Author profile: Apipol Sae-Tung

Apipol Sae-Tung is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan. His research interests are on foreign policy analysis, domestic politics, democratization, and comparative authoritarianism, and more recently on the role of Artificial Intelligence in these fields.

When Soft Power is Weaponized: The Thai-Cambodian Border Crisis

Apipol Sae-Tung • Jun 22 2025 • Articles

In an era when a private conversation can be transformed into a global spectacle, diplomacy can be co-opted into a theatre of national humiliation and political sabotage.

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