Royal University of Phnom Penh Institute of Foreign Languages Department of International Studies Round Table Discussion Between rcep and tpp: Opportunities and Threats for Cambodia and asean saturday, 28 May 2016
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- Between RCEP and TPP: Opportunities and Threats for Cambodia and ASEAN Saturday, 28 May 2016 8:30am-11:00am at IFL Auditorium (Building G)
- Short Biographies Mr. CHAN Sophal
- Dr. CHHEANG Vannarith
- Mr. KONG Ratha
Royal University of Phnom Penh Institute of Foreign Languages Department of International Studies Round Table Discussion Between RCEP and TPP: Opportunities and Threats for Cambodia and ASEAN Saturday, 28 May 2016 8:30am-11:00am at IFL Auditorium (Building G) Guest Speakers: Mr. Chan Sophal, Dr. Chheang Vannarith, Mr. Kong Ratha Moderator: Dr. Sok Say    
Mr. Chan Sophal Dr. Chheang Vannarith Mr. Kong Ratha Dr. Sok Say Synopsis The US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement among twelve nations including four ASEAN members, as a very crucial component of “rebalancing strategy” of the US foreign policy to the Asia-Pacific region. Likewise, the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) established by sixteen nations at the ASEAN Summit in 2012 in Cambodia is viewed as an alternative to the TPP, which excludes participation of the US. The formation of these economic “mega-regionals” can be understood as a strategic competition between China and US for seeking to assume their influence and leadership in the regional trade negotiations. Traditional IR theorists explain such regional integration efforts as a “balancing” phenomenon. For US, its influence and leadership in the TPP negotiations are related to its attempt to balance against China’s rise. And China’s policy to create the RCEP can be understood as a counter-proposal for a regional economic coalition vis-à-vis the US-led TPP. Therefore, at this critical juncture and in this context, (1) what are possible opportunities and threats for Cambodia and ASEAN? And (2) what should Cambodia and ASEANdo in order to maximize the opportunities and minimize the threats in the Asia-Pacific region? * Open to all RUPP students and the general public (Free Admission) ** Interested individuals who can, with certainty, make it should register by Thursday, 26 May 2016 at Room 03 (IFL Building E) or at http://goo.gl/forms/7vnGNgBReE Short Biographies Mr. CHAN Sophal is currently Director of the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a Cambodian think tank focusing on socio-economic development issues. He served as Director of Policy and Enabling Environment and Deputy Chief of Party of USAID’s Food Security Program called Cambodia HARVEST (2011-2014). Sophal has 24 years of professional work experience, mostly in analytical work with research institutes (CDRI), international agencies (World Bank and UNWFP), private sector (Leopard Capital and Fintrac Inc.), and Cambodian government. He received an MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of London, Imperial College at Wye, United Kingdom, in 2000. Dr. CHHEANG Vannarith is currently serving as a Southeast Asia Consultant at The Nippon Foundation (TNF). He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Cambodian Institute for Strategic Studies (CISS), an adjunct Senior Fellow at the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP), and a columnist of the Khmer Times. He was lecturer at the University of Leeds from 2013 to 2016. He previously served as the Executive Director of Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (2009-2013). He was a technical adviser to the Cambodian National Assembly, helping to organize the 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, and assistant to Defense Minister. He has been awarded Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum in 2013. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships including T-wai's Global Emerging Voices programme (2013), the Nippon Foundation Fellowship for Asian Public Intellectuals (2013-2014), France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Personalités d'avenir (2012), the CSIS Pacific Leadership Program (2010) and the East-West Center's Asia Pacific Leadership Program (2008). He has also been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in Tokyo (2012) and a South-East Asia Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington (2010). He got his PhD in Asia Pacific studies from the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, MA in International Relations from the International University of Japan, and BA in International Relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Mr. KONG Ratha graduated in the year 1999 from Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as Foreign Language, B. Ed (TEFL) at the English Department, Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh. In 2001, he received Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics (TESOL), funded by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) at the Regional Language Centre (RELC), Singapore. In 2007, he gained MA in International Relations (International Development), Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. And in July 2012, he graduated from another Master of Public Administration (Policy Analysis), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore (NUS). He’s currently working as Director of Economic Integration & ASEAN Department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), and as Head of the Economic Policy Research and Analysis Division of the Supreme National Economic Council (SNEC). He had also been a Senior Lecturer of English and International Studies at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Dr. SOK Say was educated in Cambodia, Japan and Australia in education and political science. He earned a PhD in Political Science, majoring in political economy, from Deakin University Australia in 2012. Since 2014 he has been serving as the governance reform technical advisor to HEQCIP, a project co-funded by the government and the World Bank. He held a 2015 senior research fellowship at the Center for Khmer Studies. He was a DIS founding member and is currently a research fellow at the Department. At the DMC/CCI, he has served as a lecturer, project advisor and the editor to the Cambodian Communication Review series since 2013. Dr. Sok has published articles, book chapters and research reports on higher education, political economy of resource governance, the state, state-society relations, communication for development, and media and governance with both local and international publishers. 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