Ambassador Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, gave his views on the Thai-Cambodian border issue with The Paper (China), on July 18, 2025. Read the full article in Chinese via: https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_31025244. For English version, translate by The Paper, pleased find the attachment below:
Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS was invited to speak at a podcast called “Why should we care about the Indo-Pacific”. He shared his personal views about the border disputes between Cambodia and Thailand, the controversial issue of the Ream Naval Base, and the Cambodia and China relations through the BRI. The entire …
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CCRS Distinguished Senior Advisor, Amb. Pou Sothirak and Joanne Lin is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute penned an OpEd on “The Elusive Code: Why ASEAN Needs a New Playbook for the South China Sea” published on 27 June 2025 on Fulcrum. Read full article …
Our CCRS Distinguished Senior Advisor, Amb. Pou Sothirak and Chhuon Vanndasambath, Deputy Director penned an opinion piece on “Peace Over Provocation: A Call for Calm at the Cambodia-Thailand Frontier” published on Cambodianess, 10 June 2025. Read the full article via: https://cambodianess.com/article/peace-over-provocation-a-call-for-calm-at-the-cambodia-thailand-frontier
Widely regarded as Asia’s premier defense summit, the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), held on 30 May to 1 June this year in Singapore, brought together defense ministers, senior defense and security officials, and scholars from 55 countries and international organizations to discuss and debate key security challenges in the Indo-Pacific. The annual meeting offered exceptional …
From 3 to 4 June 2025, Him Rotha, Deputy Director, CCRS attended Conference on Global South and Triangular Cooperation in New Delhi, India organized by the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). The concept of Triangular Cooperation was discussed among Indian scholars, stressing on the need to enhance multi-layered and multiplex cooperation among …
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS), in partnership with Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia’s Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations will organize CCRS’ Ambassadorial Lecture Series on Managing Boundaries: The Malaysian Experience” by H.E. Mr. Shaharuddin Onn, Ambassador of Malaysia to Cambodia, on Thursday, 12 June 2025, 9:00am – 11:00am, at Sen Monorom Hall, …
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies will organize a public lecture “Prospect for U.S. Grand Strategy under the Second Trump Administrative: Implications for Southeast Asia” by Dr. Prof. Ann Marie Murphy, Professor, Seton Hall University, and Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, which will be held on 10 June 2025, from 9 …
Our CCRS team, Him Raksmey, Executive Director and Chhuon Vanndasambath, Deputy Director wrote an op-ed “President Xi’s Visit: Effects on Cambodia and the Region by Him Raksmey and Chhuon Vanndasambath” published today on Khmer Times, 30 May 2025. Read full article via: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501692088/president-xis-visit-effects-on-cambodia-and-the-region/
Mr. Him Raksmey, CCRS Executive Director wrote an oped on “Now Is The Time for Cambodia to Embrace UNCLOS Firmly” published today on Cambodianess, 29 May 2025. Read full article via: https://cambodianess.com/article/now-is-the-time-for-cambodia-to-embrace-unclos-firmly
