prime Minister Hun Sen says the naval base is “not a place for thieves or robbers.”

The deteriorating rights situation in Cambodia will be a major distraction from ASEAN’s agenda.

While U.S. relations with Phnom Penh have long been frosty, new tensions relate to China's construction of facilities at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base.

The Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary has lost 9 percent of its forest to logging operations since 2016.

Despite its concerns about China's increasing influence, the U.S. needs to engage with Cambodia more, not less.

Gaining access to a Cambodian naval facility would give China's navy little discernible strategic advantage.

China gaining access to an airfield in Cambodia, or anywhere else in mainland Southeast Asia, would redraw the strategic landscape of the region.

A coastline fit for diplomatic power plays sets off alarms in the United States.

An excessive focus on rhetorical ‘base wars’ can distract attention from the broader military inroads Beijing is making in the region.

General Tea Banh downplayed reports that Cambodia is planning to permit a Chinese military presence on its south coast.