Date: Friday, 15 May 2025, 9-11amVenue: AmCam Exchange, Ground Floor of Exchange Square, Phnom Penh Concept NoteCambodia and Thailand have been entangled with border conflict and series of diplomatic troubles in the past year. While the land areas were dominantly the battleground in the past two clashes, the maritime domain, especially the disputed overlapping claims …
Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, recently gave interviews to both Cambodian and Thai press regarding the MOU 2001 cancellation and surrounded matters related to the Overlapped Claims Area (OCA) between Cambodia and Thailand: Article of The 101 World on MOU 2001 cancellation on 7 May 2026 in Thai is accessible in this …
From 6-8 May 2026, at the invitation of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, attend the ASEAN for the Peoples Week in Cebu, the Philippines. As part of this event, Amb. Pou was invited to speak at the Track 1.5 ASEAN Community Building Forum. He shared …
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From 19-22 April 2026, Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, was invited to speak at the 2nd China-Cambodia-Thailand Track II Dialogue in Beijing, organized by the China Foreign Affairs University. His observations of the meeting were as follows: I attended the 2nd Track II Dialogue among experts, scholars, and representatives from media and …
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The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS), in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Center and the Asia Pacific Center for the Responsibility to Protect, will organize a Workshop on R2P at 20: The Search for Effective Atrocity’s Prevention and Protection in the Region on 23-24 March 2026 at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh. In Southeast Asia, …
On 12 March 2026, CCRS, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation, Phnom Penh Liaison Office co-organized an intellectual exchange public lecture on “Japan’s Evolving Strategy in Indo-Pacific: Implications for Southeast Asia.” The public lecture featured Dr. Ken Jimbo, Managing Director, International House of Japan, and Professor, Faculty of Policy Management Keio University and was moderated …
Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, were invited to attend the 3rd AOIP Vision Group Conference organized by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) in Bali, Indonesia from 9-11 March, 2026. Discussions centered around how to operationalize the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and share perspectives among ASEAN Member States and its …
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CCRS and The Japan Foundation, Phnom Penh Liaison Office will co-organize organize an Intellectual Exchange Public Lecture on “Japan’s Evolving Strategy in Indo-Pacific: Implications for Southeast Asia” on Thursday, 12 March 2026 at Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh. The event will feature an eminent Japanese international relations scholar, Professor Ken Jimbo, Managing Director, …
Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, was invited to attend and speak at the interactive China-Cambodia-Thailand Track II Dialogue aiming to facilitate the implementation of the consensus of the Fuxian Meeting and advance the restoration of relations between Cambodia and Thailand. The Dialogue was organized by China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing on …
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On 3-4 February 2026, CCRS team, Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor and Him Rotha, Deputy Director made a presentation on “Cambodia’s Perspective on ASEAN: From Domestic Imperatives to Growing Regional Responsibilities” at the Pok Rafeah Chair’s Book Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This presentation is part of the discussion for the book project on …
