The Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS), in partnership with Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia’s Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations will organize a Public Lecture on “Practicing Peace: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia” by Prof. Aarie Glas, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, the Northern Illinois University, on Tuesday, 11 June 2024, from 9:30am -11:00am, at Sen Monorom Hall, Third Floor, Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (Toul Kork Campus).
This talk will explore they key themes and arguments of Glas’ 2022 book, Practicing Peace: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia and South America (Oxford University Press). The book offers a comparative regional perspective on conflict management and diplomacy in Southeast Asia and South America. The book argues that regional interstate relations in each case are shaped by particular “habitual dispositions” — discrete sets of processual and substantive qualities of relations understood and enacted by diplomatic communities of practice. Different habitual dispositions in each case shape conflict management and regionalism in important ways, and lead to a tolerance of limited regional violence. To make this argument, the book expands on new developments in social International Relations theory to develop a practice-oriented and interpretive account of regional relations and explores the existence of habitual dispositions across crucial cases of regional conflict management, including the Southeast Asian response to the Preah Vihear dispute in 2011 and the South American response to the Cenepa conflict in 1995. Drawing on novel research methods and detailed interviews with regional practitioners, the bookchallenges existing scholarly claims of peace in Southeast Asia and South America. Instead, the book argues that officials successfully manage pervasive conflict short of war in both regions. The book provides an in-depth look into how diplomacy unfolds and peace is practiced within diplomatic communities, from government actors to organizational officials, as they attempt to respond to and resolve territorial disputes.
To secure your seat, please register via this link: bit.ly/CCRSPLbyProfAarieGlas
| Program | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Registration |
| 9:30 – 9:35 AM | Opening Remarks by Mr. Him Raksmey, Executive Director, CCRS |
| 9:35 – 9:40 AM | Group Photograph |
| 9:40 – 10:20 AM | Public Lecture on “Practicing Peace: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia” by Prof. Aarie Glas, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, the Northern Illinois University Open Discussion Session Moderated by Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor, CCRS |
| 10:20 – 10:30 AM | Closing Remarks by Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor, CCRS |
| 10:30 – 11:00 AM | Refreshment and End of Public Lecture |
About the Role Players:
Prof. Aarie Glas is an Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science and Faculty Associate in the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (USA). Prof. Glas is also the co-chair of the American Political Science Association’s Interpretive Methodologies and Methods group. His work explores diplomacy and governance in ASEAN and other regions and organizations, often in a comparative perspective. Prof. Glas’ research has been publishing in leading outlets, including the European Journal of International Relations, International Affairs, Journal of Global Security Studies, PS: Political Science and Politics, and others. Prof. Glas received his PhD from the University of Toronto (Canada) and has also studied at the London School of Economics (UK) and McMaster University (Canada).
Ambassador Pou Sothirak is a retired academic currently serving as the Distinguished Senior Advisor to the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS). He was the Executive Director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace from May 2013 to August 2023. He was appointed as Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia from September 2013 to January 2014. He was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of the Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore from January 2009 to December 2012. He also served as Cambodian Ambassador to Japan from April 2005 to November 2008. He was elected Cambodian Member of Parliaments twice during the national general election in 1993 and 2003. He was appointed as Minister of Industry Mines and Energy of the Royal Government of Cambodia from 1993 to 1998. He has written extensively on various issues concerning the development of Cambodia and the region.