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CCRS Research Associates, Mr. Moeung Cheery and Khan Menghok wrote an op-ed piece on “Has ASEAN Failed to Resolve the Myanmar Issues?” on 28 May 2024, published in Cambodianess. They argue that the effectiveness of the ASEAN-led peace initiative in Myanmar is questioned due to escalating unrest, lack of progress on the 5-Point Consensus, diverging …

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CCRS Research Associate, Mr. Khan Menghok wrote an op-ed piece on “US Defense Secretary’s Trip a Chance for Better Relations” on 28 May 2024, published in Cambodianess. In the article, he argues that the US Defense Secretary’s second trip to Cambodia presents an excellent opportunity to enhance the relationship between the two countries, particularly in …

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CCRS Research Associates, Mr. Moeung Cheery and Loeng Chetha wrote an op-ed piece on “ASEAN’s Hard Choices: China for Economic Largess or the U.S. for Security and Stability in the Indo-Pacific” on 24 May 2024, published in Cambodianess. They argue that ASEAN faces a strategic deadlock in its effort to balance relations amid great power …

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Our Distinguished Senior Advisor, Amb. Pou Sothirak wrote an article on “Coordinated response: Joint studies can help Lancang-Mekong countries address the challenges posed to the river basin and its communities by climate change by Amb. Pou Sothirak” published on 23 May 2024, China Daily. Read the full article via this link: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202405/23/WS664e871ca31082fc043c89b6.html

Our CCRS team, Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor and Mr. Him Raksmey, Executive Director penned an article on “Cambodia’s US$1.7 billion China-backed canal sparked unease. Here’s how it can soothe concerns” published today in the South China Morning Post. Read the full article via this link: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3263140/cambodias-us17-billion-china-backed-canal-sparked-unease-heres-how-it-can-soothe-concerns

May 15, 2024 Our CCRS Researchers, Ek Bunly and Rim Sokvy wrote an op-ed article on “Transnational Crime: A Cambodia–South Korea United Front” published on 15 May 2024 in Cambodianess. Both of them believed that it is time Cambodia and South Korea extend their cooperation and focus towards a new and rising dimension – the …

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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

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.

“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 …

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