CPG Online Magazine 01/2016
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Articles & Interviews
CPG Director Henning Glaser Discusses Taiwan’s Security Amid Middle East Crisis and U.S.–China Strategic Competition
Where are cross-Strait relations heading, and what role will the U.S. play? These questions are usually answered by looking only at the relationships between Washington, Beijing and Taipei. But that is not enough. On October 15, our Director Henning Glaser spoke at...
CPG Meets Indonesian Researchers to Discuss Mangrove Conservation and Governance
On 15 October 2026, CPG Senior Program Officer Dr. Duc Quang Ly met with an Indonesian research delegation led by Umaira Hayuning Anggayasti, Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro. The delegation was in Bangkok this week as part of a research...
CPG briefs KfW and DEG leadership on Russia’s war against Ukraine and Middle East conflicts
On the sidelines of the ongoing 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, CPG Director Henning Glaser delivered a high-level geopolitical briefing to senior representatives of KfW Group, Germany’s national promotional...
CPG Director Henning Glaser Addresses Challenges of AI for Constitutional Democracy at ICDNR 2026
How can constitutional democracies safeguard their fundamental values in an era of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence and disruptive technologies? This pressing question was at the heart of CPG Director Henning Glaser’s contribution to the 6th International...
CPG Director joins EU lunch discussion on geopolitics & geoeconomics
On Monday, September 28, CPG Director Henning Glaser had the pleasure of joining a small lunch discussion hosted by H.E. Luisa Ragher, Ambassador of the European Union to Thailand, on the occasion of a visit to Bangkok by Dominic Porter, Deputy Managing Director for...
Courtesy Call by Pakistan’s New Defence Attaché
CPG Director Henning Glaser welcomed Colonel Jawad Afzal Chaudhary, the new Defence Attaché of the Embassy of Pakistan in Bangkok, to the CPG offices for a courtesy call on September 29. The meeting provided an opportunity to get to know each other following Colonel...
CPG Director Henning Glaser at the 6th CDIR East Asia Conference in Beijing
CPG Director Henning Glaser participated in the 6th Conference of German-Speaking Lawyers in East Asia, held from 17–20 September 2026 at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing. It was the sixth edition of the conference organized within...
CPG Director Henning Glaser meets German Ambassador-Designate Michael Reiffenstuel
Earlier today, CPG Director Henning Glaser met with German Ambassador-Designate H.E. Michael Reiffenstuel at the German Embassy in Bangkok. The meeting offered a very good opportunity to get to know each other personally and to engage in a substantive exchange on...
CPG participates in inaugural EABC Sustainable Business Working Group meeting
CPG was very pleased to be represented by its Program Manager, Lucas Meier, at today’s inaugural meeting of the newly established Sustainable Business Working Group of the EABC -The European Chamber of Commerce Thailand (EABC), with which CPG cooperates under an...
Closed-Door Philippine–Thai Roundtable on the South China Sea
CPG had the pleasure this morning of hosting a closed-door roundtable at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, on “The South China Sea at a Crossroads: Philippine and Thai Perspectives on International Law, Regional Security and Strategic Competition.” The...
CPG contributes keynote speech to DEG’s Strategic Climate Action Event
CPG was delighted to contribute a keynote speech to the “Strategic Climate Action Event – Building Resilience Across Sectors,” held in Bangkok on 14–15 September and organized by DEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of KfW Group, one of the world’s leading transformation...
CPG contributes to ASEAN–UK Roundtable on Middle Class and Social Policy
CPG, represented by Program Manager Lucas Meier, contributed to the Southeast Asia Social Policy Network’s first ASEAN–UK Roundtable on the Middle Class and Social Policy. The discussion brought together participants from Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom and...
CPG Director Henning Glaser in Beijing: APEC, Compliance and ESG Standard-Setting
On 7–8 September, CPG Director Henning Glaser contributed to the APEC Seminar “The Role of International Standards for Compliance Management Systems in Promoting the Sustainable Development of MSMEs” in Beijing. Organized by the China National Institute of...
Advancing cross-regional cooperation on open justice
CPG and the International Open Justice Network (RIJA) are moving their cooperation on open justice and judicial reform into a more concrete phase, linking comparative exchange between Latin America and the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific with country-specific reform...
CPG welcomes DAAD Hanoi Regional Office Director Felix Wagenfeld
Today, CPG led by its director, Henning Glaser, was pleased to welcome Felix Wagenfeld, Director of the Hanoi Regional Office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), for a pleasant exchange. The visit was prompted in...
CPG at Commitment Day 2026 – Predictable Energy
On August 19, CPG Program Manager Lucas Meier participated as a panelist in Commitment Day 2026, “Predictable Energy: Strengthening Resilience and Reducing Uncertainty,” held at The Athenee Hotel in Bangkok. The event brought together representatives from the energy...
Thailand Rail & Connectivity Brief now available
We are pleased to officially announce the Thailand Rail & Connectivity Brief, a new monthly newsletter that CPG, together with its corporate arm Dynamic Minds, has been producing in partnership with the German-Thai Railway Association (GTRA) since July. With the...
CPG Director Henning Glaser briefs EABC Energy Working Group on Thailand’s Direct PPA policy
Our director Henning Glaser had the pleasure of virtually joining a meeting of the EABC Energy Working Group on August 14 as a guest speaker, briefing Working Group members on the latest developments in Thailand’s Direct Power Purchase Agreement (Direct PPA) policy...
Academic Exchange on Cosmopolitanism, Regional Order and Democratic Reform in Asia
Henning Glaser, Director of CPG, had the pleasure of meeting Professor Andreas Klinke of the Environmental Policy Institute at Memorial University of Newfoundland for an extensive academic exchange on August 4. The discussion centered on Professor Klinke’s current...
Forced Labor, Human Trafficking and Market Access: Lecture on Implications of the EU Forced Labor Regulation and the U.S. Tariff Turn for Indonesia
CPG Director Henning Glaser recently spoke at the international conference “Strengthening Legal Frameworks for Combating Human Trafficking and Enhancing Protection for Women and Children,” hosted by the Faculty of Law of Sultan Agung Islamic University (UNISSULA) in...
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