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AUSTRALIA

Time running out for Khmer Rouge justice
- Sebastian Strangio
- 09 April 2008
After nearly three decades of legal impunity, justice is finally catching up with the surviving Khmer Rouge leadership. But there's every chance the defendants will be dead before the courts have a chance to bring them to trial.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Purging Howard's national insecurity
- Tony Kevin
- 04 April 2008
1 Comment
The most profound shock to Australian foreign policy was not 9/11 but our change of government in 1996. Under Rudd Labor, Australia's international agenda is once again becoming less about national security and more about being a good international citizen.
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AUSTRALIA

A key role for Australia in Burma's democratisation
- Tony Kevin
- 09 January 2008
2 Comments
China's role in Burma is pivotal. Under a Rudd Government, Australia would have the expertise and standing to persuade China that its interests lie in persuading Burma's generals to soften their opposition to democracy. From 18 October 2007.
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AUSTRALIA

Quick shift required in foreign policy
- Tony Kevin
- 13 December 2007
8 Comments
Both the Bali Kyoto meeting and the Iran war risk scenario require immediate foreign policy attention. The new Rudd administration cannot afford to let itself be positioned in a similar public frame as its predecessor.
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AUSTRALIA

Polish election result mandates further modernisation
- Tony Kevin
- 31 October 2007
In the early 1990s, a young politician Donald Tusk seemed so Westernised that his chances of ever becoming Polish prime minister were nearly non-existent. Now his moment has arrived.
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RELIGION

Loose reasoning on death penalty - Frank Brennan
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
We think it is wrong for foreign states to impose the death penalty on Aussie drug traffickers and drug mules. But we apply different reasoning to non-Australians facing death at the hands of the state. The practical, hands on, Aussie approach often plays fast and loose with moral reasoning about what is right and wrong.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Tony Kevin
- Tony Kevin
- 18 October 2007
Tony Kevin retired from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1998, after a 30-year public service career in DFAT and Prime Minister's Department. He was Australia's ambassador to Poland (1991–94) and Cambodia (1994–97).
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AUSTRALIA

A key role for Australia in Burma's democratisation
- Tony Kevin
- 17 October 2007
– China's role in Burma is pivotal. Under a Rudd Government, Australia would have the expertise and standing to persuade China that its interests lie in persuading Burma's generals to soften their opposition to democracy.
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AUSTRALIA

From little things, big things grow
- James Massola
- 12 September 2007
1 Comment
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CONTRIBUTORS

Allister Hayman
- Allister Hayman
- 27 June 2007
Allister has worked as freelance writer for several years. After completing a graduate diploma in journalism at RMIT in 2006 he was awarded a fellowship to work at the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia.
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INTERNATIONAL

Anti-corruption measures eclipse human rights in Cambodia
- Allister Hayman
- 27 June 2007
1 Comment
Despite mounting criticism of the human rights record of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, foreign donors, including Australia, continue to back him financially. It seems that the economic growth and stability he has fostered is more valuable than transparency, the rule of law, and human rights.
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AUSTRALIA

Election year strategies for bleeding hearts
- Tony Kevin
- 05 June 2007
3 Comments
It is looking more and more that Labor will win, and that the present unforeseen Coalition government majority in the Senate may be lost too. There are interesting moral questions arising from this analysis for us "bleeding hearts", among whom I am happy to count myself.
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