Brendan Brady is a journalist based in Cambodia. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Time, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy and CBC, among other publications. His main subjects of interest are regional diplomacy, human rights abuses and religious tensions. He also reports regularly on the Khmer Rouge tribunal and issues related to the Pol Pot regime's rule and legacy. He can be reached at brendanbrianbrady@yahoo.com.
Timor-Leste's President José Ramos-Horta has often emphasized the value of moving beyond the past. But in an interview with World Politics Review, Ramos-Horta, who shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 for his nonviolent work toward independence, reflects on the successes and failures of the U.N.'s 1999-2002 peacekeeping mission and of subsequent international aid in Timor-Leste. more
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Two days after Cambodia repatriated 20 Uighur
asylum-seekers fleeing China, the two countries signed trade agreements
worth more than $1 billion. Both countries deny
a deal was struck, but China's growing ability to leverage its economic
power in the region combined with Cambodia's weak rule of law have observers raising eyebrows.
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