Thearith Leng is a PhD student at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defense Force Academy (UNSW at ADFA). He has an MA in International Peace Studies, from the Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, and has been the recipient of both the Gold and Silver Working Medals by Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen. He has a keen interest in Cambodia’s foreign policy in relation to China, ASEAN and the Asia Pacific region.