While most people are looking to the conclusion of the round-table negotiations over the inclusion of the Khmer Rouge in the Royal Government of Cambodia, there are several internal and external variables that must be considered in determining their jiiture. The internal factors are, first, the degree of factionalism within the Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDKJ based on political, ideological, regional, economic and generational differences; second, leadership succession; and third, the continued willing ness of the National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (NADK) to fight and the population's willingness to support the resistance movement.