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 …
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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Ambassador Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS, gave an interview to The Paper China on the recent developments in the Cambodia-Thailand conflict on 26 July 2025. Read full article (in Chinese Version): https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_31247692%C2%A0Read full article (in English Version): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNU2kc2NlUq7TdDzbEB5MbACnPD3aMAZ/view?usp=sharing
The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS) would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, for brokering a much-needed ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand regarding the outbreak of the tragic armed clashes that have taken place since 24 July 2025. The US President’s mediating …
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A Seminar on Cambodia-Thailand Relations: Towards Peaceful and Stable Region and Neighborhood was co-organized by the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) on 17 July 2025 at Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh. Mr. Him Raksmey, Executive Director of CCRS mentioned that durable and peaceful settlements of border disputes between …
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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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 …
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 …
