Cambodia's leading think tank to host forum on small state foreign policy

FILE PHOTO: Ferries transport passengers and vehicles across the Mekong River in Phnom Penh on October 8, 2025. The forum in Phnom Penh will analyse the role of peaceful and preventive diplomacy, including dialogue, mediation and multilateralism, as essential strategies for small-state survival and influence. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's leading think tank will convene next week the fourth International Relations Forum under the theme "Small State Foreign Policy: Peaceful and Preventive Diplomacy," an organiser said on Sunday (Oct 19).

Scheduled for Oct. 20 in Phnom Penh, the forum, organised by the International Relations Institute of Cambodia (IRIC) of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), will bring together officials, diplomats, scholars, researchers, university professors and students.