On 19th January, CCRS organized a Public Lecture on “South Korea’s Contemporary Foreign Policy” by our Research Fellow, Mr. Ek Bunly with the keynote address by Mr. Na Sang-deok, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Cambodia.
Our Distinguished Senior Advisor, Ambassador Pou Sothirak attended the Track 2 Workshop on Conflict Prevention and the ASEAN-led Regional Architecture, organized by CSIS – Indonesia at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta on 16-17 January 2024. First-day discussions involved: (1) What are Potential Conflicts should ASEAN focus on? (2) Reviewing and Evaluating ASEAN’s Roles in Preventing and …
On 17 January, our Distinguished Senior Advisor Ambassador Pou Sothirak paid a courtesy call to H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN at the ASEAN Secretariat during his trip to Jakarta. Amb. Pou and H.E. Dr. Kao exchanged views on regional and international issues. More info: https://asean.org/secretary-general-of-asean-meets-with-cambodian-center-for-regional-studies/ Photo Credit: ASEAN
Our CCRS Team, Ambassador Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor and Mr. Him Raksmey, Executive Director penned an article on “Why US-China competition will shape ASEAN’s vision in the next 20 years” published today in the South China Morning Post. The full article can be accessed via this link: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3248265/why-us-china-competition-will-shape-aseans-vision-next-20-years
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS) will organize a public lecture on “South Korea’s Contemporary Foreign Policy” on Friday, 19 January 2024, from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM at AmCam Exchange (First Floor of the Exchange Square). The lecture will be presented by our Research Fellow, Mr. Ek Bunly with the keynote address by …
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On 5th January 2024 from 9:30 to 12 noon at AmCam Exchange, CCRS organized its first Public Lecture on “ASEAN 2024: What Lies Ahead During Laos’ ASEAN Chairmanship?” by the Distinguished Speaker, Mr. Kavi Chongkittavorn, Veteran Journalist on regional affairs. Among the 50 participants, there were CCRS researchers, university students, civil society organizations, journalists, a …
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Our CCRS’ Research Fellow, Rim Sokvy published an op-ed on “Is China concerned about North Korea and Russia’s growing military alliance?” in the Phnom Penh Post at 4 January 2024. He laid out the recent North Korea and Russia’s growing military cooperation and attempted to examine if China is concerned by this alliance. Read the …
Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor, CCRS wrote an article on “Homegrown Think Tank Matters for Contemporary Cambodia” published by Cambodianess at 25 December 2023. The article could be accessed https://cambodianess.com/article/opinion-homegrown-think-tank-matters-for-contemporary-cambodia?fbclid=IwAR3BgTb60O3J4xPc_g4sokUfhu2ErMXUkeUv5XQhHzFAgODJyzgfLl_NdI0.
On 23 December 2023, we officially launched the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS), a newly established independent foreign policy think tank with the aspiration to become an excellent center in Cambodia. The center is dedicated to discussing, researching and developing policy solutions on a wide range of issues vital to the future of Cambodia …
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“Time to ramp up Seoul Dialogue” by our Distinguished Senior Advisor, Ambassador Pou Sothirak and our Research Fellow, Ek Bunly, published on Bangkok Post in 22 December 2023. They argued that South Korea must lead by setting doable objectives with precise security goals on what Seoul can and can’t do when cooperating with ASEAN. This …
