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Sok Udom DETH

Professor of International Relations Paragon International University
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Paragon Education Co., Ltd.

Biography

Dr. Deth Sok Udom is a Professor of International Relations at Paragon International University and the Chief Operating Officer of Paragon Education Co., Ltd. He graduated with high honors in Sociology from Boğaziçi University (Türkiye), earned a master’s degree in Southeast Asian Studies from Ohio University (USA), and holds a Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies from Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany).

As an academic, he has authored several book chapters and journal articles on Cambodia’s political history and foreign affairs. He was the co-editor of Cambodia’s Foreign Relations in Global and Regional Contexts (KAS Cambodia, 2017) and the editor of its second edition (KAS Cambodia, 2025), as well as Cambodia 2040 (KAS Cambodia & Future Forum, 2019). He currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Greater Mekong Studies (JGMS). His latest book is A History of Cambodia–Thailand Diplomatic Relations, 1950–2020 (Galda Verlag, 2020).

Education

  • Ph.D in Southeast Asian Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 2014
  • M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University, USA, 2009
  • B.A. in Sociology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006

Publications

  • Deth, S. U. (Ed.). (2025). Cambodia’s foreign relations in regional and global contexts [2nd ed.]. Phnom Penh: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Cambodia.
  • Deth, S. U. (2025). Cambodia–Thailand diplomatic quagmire: A reader’s guide. Journal of Greater Mekong Studies, 8, 13–20.
  • Murg, B. J., & Deth, S. U. (2023). Cambodia–Taiwan relations: Of survival and soft power. In K. C. L. Lee & Y.-k. Chan (Eds.), Taiwan and Southeast Asia: Soft power and hard truths facing China’s ascendancy (pp. 29–39). London: Routledge.
  • Deth, S. U. (2023). The ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP): Cambodia’s perspective. In P. Sothirak, B. J. Murg, & C. Pich (Eds.), ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and US–China rivalry (pp. 21–29). Phnom Penh: The Asia Foundation and the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace.
  • Deth, S. U. (2022). Tourism recovery in the Mekong region under Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship. Journal of Greater Mekong Studies, 6, 39–45.
  • Deth, S. U. (2020). With great power comes great responsibility? Diplomatic battle amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In C. Pich & R. Hor (Eds.), The impact of COVID-19 pandemic: National and regional implications (pp. 20–31). Phnom Penh: CICP–KAS Cambodia.
  • Deth, S. U., Murg, B. J., Ou, V., & Renfrew, M. (Eds.). (2020). Cambodia 2040 (Vols. 1–3). Phnom Penh: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Future Forum.
  • Deth, S. U. (2020). A history of Cambodia–Thailand diplomatic relations, 1950–2020. Berlin & Phnom Penh: Galda Verlag.
  • Deth, S. U. (2019). Labor migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The case of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. Journal of Greater Mekong Studies, 1, 65–73.
  • Deth, S. U. (2018). Cambodia–India relations in the context of ‘Act East’ policy. In H. V. Pant (Ed.), Delhi Dialogue IX: Charting the course for India–ASEAN relations for the next 25 years. New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation.
  • Deth, S. U., & Tuazon, A. D. S. (2018). Erdoğan’s Turkey: Peace built on sand? Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies, 4(9), 99–134.
  • Deth, S. U., Bulut, S., & Moldashev, K. (2016). The contemporary geopolitics of Cambodia in regional and global contexts. In S. Springer & K. Brickell (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of contemporary Cambodia (pp. 17–28). London: Routledge.
  • Deth, S. U., & Bultmann, D. (2016). The afterglow of Hun Sen’s Cambodia? Socio-economic development, political change, and the persistence of inequalities. In B. Rehbein, S. Wunkaeo, & C. B. Wungaeo (Eds.), Twenty-first century globalization, democracy and alternative futures: Challenges and responses from Southeast Asia (pp. 87–109). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Deth, S. U. (2009). The rise and fall of Democratic Kampuchea. Education About Asia, 14(3), 27–30.
  • Deth, S. U. (2009). The geopolitics of Cambodia during the Cold War period. Explorations, 9(Spring), 47–53.
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