CPG Online Magazine 05/2018
Announcements
Since 10 August 2018, H.E. Mr. Lorenzo Galanti is the new ambassador for the Embassy of Italy in Bangkok.
Since 10 August 2018, H.E. Mr. Tahamoana Aisea Cluny Macpherson is the new ambassador for the Embassy of New Zealand in Bangkok.
Articles & Interviews
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...
Scholarship Opportunities
The DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses offers foreign graduates from development and newly industrialized countries from all disciplines and with at least two years’ professional experience the chance to take a postgraduate or Master’s degree at a state or state-recognized German university, and in exceptional cases to take a doctoral degree, and to obtain a university qualification (Master’s/PhD) in Germany. More information can be found at https://www.daad.or.th/en/scholarship-database/?type=a&origin=15&subjectgroup=B&q=0&status=0&page=0&onlydaad=1&language=en&id=0&pg=1&detail_to_show=50076777. Deadline depends on the chosen study programme.
The UK Newton Fund Advanced Fellowships are granted to Thai Researchers for a period of two years in form of salary top up, research support, training and travel costs. For more information please go to https://www.britac.ac.uk/newton-advanced-fellowships. Application deadline is on 5 September 2018.
The European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics offers fellowships for PhD holders from all over the world. More information can be found at https://fellowship.ercim.eu/. Application deadline is on 30 September 2018.
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation Scholarship is aimed at supporting students from Africa, Asia, Latin America or Eastern Europe that intend to study in Germany in any subject area. The students must demonstrate excellent school or academic merit and must be committed to the values of social democracy. More information can be found at https://www.fes.de/studienfoerderung/other-languages/. Deadline depends on the type of application.
The Kennisontwikkelings programma Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (OKP NFP) provides fellowships for highly motivated professionals who are interested at participating in a Dutch University. The professionals must be in a position to introduce the newly acquired skills and knowledge into their employing organisation. The applicants must find a suitable university and submit your application via the Dutch institution offering the course. For more information: https://www.nuffic.nl/en/files/documents. Deadlines vary depending on the Dutch university.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship aims to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers. More information can be found at https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/msca-if-2018.html. Application deadline is on 12 September 2018.
More
CPG Special Lecture on Politics in Myanmar “Struggling for the Direction of Politics: Forces and Figures in Myanmar’s Current Power Play”
CPG Special Lecture on Authoritarianism Research “The Life of Authoritarian Rulers Ne Win and Enver Hoxha: Biographical Approaches to Research on Authoritarianism”
CPG Expert Roundtable on Human Rights “Strengthening Human Rights Protection: European-Southeast Asian Perspectives”
Training course “German Environmental Law”
Compliance in Business Law: Thai-Indonesian Comparative Perspectives
Seminar: Switching sides? The Philippines’ pivot towards China under Duterte