Skripsi ini membahas tentang kepentingan aktor politik Kamboja dan Thailand hingga memunculkan konflik perbatasan kuil Preah Vihear 2008-2011. Penelitian dengan metode kualitatif memiliki fokus kepada perbedaan kepentingan dari Perdana Menteri Kamboja Hun Sen bersama Cambodian 39;s People Party CPP dengan Perdana Menteri Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva bersama Democracy Party PD yang kemudian digantikan oleh Yingluck Shinawatra bersama Partai Pheu Thai dalam mempengaruhi konflik. Mengacu pada teori konflik Pruit dan Rubin, penelitian ini membuktikan dengan adanya perbedaan kepentingan dari perdana menteri dan partai politik mampu menimbulkan konflik perbatasan diantara Kamboja dan Thailand. Konflik perbatasan ini didasari kepentingan aktor politik yang memiliki tujuan untuk mendapatkan kekuasaan di negara masing-masing.

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This bachelor thesis discussed about the interests of both Cambodia 39 s and Thailand 39 s political actors which became the cause of border conflicts around it from 2008 to 2011. This research, used qualitative method and focused difference of interests between Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia from Cambodian 39 s People Party CPP , and Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva from Democracy Party PD , which in turn was succeeded by Yingluck Shinawatra from Pheu Thai Party. Their interests undoubtedly determines the course of conflict. By using Pruit and Rubin 39 s theory of conflict, this research proved that the existence of difference of interests between Cambodia 39 s and Thailand 39 s Prime Ministers caused border conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand. This conflicts were based on the interests of political actors who had the same goal to gain power in each of their countries.