CCRS’ Takes

Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, pens an oped entitled “China’s soft power at work: The Hong Kong spirit of sharing and people-to-people connectivity”, published today in Khmer Times. The article is accessible in this link: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501963951/chinas-soft-power-at-work-the-hong-kong-spirit-of-sharing-and-people-to-people-connectivity?fbclid=IwY2xjawTXgl9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOWmxQMlp0ZlFDZjJUQnVVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuIaBG0IMUW7axE_UZ82W2SJlqVeMLCV7RSKo3244g_-wnULEzEenQqL-osW_aem_1Rd9s96huGFSI_rXXZ3K3A

Him Raksmey, Executive Director of CCRS, and Sreng Hengsey, Research Fellow at CCRS, write an article entitled “Expanding Cambodia’s Frontiers of Growth: Maritime Development”, published today in Khmer Times. The oped is accessible in this link:https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501963140/expanding-cambodias-frontiers-of-growth-maritime-development/

Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, and Mr. Him Raksmey, Executive Director of CCRS, wrote an oped entitled “China’s Peacemaker Role in Cambodia-Thailand Border Crisis”, published in the “China-ASEAN Report” Magazine, Vol 11, No 6, June 2026. The article is accessible in this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y6_DhbqZcdWQwHl3wmb9m_abN7LKnF8n/view?usp=sharing The full magazine is accessible in this link: …

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Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, and Mr. Him Rotha, Deputy Director of CCRS, co-author an oped entitled “Building up the Lancang-Mekong Community”, published today in China Daily. The article is accessible in this link: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202605/20/WS6a0da25ea310d6866eb49c47.html

Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, and Mr. Him Raksmey, Executive Director of CCRS, co-author an oped on “China’s peacemaker role in Cambodia-Thailand border crisis”, published today in Khmer Times. The article is accessible in this link: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501893154/chinas-peacemaker-role-in-cambodia-thailand-border-crisis/

Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS and Dr. William J. Jones, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Mahidol University International College, co-author an article entitled “Cebu Summit Thaw? Thailand and Cambodia Meet with 2001 MOU in the Balance”, published today in the Geopolitical Monitor. The article is accessible in this link: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/a-cebu-summit-thaw-thailand-and-cambodia-meet-with-2001-mou-in-the-balance/?fbclid=IwY2xjawR19s9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjRm1pVHpMNENNang2dDNqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuqyF8nB5MDccXpKcurw3jhbL2aFYbZjZEl1z3N20XLsUI2UkYDm26wz38kb_aem_kQdOrI4ljMXziN89Aj2P-g

Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, pens an oped entitled “China–Cambodia 2+2 Dialogue Is a Strategic Turning Point”, published today in Cambodianess. The article is accessible in this link: https://cambodianess.com/article/china-cambodia-22-dialogue-is-a-strategic-turning-point?fbclid=IwY2xjawR19elleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjRm1pVHpMNENNang2dDNqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlZR9RXLCOkV0hKImshcrYzR2I3QBZPab0HxbIO3wgfWSD_qpcOlEayfDn19_aem_jgxTnVUq-80_Oco7rkoAaw

CCRS is pleased to share a recent publication by Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor at CCRS, titled “Can ASEAN assume a credible role in building a stable Indo-Pacific?”, published recently in ISIS Malaysia Focus (p. 46-49). In this timely and thought-provoking analysis, Ambassador Pou examines ASEAN’s evolving strategic environment amid intensifying major power competition …

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