THE FIRST PHNOM PENH FORUM (FPPF)

FPPF Rationale The world today is facing many traditional and non-traditional securities including regional and global instability, insecurity, political chaos, terrorism, cross-border crimes, illegal weapon trafficking, arms race, financial crisis, energy and food crisis, drugs trafficking, environmental pollution, global warming, human trafficking, unfairness, human right violations, pandemics, and natural disaster, etc. These challenges need to be addressed in effective, inclusive[…]

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Phnom Penh Forum

The Phnom Penh Forum is a multi-track platform founded by the International Relations Institute of Cambodia of the Royal Academy of Cambodia aiming at bringing together the representatives of governments, think-tanks, foundations, research institutes, research departments of the private sector, consultancies, NGOs, media and so on, in ASEAN member states as well as all those neighbouring and relevant countries, to[…]

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Kingdom’s RCAF will participate in three-nation disaster drills | Phnom Penh Post

  Dr. Kin Phea, Director General of the Royal Academy of Cambodia’sInternational Relations Institute of Cambodia, told The Post on August 4 that the drills would bring a number of benefits. “The exercises between the militaries of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam will show the solidarity between the three neighbouring countries, and also present the exchange of experience. “It is a[…]

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Cambodia Initiates Establishment of RCEP Secretariat in Phnom Penh at 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting

Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, announced at the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) held in Phnom Penh on 3 August 2022 that Cambodia is a good secretariat for the implementation and facilitation of free trade in the 14-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership  (RCEP). RCEP is a regional free trade agreement that will complement[…]

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Dr. Kin Phea suggests ASEAN re-examine its mechanisms toward the Myanmar junta

Dr. Kin Phea, Director General of the Royal Academy of Cambodia’s International Relations Institute of Cambodia suggests ASEAN re-examine its mechanisms toward the Myanmar junta. He said Myanmar military leaders did not seem to possess the goodwill, commitment and honesty required for implementing the 5PC. “So, it has now become necessary for [ASEAN] to re-examine what mechanisms they should use[…]

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The RGC expresses its great concerns over the recent rising tension in the Taiwan Strait

In the Statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 3 August 2022 following US House Speaker Mrs Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) expresses its great concerns over the recent rising tension in Taiwan Strait and urges all parties involved to abide by the agreements reached by the People’s Republic[…]

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ASEAN has no reason to choose one superpower over another, but needs both

Dr. Kin Phea, Director General of the International Relations Institute of Cambodia of the Royal Academy of Cambodia shared his perspectives on China-US competition for geopolitical influence in the region. He said that when conflicts between the superpowers arise, small regions and small countries always suffer. When elephants fight, ants die, as the old adage has it. Respect for the[…]

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