If international relations experts and scholars want to study a small state's diplomatic manoeuvres amid the ever-changing geopolitical landscape, they should make Cambodia their case study. With a new prime minister, Hun Manet, now in charge, the question remains: Will he be able to keep up with his father's multipolar politics?

Despite being one of the last countries to join Asean, Cambodia has been playing a big boy's game when it comes to geopolitics -- a game in which Hun Manet's predecessor, Hun Sen, excelled.

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