柬泰经济冲突分析 柬埔寨经济多元化削弱邻国影响力

[来源: CIR] [分类提示: NEWS] 标题: Opinion: Cambodia–Thailand Economic Conflict & The Limits Of Geoeconomics In Southeast Asia Richard Yarrow  (12 June, 2026) Thailand’s attempts to use economic power to influence the outcome of its border conflict with Cambodia in 2025 largely failed, due to major changes in the Cambodian economy that have lessened its reliance on its richer neighbour. The conflict’s aftermath highlights how the growth and diversification of Southeast Asian economies increasingly precludes regional governments’ use of so-called ‘geoeconomic’ strategies against one another. In mid-2025, both an armed military conflict and an economic conflict broke out between Cambodia and Thailand. The border conflict—which involved land and aerial fights and threats of a naval blockade—killed dozens of people, displaced roughly a million civilians, and reshaped the domestic politics and foreign policy stances of each country. The conflict’s economic dimension has been less discussed, but is no less important. Geoeconomics, referring to the competitive use of economic policy or commercial means to advance states’ international interests, has gained popularity in policy discourse in many Southeast Asian capitals. As many Southeast Asian states have limited militaries and are committed to some diplomatic norms of ASEAN, it makes sense for policymakers to prefer competing through economic tools rather than militarily. When the 2025 border conflict began, Thailand tried to assert a decisive advantage over Cam