Phar Kim Beng comes from an illustrious academic background having served as the Head Teaching Fellow at Harvard University during which he received a full PhD scholarship at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

He was also an International Peace Scholar at University of Notre Dame, graduating as one of the three commencement speakers of his class. He was also a former Japan Foundation Scholar at Waseda University Japan and Meiji University.

He is presently the lead ASEAN coordinator in the covidcommission.org, involved in reviving the G20 economy for the resilience against the pandemic. The temporary HQ for this organization is located in Chatham House, London..

He is an avid and voracious reader and regularly shares his opinion editorials with publications such as Far Eastern Economic Review, The Asahi Shinbun, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times and Harvard International Review, to name but a few.

He also writes extensively in the medium.com, under his name Phar Kim Beng, where he shares his articles and book reviews. He received a graduate essay distinction award from Harvard Asia Quarterly, and has published a book on “Discourse of Islamic State in Malaysia”.

He formed the Strategic Pan Indo-Pacific Arena in London, which is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, as an outlet and centre for him to share his passion, thoughts and genuine desire to engage with interested parties for all things global and its oftentimes chaotic inter-locking complexities which shapes and affects the way we live.

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