Vannarith Chheang is Co-Founder and Chairman at the Cambodian Institute for Strategic Studies, a Southeast Asia Consultant at the Nippon Foundation, and an adjunct Senior Fellow at the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, where he previously served as Executive Director from 2009 to 2013.
He has been awarded numerous fellowships, including the Young Global Leadership Program of the World Economic Forum (2013), T-wai’s Global Emerging Voices (2013), and the Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals (2013-14). His research interests include governance and development in Southeast Asia, international politics of the Asia-Pacific, social innovation and people-centered regionalism, ASEAN, Cambodia’s domestic politics, and foreign policy.
