The Triangular Strategy (Part 1): The 5-Year Border and Battlefield Research Odyssey of H.E. Ieng Pisey
Discover the 5-year battlefield and border research odyssey behind the landmark book 'Triangular Strategy: Backbone of Cambodia's Peace' by H.E. Ieng Pisey.
The Triangular Strategy (Part 1): The 5-Year Border and Battlefield Research Odyssey of H.E. Ieng Pisey
- A five-year dedicated field research expedition (2019-2024) across the borderlines of Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, and former active war zones.
- An authoritative 1,111-page volume (structured into 4 main volumes and 4 evidentiary appendices) derived strictly from authentic primary records and direct guidance from Samdech Techo Hun Sen.
- The work establishes the Triangular Strategy as the definitive multiplier of the Win-Win Policy and the irreplaceable backbone shielding national peace from regression.
The realization of comprehensive peace and territorial reunification under Cambodia's sovereign constitution was neither an accident of fate nor the exclusive product of diplomatic parlors. It was purchased through profound human sacrifice, decisive political resolve, and rigorous field execution across front-line battlefields. The 1,111-page historical treatise 'Triangular Strategy: Backbone of Cambodia's Peace' by H.E. Ieng Pisey stands as an unprecedented documentation of this living history.
1. The Quest for Historical Ground Truth: Five Years in the Field
The research initiative culminating in 'Triangular Strategy: Backbone of Cambodia's Peace' was inaugurated on October 5, 2019. H.E. Ieng Pisey, Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Samdech Techo Hun Sen, led research cohorts across five years of extensive field investigations spanning the frontier zones of Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, alongside the historic battlegrounds of Pailin, Samlot, Malai, and Anlong Veng. The primary objective was conducting unvarnished field interviews with living historical actors, commanders, and veteran combatants while verifying geographical coordinates to ensure archival integrity.
2. Primary Archival Rigor: Documenting History Without Fabrication
During the official inaugural launch at the Senate Palace on October 19, 2026, H.E. Ieng Pisey affirmed: 'This composition was not born of speculative imagination; we took the authentic, unrecorded strategies of Samdech Techo and rigorously codified them into permanent historical truth.' Following field retrieval, an intensive year of archival cross-referencing reconciled confidential military communications, pacification accords, and historical council minutes, producing a comprehensive 1,111-page B5 masterwork illustrated with 24 rare historical photographs.
3. The Backbone of Peace: Bridging Triangular, Rectangular, and Pentagonal Strategies
The central thesis illuminates the Triangular Strategy—enacted on December 2, 1998—not merely as a temporary policy suite, but as the mathematical 'multiplier' of the Win-Win Policy. Analogous to the vertebral column sustaining human anatomy against collapse, the strategy fortified fragile peace through internal pacification, diplomatic integration, and socioeconomic reconstruction. This strategic triumph established the unshakeable foundation that propelled Cambodia into four successive iterations of the Rectangular Strategy and into the contemporary Pentagonal Strategy Phase I.
Q: What is the scope and physical volume of 'Triangular Strategy: Backbone of Cambodia's Peace'?
A: The masterwork encompasses 1,111 pages in B5 dimensions, illustrated with 24 rare historical photographs, organized into 4 major thematic volumes and 4 documentary appendices.
Q: Who authored this historical volume and what was the research timeline?
A: Authored by H.E. Ieng Pisey, Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen, following five years of field research and over a year of archival compilation.
Q: Why is the Triangular Strategy termed the 'Backbone of Peace'?
A: Because it provided the structural framework that permanently consolidated fragile post-war peace, preventing relapses into civil conflict while bridging national development into modern strategic governance.