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In his speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in late May 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates laid out a vision of U.S. policy toward the region. The vision relies on longstanding treaty allies in Southeast Asia—the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia—as “cornerstones of U.S. foreign policy.” However, that vision does not stop there: it is designed to build a “new comprehensive partnership” with Indonesia and Singapore, to increase cooperation with Malaysia and Vietnam, and “to forge new partnerships in places long disregarded. This includes our emerging dialogue with Cambodia, as well as developments with Laos.” The dialogue with Cambodia thus holds out the prospect of a new partnership with a “long disregarded” country.
Document Type
Policy Brief
Publication Date
12-2009
Publication
Strategic Forum
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
Recommended Citation
Stern, Lewis M., "U.S.-Cambodia Defense Relations: Defining New Possibilities" (2009). Strategic Forums. 51.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/51