Gordon Hewart's Statement is especially true for the Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia, the UN-backed tribunal established to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge for some of the most heinous crimes of the 20th century. The court is expected not only for provide justice for victims and survivors, but also to provide a model for the rule of law in Cambodia. This report looks b…
The modest, white-walled Noor Al-Ihsan mosque on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh was one of the two oldest buildings in the Cambodian capital. When the city, supposedly founded in 1434, celebrated its 550th anniversary in 1984, few if any Phnom Penh buildings predated the nineteenth century. A sign in Arabic and Khmer above the old mosque's entrance dated its foundation to 1813. That was j…
This book tells of the events and personalities that shaped Cambodian history during the thirteen-year period between the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 and the signing of the 1991 peace accords that resulted in U.N.-administered elections. The first study of this turbulent era, it offers a nuanced understanding of complex questions concerning human rights, economic reconstruction,…
Pol Pot is an extraordinarily challenging subject, for no modern revolutionary leader has so purposefully, and successfully, left so little trace. And he certainly deserves his enigmatic reputation: an indifferent student, he became a gifted teacher; an amiable mediocrity as a youth, he led (leads) one of the world's toughest guerrilla organizations; described by all who knew him as polite, cha…
The cold war period is one that has been unique in the development of international relations and the main feature that dominated the politics at this time was the polarisation of groups on the basis of ideology. When one looks at the various kinds of conflicts which emerged during this period it is evident that the ideological factors were deeply grounded and there was a clear divide between t…
This book is comprehensive account of the close relations and cooperation between two Asian countries and the vicissitudes as well as the triumphs of that relationship. The friendship between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Indonesia are founded on cultural, social and political ties that have deep historical roots.