On 1 September 2025, from 9-11am, at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia’s (PUC) Toul Kork Campus, the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS) organized a roundtable on “President Trump’s Foreign Policy Towards Southeast Asia”. About 80 participants took part in this event, ranging from government officials, members of diplomatic corps, academia, civil society, think tankers and …
From 17 to 19 September 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor, attended the 17th ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Dialogue, organized by the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, with the support of Asialink Australia and the Asia New Zealand Foundation. In this track 1.5 meeting, discussions included Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship, …
Our Distinguished Senior Advisor, Amb. Pou Sothirak and Research Associate, Ms. Eoeng Kanhara, penned an OpEd on “Farewell to Pochentong International Airport: A Tale To Be Remembered Forever” on Cambodianess, 11 September 2025 Read full article via: https://cambodianess.com/article/farewell-to-pochentong-international-airport-a-tale-to-be-remembered-forever
Our CCRS Executive Director, Mr. Him Raksmey penned an OpEd titlted “In Search of Effective and Peaceful ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanisms”, published on 29 August 2025, Fulcrum. Read full article via: https://fulcrum.sg/aseanfocus/in-search-of-effective-and-peaceful-asean-dispute-settlement-mechanisms/
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS) and the US-ASEAN Young Professionals Association (UAYPA) will co-organize a panel discussion on “ASEAN’s Expansion from Cambodia to Timor-Leste: Evolving Regional Identity, Consensus, and Conflict Resolutions in a Transforming Region” on 2 September 2025, 9:00-11:30am at CAM-ASEAN (Toul Kork Campus). This event aims to commemorate the upcoming accession …
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies will organize a roundtable on “President Trump’s Foreign Policy Towards Southeast Asia”, which will be held on 1 September 2025, from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at Sen Monorom Hall, Third Floor, Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (Toul Kork Campus). This event is supported by Faculty of Social Sciences and …
Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, was invited to speak in a three-day interactive AICHR Training Program on Human Rights in Jakarta from 13-15 August, 2025. During the meeting, he made the following contributions: The ASEAN human right system have been criticized as responding too slow to the actual human right violation due …
Ambassador Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS wrote an OpEd on “The Frontline Border Disputes: Lost Territories or Land Grabbing?” published on Facts Asia, 22 August 2025. Read full article via: https://www.factsasia.org/blog/the-frontline-border-disputes-lost-territories-or-land-grabbing?ARTICLE&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMU_1ZjbGNrAxT_TWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe7A2bBa27k_hYy3EersHerPL9jFPEDobdNsEuDDdtAV0V6J2NFkmTu8_bi3k_aem_4W9NSN_4jipT65yT8gnOzA
CCRS Research Fellow, Mr. Ek Bunly, wrote an OpEd on “Lessons Learnt from the Cambodia – Thailand Border Clash: A Cambodian Perspective” published 12 August 2025, Pacific Forum. Read full article via: https://pacforum.org/publications/yl-blog-146/
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS) wishes to recognize the important accomplishment made by Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia in securing unconditional ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand during the special meeting on 28 July 2025, hosted by Malaysia as the ASEAN Chair, co-organized by the US and with …
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