In 2023 and going forward into 2024, East and South-East Asia appears to be divided largely between two groups of countries: the first placing the greatest emphasis on political stability and continuity, with some forging unlikely alliances at home to exclude more radical elements from government, and the second binding themselves closer to a US that, under its current administration, seems incapable by choice or temperament of not acting in an unnecessarily antagonistic manner towards China.
In the first group, Cambodia has thus far managed a smooth generational handover, since Hun Manet…
